The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-11-25
by FRANK III. SpEARMAN q,
Q ILLUSTRATIONS o u
By ANDRE 8OWLES O.
SYNOPSIS.
IT 1908 on cHAS scsieNER3 SoHs

Murray Sinclair and his gang OF wreck.
ers were called out 10 clear the railroad
tracks at Smoky Creek. McCtouus
young road superintendent, caught SIN
clair and his men in the act OF looung
the wrecked train. Sinclair pleadeu IN
nocence. declaring Il only amounted 70 q
small sum-a treat for the men. McSloudd
discharged the whole outfit anG orderso
the wreckage burned. McCloud oecaInS
acquainted with Dicksie Dunning, ST.
of the west, who came TO LOOK AZ en- n,e
wreck. She gave him a message I0r Sln,,
clair. Whispering Gordon smith 4old
President Bucks Of the railroad OF M
Clouds brave fight against gang OF
crazsd miners and that was the reabon
for the superintendents appointment to
his high office. McCloud arranged q, 70
board AZ the boarding house OF Mrs. S,n-
clair, the ex-foreman's deserted Whe.
picksie Dunning was the daughter OF the
late Richard Dunning. who had oieu - ~ "a
broken heart shortly after nus WIZ
married life. Sinclair visited Marion SIN,
clair's shop and a fight between MN ana ana
McCloud was narrowly averteu. onlohSS
McCloud prepared TO face the situation.
President Bucks notified Smith that ne
had work ahead. McCloud worked Tor
in fairly good order. He overheard Dick
sic criticising his methods. TO Marion
Sinclair. A stock train was wrecked py
an open switch. Later passenger tram
was held up and the express car robbed:
Two men OF posse pursuing the panults
were killed. McCloud was notified that
Whispering Smith was TO hunt. the oes-
peradoes- Bill Dancing, a road lineman,
proposed that Sinclair and his gang be
sent to hunt the bandits. A stranger, APP
parently with authority. told him TO go
was whispering Smith" Smith APP
preached Sinclair He tried to buy him
on. but failed. He warned McCloud that
his life was in danger. McCloud was car
ried forcibly into Lance Cummings pres
ence. Cunning refused the railroad
right-of-way. ne had already signed for.
Dicksie interfered to prevent shooung
ARRAY. Dfcksie met McCloud on lonely
trail TO warn him his life was In danger
On his way home a shot passed through
his hat Whispering Smith reported that
Du Sang. ono OF Snclair's gang. had been
saw Du Sang. whispering Smith taunt-
ed Du Sang and told him TO get out OF
Medicine Bend OF suffer. Du sang seemed
to succumb TO the blum. McClouds big
Job was taken from him be-
cause OF an injunction issued to Lance
Dunnlng by the United States court
sudden rise OF the Crawling Stone river
sion sDpeSlea 70 Mecioud Tor help wins
pering Smith Joined the group. He and
Dicksie spent the night In conversation,
Smith giving the girl an outline OF his
life. In the morning McCloud took his
men to fight the river. Lance Dunning
welcomed them cordially McCloud sue
eeeded In hating the flood. He accepted
punninE's hospitality. Dicksie and Ma
tried to persuade his deserted wife TO re-
turn to him. She refused. He accused
whispering Smith of having stolen her
robbed. the bandits escaping. Smith and
McCloud started in pursuit. At Bags
ranch On Sang killed old Baggs. Wills
pering Smith befriended his ten-year-old
Smith was certain the bandits were
there.