Whispering Smith and the Smoky Creek Train Gang
Wu Murray Sinclair and his gang loot a wrecked train at Smoky Creek as McCloud the road superintendent clashes with the outlaws. Dicksie Dunning and Whispering Smith aid McCloud in stopping the gang amid threats, killings, and a river flood, with pursuit across Reece and Williams Cache.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray Sinclair
McClouds
McCloud
Sinclair
Dicksie Dunning
T Richard Dunning
Smoky Creek
Bucks
Smith
Whispering Smith
Lance Dunning
Dunning
Dicksie
Stone
Marion
Williams Cache
Rebstock
du Sang
Tu Sang
Death of Du Sang in Whispering Smith Tale
Whispering Smith returns to a grim scene after a battle. Du Sang lies wounded and dying as Stormy Gorman threatens the prisoners. Smith tends the wounded, coordinates their escape, and monitors Du Sang until a fatal stomach wound ends his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
du Sang
Whispering Srhith
Whispering Smith
Seagrue
Karg
Gorman
Smith
Whispering Smith Informs Hill Country Shootout Outcome
Whispering Smith tends Bill Dancing after a gunfight near Mission Springs. A doctor is sent from Oroville but delays. Smith plans to escort four prisoners to Oroville with Brill Young as guard chair, while urging George Seagrue to stay silent about past killings.
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Smith
Bill Dancing
Mission Springs
Oroville
Bill
Medicine Bend
Whispering Smith
Brill Young
Seagrue
George
Tower
Whispering Smith Rumor Clears as McCloud Receives Safe Telegram
In Medicine Bend, McCloud and Rooney Lee track rumors of Whispering Smith’s death at Williams Cache. A telegram from Gordon at Sleepy Cat later confirms Du Sang was wounded and dying. McCloud believes the message and plans to relay the good news to Marion Sinclair as Dicksie confronts emotional tension and a possible romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams Cache
Medicine Bend
Cat
McCloud
Rooney Lee
Dicksie Dunning
Marion
Blake
du Sang
Dicksie
Rooney
Gordon
Sleepy Cat
Karg
Seagrue
Katie Dancing
Smith
Dickie
Cloud
Marion Sinclair
Whispering Smith Survives Narrow Escape at Battlefield End
In a tense retreat from the Williams Cache gang, Whispering Smith tricks fate with a failed rifle drop and a daring recovery. Amid skirmish casualties, Karg, Du Sang, and Bill Dancing fall or are wounded as Smith finally mounts again and pursues Beagrue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams Cache
Smith
Karg
du Sang
Whispering Smith
Beagrue
The Laugh of a Woman Chapter Ending
Marion and Dicksie host McCloud for supper as Dicksie asks for a favor and contemplates a pass tied to a banked joke about telephoning the stables. A playful, domestic scene unfolds with hints of tension and future events.
Kettledrum a Perfect Instrument for Atmosphere and Rhythm
Mr Gabriel Cleather argues kettledrum excels in atmosphere and rhythm. He cites three requirements to tune it a perfect ear fine touch and five years experience. He recalls an 80 year old Meyerbeer melody from Robert le Diable to show timpanis carry melody and range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gabriel Cleather
Meyerbeer
Robert le Diable
Affinity Defined Causes Witty Exchange at Home
A man known for phrase making and his imaginative wife bumbled into a quip when she read about a recent divorce. She cried that affinity is a senseless word and he retorted with a pun about an accommodation train, then tried to explain his own clever use of the term.
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Rank Hl.spearman
Andre Bowles
Stormy Gorman
Dancing
Pill Dancing
George Seagrue
Stormy
Redstock
Barney
Reb Brock
Ed Banks
Kennedy
Baggs
McCloud and
Sily
Jim
Mr. McCloud
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