Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-09-08
SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER murray Sinclair and his
gang of wreckers were called out to clear
the railroad tracks at Smoky Creek.
CHAPTER II.-McCloud. q young road
SUPERINTENDENT, caught Sinclair and his
men in the act of lootlng the wrecked
train. Sinclair pleaded innocence, declar-
Ing 1t only amounted to small sum-a
treat for the men. McCloud discharged
the whole outfit and ordered the wreck
age burned.
CHAPTER III-McCloud became ac-
quainted with Dicksie Dunning, girl OF
the west, who came to look at the wreck.
She gave him message for Sinclair.
CHAPTER IV.-"Whispering" Gordon
Smith told President Bucks Of the rail-
1 road, of McCloud's brave fight against
gang OF crazed miners and that was the
reason for the superintendent appoint
ment to his high office. McCloud ar
ranged to board at the boarding house
Of Mrs. Sinclair, the ex-foreman's desert
ed wife.
CHAPTER V.-Dicksie Dunn,ng was
the daughter of the late Richard Dun
ming, who had died of a broken heart
shortly after his wife's demise. which
occurred after one year of married life.
CHAPTER VI.-Sinclair visited Marion
Sinclair's shop and a fight between him
and McCloud was narrowly averteG.
CHAPTER vIL--Smoky Cheek bridge
pared to face the situation. President
Bucks notified Smith that he had work
ahead.
CHAPTER VIII-McCloud worked for
days and finally got the division running
IN fairly good order. He overheard Dick
sic criticising his methods, to Marion
Sinclair.
CHAPTER IX-A stock train was
wrecked by an open switch. Later a pas
senger train was held up and the express
car robbed. Two men of posse pursuing
the bandits were killed. McCloud was
notified that Whispering Smith was to
hunt the desperadoes.
CHAPTER X.-Bill Dancing q road
lineman, proposed that Sinclair and his
gang be sent to hunt the bandits A
stranger, apparently with authority. told
him to go ahead. Dancing was told the
stranger was Whispering Smith"
CHAPTER XI.-Smith approached Sim
clair He tried to buy him off, but failed.
He warned McCloud that his life was in
danger.
CHAPTER XII.-McCloud wa carried
forcibly into Lance Cummings presence.
Cunning refused the railroad a right-of-
way, he had already signed for. Dick
sic interfered to prevent shooting af-
fray.
CHAPTER XIII.-Dicksie met McCloud
on lonely trail to warn him his life was
in danger. On his way home shot
passed through his hat.
CHAPTER XIV.-Whispering Smith re-
ported that g-Du Sang, one of Sinclair's
gang, had been assigned to kill McCloud.
He and Smith saw Du Sang.
CHAPTER XV-Whispering Smith
of Medicine Bend or suffer. Du Sang
seemed to succumb to the bluff.
1t was a showdown. No one watch
ing the two men under the window
breathed for a moment. Whispering
Smith, motionlcss, only watched the
half-closed eyes. You can't shoot
craps" he said, coldly. What can
you shoot, PeaT1i4e7 You can't stop
q man on horseback"
Du Sang knew he must try for
quick kill or make a retreat. He
took In the field at q glance. Ken
nedy's teeth cleaned only ten feet
away. and with his right hand half
under his coat lapel he toyed with his
watch-chain. McCloud had moved in
from the slot machine and stood at
the point of the table, looking at Du
Sang and laughing at him. Whisper
ing Smith threw off all pretense.
Take your hand away from your gun,
you albino! I'll blow your head off
left-handed if you pull! Will, you get
out of this town tonight? If you can't
drop a man in the saddle at ESQ yards,
what do you think you'd look like aft
er a break with me? Go back to the
whelp that hired you, and tell him
when he wants a friend of mine to
send a man that can shoot. If you are
within 20 miles of Medicine Bend at
daylight I'll rope you like a fat cow
and drag you down Front street,"
Du Sang, with burning eyes, shrank
narrower and smaller into his corner,
ready to shoot if he had to, but
not liking the chances. No man in
Williams Cache could pull or shoot
with Du Sang, but no man in the
mountains had ever drawn successful
ly against the man that faced him.
Whispering Smith saw chat he would
not draw. He tainted him again in
low tones, and, backing away, spoke
Iaughingly to McCloud. While Ken
nedy covered the corner, Smith backed
TO the door and waited for the two to
join him. They halted a moment at
the door, then they backed slowly up
the steps and out into the street.
There was no talk till they reached
the Wickiup office. Nov, will some
of you tell me who Du Sang is ?" asked
mCOlOuus dllST hSunCug dIu w ulSpSI-
ing Smith with banter and laughing
had gone over the scene.
Kennedy picked up the ruler. "The
wickedest, cruelest man in the bunch
and the best shot"
Where is your hat, George-the one
he put the bullet through" asked
Whispering Smith, limp In the big
chair. Burn it up; he thinks he
missed you. Burn it up now. Never
let him find out what close call you
had. Du Sang! Yes, he is cold
blooded as a wildcat and cruel as a
soft bullet. Du Sang would shoot a
dying man, George, just to keep him
squiTming in the dirt. Did you ever