Show r. r I THE THEu WHIP u Y IF j An Exciting Tale of Love and Adventure Founded on the Great Play of 4 the Same Name By B Y 4 BERTRAND BABCOCK BABCOCK t. t Copyright 1912 by Cecil Raleigh and Hamilton by arrangement with the th Drury Lane Company of ot y America and Arthur Collins managing man man- Y t aging director of ot the Drury Lane J theater of or London 1 t DI f t Lord Beverley was worried over something the women of ot his granddaughters granddaughter's grand grand- daughters daughter's house party part had told bim They v-They bad had described the course ourse of the i otter Cotter hunt bunt and this description had bad him exceedingly though he henas has nas at much pains not to let the w wm women wo we- m men n se see It But straight to Captain Sl Sartoris whom he be instinctively disliked dis dis- disliked liked lilted though he tried to overcome that feeling he went t Greville exclaimed the marquis Im afraid from what I hear that you went ent trespassing this morning Oh did cUd we exclaimed Sartoria Sartoris lightly not attaching I much Importance to the opinions ot the rl racing marquis upon any subject Yes from tram beyond the bend where the Bourne winds through h the Brancaster Brancaster Bran Bran- r caster ster property Beverley continued In a 1 modified modified d' d tone Ir i v o Of Ot Of so RO course so It does answered Sat Sartoris Well we didn't t go o far Surely lIrely It doesn't matter ml As a neigh neigh- s lx for hor r Brancaster nr n wouldn't object Beverley nf frowned ns as he be went on In and InrI bombastic tone T e's es a II nett neighbor to whom I object certainly not one from whom Id I'd as ask ash favors 4 OnE One of ot the women of ot the house house bouse party par par- ty Lady Antrobus had overheard tb two men meu u use e tho the name Brancaster Of t Lady Jady Antrobus It had bad been said sald that she rushed In to where where well well you know I r my dear Her IIer shrewish curiosity i v 0 made made her anxious to know what they i were saying of ot Brancaster so despite de I IN N s the breeding of her line she ahe interject interject- interjected ct- ct ed herself Into the conversation Lord Brancaster aster will have bave to sell the We m for tor n t tsong song If It he be goes on racing so desperately she he said She was an nn old uel neighbor of ot the marquis mar mar- g quis and her chance touching upon a 8 Y hobby of ot Beverley aroused his ire y- y Pardon me said he betting so desperately Gambling Is not racing f Hes a II wonderfully cool gambler went on the chatty tongue of or his fem fem- K inane neighbor neigh ho r. r r. r I 1 saw him nt t Sandown Sundown Sundown Sun Sun- down last autumn betting over over the rail with all the bookmakers on on the other side ranging at him JIm like bike n a II pack of ot wolves Sartoris himself had taken the other end of ot some of ot these bets and his I smile was rueful as he be put In 1 With Kelly th the Leviathan leading them hurling the odds odd at fit his bend bead In r thousands It was plain that Lady Antrobus y who had bad known of Brancaster since he was was a 8 boy had rather a sort of ot admiration admi admi- admiration ration for tot him And he never turned u hair she went on 1 believe he loves the excitement excitement ex ex- I ex-I The failure of ot the plan of the father of Lady Diana and of ot Brancaster I had hadert hadi i left ert a n deep bitterness in the thC heart of ot I Beverley though his bark was worse than his bite ti 1 The marquis felt that a man of ot his w own position and ana morality owed it to the world to point out every horrible r example even If It that example were wert the son of ot an nn old family friend for tor 1 how otherwise cnn can the rising generation genera genera- U tion n get set the proper moral perspective he had asked more than once So now he did not hesitate though ou h he ht was well aware that hoc ht utterances would place him In the light of ot seeming seem sem t ing tug rather less of lit a u gentleman than n he was way in th the minds of ot those I who might not understand his real feeling In this and related matters t r I He wont won't 10 love paying paving for tor It ft he be said and for tor his other follies Even Beverley felt that t he hp was WI going too far tar S But nut the mind of ot dy Antrobus was 1 alert for tor any hit of ot soR gossip lp Are An they so o very costly sh she con con- tinned hoping to opt open n th the doors of ot th the marquis marquis' indignation flon But nut Lord Jord Beverley glanced at Lady t I not vr very tnt far off oIT Then he her r roughed coughed rou h d ns M he hI returned hesitatingly ly Hem er I er-I I have l heard so 0 Fuel to what she hf t felt lt was a It flame fiame about to export expire the tilt voluble neighbor of ot ofFal Iii J Fal t added 1 Ive Ie only met him once sh she said with th the air of nt one on contradicting the J marquis l thought hed he'd charming e 4 manners and was WI quite good looking t Every youngster must sow ow his wild J Vii o oats you know my ray dear marquis l n suc Sued succeed Ced- Ced S I 1 Lady el Antrobus had P partially f. f S ed Beverley did not It Is true tnie add to her ber fund of ot knowledge 1 rp regarding tt the escapades of ot Brancaster but hut h he kt did Ud express hl his own tip opinion most lI nn ford ford- r. r bly thou though h In his somewhat stilted r phrase Certainly let It him sow all 1111 the wild oats oats-he wishes W he he I but hut not in f i J ply y ga a ln en It If you ou w women m n of ot position t 1 t r J 1 I In land did your our duty n ft boy bo like Brancaster would be hI ut rut Yes and we men are aro Just ns liS much to blame too for tor we Wf should cut ut him for tor your I sakes Bakes We smile too much and look the tho other way In these days Many a n youngster would be saved sned from perdition thou tion If It his elders only spoke out ont ns liS I Imen men and gentlemen should speak as I 1 II myself would speak to Brancaster If It Ithe he ever came camo near here I If we all acted as we sh should uld In regard regard re reo re- re gard to these thes spendthrift boys and these wastrels more than half baIt of them would turn from their folly tolly and become become be he- come worthy of ot their ancestors If It Brancaster ever came to Falconhurst I would not hesitate to say to him While my women folk tolk live 1110 In my house you are not welcome within It Lady Antrobus sighed at thought of ot the young earl who was so unwelcome unwell I In the home bome of or the friends of ot ids his hl fa tn- tn then ther She ml might bt have returned to the attack but at this moment a n loud cry from Captain Rayner nl one ODe of ot the men of house bonse party drew the attention not only of ot her but of ot n Beverley verle andall and all 11 of ot the rest CHAPTER IV An Old Acquaintance AYNER Y ER was waa standing near the flu IRr K highway which passed not 1101 I very far tr from ni a corner lorner of bt the II stables and ho was looking up upward upward ward along the tortuous the tortuous course ourse of ot th the I road as it ste steadily mounted to tin the i highlands Down that road toad from tile till plateau i above I n II large touring automobile II was I rushing swaying from side Ride to side as ns the man Ivan at the wheel took lr the many turns turn In the course There was WaR a 11 woman beside him Suddenly she aro arose and screamed screamed- A moment had Jumped from the car was standing In safety In n the rond road watching th the terrifying descent of ot the automobile automobile- Not all of ot the women In the tho F group I at the Falconhurst stables saw the 0 wo woman woman man after utter she had left lert the lurching vehicle as some of ot them were too tol oc occupied IC with their own ten fears and ter terrors for tor gradually after r their first t moments of If amazement the they realized that t the car was beyond control After Atter th the woman Jumped the man lIalI looked backward rd for tor Just n a t fleeting Instant Instant In Ill stant ns as though assuring hh himself lf that she were were safe Then he don doubled bled u ove his wheel To the amon among the watchers I It t was soon Born apparent that the man lUal inthe In of or checkIng check check- the car possessed no means Ing its momentum Plain Plainly I his bis brakes were not working As AH he came 1111 nearer and nearer to them the they could see Re that he be was fumbling with his change gear ar lever le in an effort to throw Into mesh the reverse and check chek the car car ar but IlOt something stuck and the gears eu did not en engage age Then Lady Diana DInna moved od closer to the road her face t white but hut self possessed She thought that she recognized the the- stanch figure sure in the car that through solve 1 deep seated ted Instinct Instinct Instinct In In- of ot sportsmanship did not and had not attempted to leave lea Its sent seat Making n u me megaphone o of her hands she called up Throw Iu In your our first throw In III your first That'll slacken yon you But even before she Ihl spoke th the titan man manIn I In the car car had he been ell attempting to todo do so The fh lever le stint shot forward and then I before b he could try by to mesh the gears I th the car literally careened on ou two wheels wheels Th The riders rider's hu hand nd was forced to quit the tbt lever nod and with his big other hand grasp more mort firmly the wheel lIe He rounded rounded literally fell car r amid wu no down d Wl the last descent descent descent de de- de- de scent scent that separated him from the bit hit bitof bitof of ot road rand beside th the Falconhurst t stables I Irow Now r he seemed to ha nave have clear r sailing for tor the I h. h herond road roud ran run straight mid and half hulf amile n a mile mill bO beyond the th stables there was a I slight rise that would be more than thUD I sufficient to cheek check the speed of ot th the ear car Intense though It was wal I As car and und man blurred past Lady I m Diana she thought she caught lIght from the till car r the wl words wards Thank your you ou and the flash of ot n II hand waved wn In the air I Tb The next In Instant th there it was n a thunderous thun I derous crash followed by the manifold maul mani fold and multitudinous sounds of ot ape ape- I I unite mechanisms of metal being rent I asunder er all In III on one second yet following follow follow- In lag ing one another r In III minute fractions fraction of that t sec TJI e th rider deviat deviated devi dI at u ti m m lita OI OIt t e In that brief pol point lt of ot time tidal when he lit had waved wn his hand and called his thanks to the girl who had bad the presence of ot mind to shout hout to him the only thing possible In that crisis III Ills His ear car ar deviating de ever er so NO slightly In Int t that h at iu instant had rushed Into tb the stone corner cornor of th the bridge Just at tit the side of or orth th the footpath It lay Ily In trl fragments anti twi twisted td bits of ot metal The Tbt titan man hurl hart ed d to th middle of ot the highway sprawled there bleeding and Scions i iFor For u It Ion long moment taco men and women stood without moving Then r I and lInd ley hS broke the t spell II mad n tI half halt dozen of ot them lII darted forward took toul up III the form onu In I the road mad nn and ear car ried 12 ti Into the stable yard nl Lady tip aim her arm received the limp hanging head hlad Us q the they put the till man upon tile round ground Quick Lambert some brandy ordered or nr dered Beverley ne l to The rl Whips Whip's trainer trl Grandfather r hes he's d dying exclaimed pityingly ly lally litany Diana Then she Iw looked balked long Into lutu f the he face tl It Its s the stranger r. r ray any m artist s slue she 1 said tl a aalt vast alt sadness tl lIllI upon her hern herns n ns she saw sa this the a I btu lying hl th there rr limp limpI m I upon whiz h In nut not so I long I t Il her r hunter bunter had hIl set let its It murk mark He lie had I 11 so till blithely la hl d taken so good t what t hl hud seemed to her herI n ma matter I of of so III much h concern maid Iud here bere h he In lay lead fiend lId or lr dying Poor strung strung- StroD Poor Ioor it artist lint hut step n-step II from l she Ih t r 1 sadly Badly Vt i M w t t. t h. ki t I v r 1 F Now row Lambert had brought the limn dy but he did not hand band It to the tbt marquis mar mar- marquis I quis as h he caught sight of the tbt poor pale face tace My ry lord its it's the man we Wt thought n a tout he said to his employer I cant can't help that answered Bev Iter- I Beverley Ierley I erley Impatiently The hp pony cart quick The Thc mans man's hurt burt We W must mut take fIlm him nim to the Vastle at once t onoe-nt nt on once e r. r Captain been looking Into the face tac of ot the Inert stranger on the ground for tor fla moments In n It puzzled fashion He Ip knew that thettie he knew the matt man but the banishment of nt con con- consciousness had find made I such a II difference differ differ- difference ence In the features that t he be could not recall Suddenly he hp made an nn tion Good heavens cousin Do yon you see ice X y 4 S s c Captain Greville Sartoris who this 13 To came from him as memory memry mem mem- ors ory ry cleared The marq marquis lH looked nt lit the man on the ground and then Into the face of ot the captain an unspoken Inquiry In his own eyes Sartoris took a deep breath the better better better bet bet- ter to to subdue subdue his own lively astonishment astonish I meat ment Its Its It's Its It's he held For six days now Lord Brancaster had lain In on one of ot the old old- lofty cell cell- ell bed chambers of ot the ancient eastie cas HI castle tl tie tle of or Falconhurst He lIt had hud not not regained regained regained re re- gained consciousness for tor a moment since the da day he be had hud been hurled burled out oat when his automobile struck the stone stonebridge stonebridge bridge Despite the words of ot censure the Marquis of Beverley had spoken of ot tin the Earl o of Brancaster there was nothing noth ing for tOl him to do now save e to try tr to efface them In every po possible w way Y Beverley ne had done more than th the situation situation sit Hit demanded It was as If It time till InJury In In- Jury which had bad fallen tallen upon th the t earl tarl rl had bad wiped out all the past and und had brought to the old racing nobleman n a renewed consciousness of ot the brotherhood brotherhood brother brother- hood bood of ot man The most mot noted l physicians physicians' physicians clans clans' and surgeons ot of London had been I summoned by him and Sir A Andrew drew drewI I Beck Deck whose very retaining cast a a i distinction distinction dis dis- Unction upon the families able to induce Induce Induce In in- duce duce the great reat sur surgeon oll to visit them was even now In consultation with some half halt dozen of ot the kingdoms kingdom's great i est eat sur surgeons eons There was a question ns liS as I to whether they would try an operation operation operation opera opera- tion In the hope hop of ot relieving the pressure pressure pres pres- sure upon the brain but hut the mills of ot opinion was waR against lI It I The chamber In which Brancaster lay had been the abode ahod of mor more than ollei one olle i fugitive nobleman In the days of ot the i commonwealth which had followed tb the ascendancy of ot the thc Puritans Puritan after the execution of ot Charles I. I and there therewa was wa a well authenticated then t Ip legend thai Bonnie Prince Cl Charlie ll lf had oncE once been sheltered there when there was was a n price III upon U his head But Dut certainly never nl before hud had the theold theold old apartment occupied h by the unconscious Brancaster had n ma more mort lovely aspect There were flowers r everywhere everywhere every every- where lint but not In the till profusion that would world have huv m meant a |