Chapter I: Front Matter

WHISPERING SMITH

BY

FRANK H. SPEARMAN

ILLUSTRATED BY N. C. WYETH AND

WITH SCENES FROM THE PHOTO-PLAY

PRODUCED BY THE SIGNAL

FILM CORPORATION

NEW YORK

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS

Published by Arrangement with Charles Scribner's Sons

COPYRIGHT, 1906, BY

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

Published, September, 1906

TO MY SON

THOMAS CLARK SPEARMAN

IN MEMORY OF

A PIEDMONT WINTER

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. The Wrecking Boss 1
II. At Smoky Creek 10
III. Dicksie 23
IV. George McCloud 33
V. The Crawling Stone 51
VI. The Final Appeal 60
VII. In Marion's Shop 64
VIII. Smoky Creek Bridge 71
IX. The Misunderstanding 76
X. Sweeping Orders 88
XI. At the Three Horses 93
XII. Parley 103
XIII. The Turn in the Storm 122
XIV. The Quarrel 131
XV. The Shot in the Pass 141
XVI. At the Wickiup 148
XVII. A Test 155
XVIII. New Plans 162
XIX. The Crawling Stone Rise 169
XX. At the Dike 179
XXI. Supper in Camp 197
XXII. A Talk With Whispering Smith 207
XXIII. At the River 217
XXIV. Between Girlhood and Womanhood 225
XXV. The Man on the Frenchman 242
XXVI. Tower W 256
XXVII. Pursuit 262
XXVIII. The Sunday Murder 271
XXIX. Williams Cache 281
XXX. The Fight in the Cache 292
XXXI. The Death of Du Sang 305
XXXII. Mcloud and Dicksie 312
XXXIII. The Laugh of a Woman 320
XXXIV. A Midnight Visit 327
XXXV. The Call 334
XXXVI. Duty 340
XXXVII. Wickwire 346
XXXVIII. Into the North 352
XXXIX. Among the Coyotes 361
XL. A Sympathetic Ear 373
XLI. Dicksie's Ride 379
XLII. At the Door 389
XLIII. Closing In 395
XLIV. Crawling Stone Wash 403
XLV. Back to the Mountains 413

WHISPERING SMITH