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Show DOUBLE Mfflftfl ST THE Mil Tomorrow Night, Lou Tele-gan Tele-gan in "The Victory of Honor" and "Whispering "Whisper-ing Smith." Whispering Smith loved Marion, a carefree and beautiful Western girl. His love was that of the strong, cleaa living man, who knows no physical danger, but is reticent and bashful in his love affairs. Lacking as a suitor the characteristics that made him esteemed es-teemed and -feared among his fellow-men, fellow-men, he was beaten out for her hand by Sinclair, a dashing, devil-may-care sort of fellow among the women, but unscrupulous and vindicate at heart. Marion's life with Sinclair was not all joy and happiness. Slowly he was killing her love for him, but in the manner of his kind he believed that harshness was the way to rule women. wo-men. When the story opens, Sinclair, who is foreman of a wrecking crew on a mountain section of a transcontinental railroad, is living in one of the company's com-pany's cabins in the small division terminal, ter-minal, Medicine Bend, a typical Western West-ern railroad and mining town. This town was located at the foot of a steep declivity, noted for the frequency fre-quency of the wrecks occurring there, particularly among freight trains. The officials of the road were worried wor-ried at the great number of the wrecks, but were more concerned with the robberies that took place after each collision. No trace of the thieves could be found. The railroad detectives detec-tives had about given up In despair when Whispering Smith was sent to Medicine Bend to put an end to the robberies. Sinclair was never suspected. Smith, however, discovers soon after his arrival ar-rival that Sinclair is the brains of the gang engaged in looting the freight cars. Smith, to save Marion the disgrace dis-grace of having her husband branded a thief, does not expose him, but causes the division superintendent, McCloud, to discharge him. Life for Marlon soon becomes unbearable, un-bearable, and she leaves him. This arouses to frenzy the desperate man, who plans to get revenge on the railroad rail-road by burning the "Smoky Creek" trestle. Assisted by several of the band who had been engaged in looting loot-ing the cars, Sinclair sets fire to the trestle, causing a disastrous wreck. Smith, determined to capture the men responsible, discovers that Sinclair Sin-clair is at the bottom of the plot. Again his love for Marion Induces him not to expose her husband until he talks with her. He effects a reconciliation recon-ciliation between Sinclair and Marlon, and upon the former's promise to lead' a better life and to leave "Medicine Bend," Whispering Smith lets him go with his wife, tho girl he still loves. oo |
