| Show THE WHIP 1 An Exciting Tale of Love and Adventure Founded on the Great Play of the Same Name flame By Byi i BERTRAND BABCOCK BABCOC 1912 ISO br by Cecil Cedi Raleigh and andi i Hampton by arrangement with th the Drury Lane Company of ot America and Arthur Collins ma man maa- aging director r of the Drury Lane Lao theater of 01 Lon London on J Arter After what she asked leaning fa far over fI toward him B Brancaster took a a deep breath am and r nerved himself v After youve you've tor forgotten my existence exist exist- ence euce he said Auld friends who'll amuse you yon for tor the day entertain you invite you yon here and there for this race week weel or that season as us I did Did she asked rt repeating the past tense Yes went on Brancaster affecting not to notice When you were tired with town and und wanted rest and quiet 1 In the country The TIlt woman's womans ol voicA now became low intense and lind full tull of a sinister threat Was that quite the spirit of your invitations In your letters your protestations ta lions she asked quietly Brancaster shrugged ed his shoulders Oh Oh h. h wt well lI surely no midsummer madness mad mad- niss ness Is expected to live through an autumn he hp said saki firmly The rho r e woman was now on her feet teet and quite Clo dose close P to him while her eyes fairly fairly tarI fair tar I ly blazed Into hist his his' t What are lire you yon trying to tell me Hubert Hubert Hu Hu- bert hert she demanded a That that that when a Il man has ha been us ItS near near- to death as I have he continued r he lie learns to look at life Ufe differently more clearly andi and She i broke in with Stuff When hen the devil was sick Rick the devil d a n saint mint would be Youve You've a n 4 fi r th the dl dismals and I dont don't wonder after atter la a month mouth of or prunes and prisms t In a p place pWe like like- this Come hack back to to the t Well We'll ask some flame cheery cht ry people peo pie pr dl down clown n to stay You'll he be yourself n again f I Jam tarn not coming om i n the TIlE lie e t vers versa he hI Paid Auld shortly Eh En Well Ill it f is gloomy Much jollier jollier jol jol- lier Her to meet again In town to No h he said L Thian Then wh where rt l Nowhere he replied We WI cant can't meet again at nt all ull Cant tint Why she Rhe asked ready rendy for forthe fl r rth th the clash All that's over Nora ora he said Raid Im flOII sorry but hut its it's h best olt to say it out Ive Tn dpi determined 4 between f n us 1111 this today IB is I hY Do O you for forget et that you yon asked me to tobe be he your wife she said e That That was before he bp began n and anda nd a li paused 1 pd of lie of-lie Ites h d Before J t a as pack hack were published t In inline the papers papers' sloe she finished for hl him Innuendoes suspicious u N suspicions that I wasl wain was never called to answer answer- that were only I half believed because ou know know how bow defenseless s a a woman Is Isn Is- Is n nothing was proved Did I l ever deete de de- de- de 1 ete you you myself I 1 told yon t ld y ev everything 1 ti Everything E t Yes Yea t I lam lum am sorry orry he bo tie I Ido do do not 1 remember the remember the statements I feud t ild about I I you lust last week you ou did not explain 1 I t remember no explanation from front you you u. u V You do not remember many things Ti that happened before your OUI accident accident as as asSir Sir Ir Andrew said she replied 1 Some ome trifles trifles certainly certainly s-certainly he respond respond- ed d d. d t 1 Trifles es she excl exclaimed You forget that you confirmed your promise to me me h M Unhurt Hubert whatever th the world orld says n of or i toe me thinks of ot me you ou were diC different erent nt ak 1 t 1 I told you all You knew knew and and under under- understood under under- stood Shant Shan't we walk down the old I l l tt tt'S s Y f. f fr If 1 Ii tit 1 I am to be humiliated for Oil DiP paths to together ether again Wont Won't you lead ate me t tha new life the the Mopo hope you prom i I I i ti iii I I t J Ise t.- t. Nora Noru forgive fore for e me said aster Brant-aster In deep agitation but whatever er I 1 promised I did not then know But the woman Interrupted savage savagely That you'd meet DI Sartoris a c obi of a II girl simpering over a sick man mun and fall In love Jove with tor oer That has bas nothing to do with it It he be said resentful that Lady Dianas Diana's name had bad been brought Into it It It has everything she asserted Very well then have it your own way he be said If Ive I've been a fool fool- Ill I'll stop In III Um time Theres There's the truth troth and that is is-goodby To the relief of ot Brancaster entered and g gave gate f him a note which he saw at once had been written by Beverley ev I was to ask aRk your lordship to read It at ont once once the servant said and withdrew with with- drew With a muttered apology Brancaster tore open the envelope and then haIng ha hay hav having ing fug partially read rend the note looked keenly at Sirs Mrs DAquila About me she asked Yes Yes he answered d. d Pray read it it she said w with witha th a n. shrug of indifference Brancaster read aloud I do not wish to seem fIem personally discourteous to your ur guest and Iam I I am very cry sensible of ot the consideration due to the feelings of a 1 woman but I trust t ther her visit today will be a 11 short one andI aDelI and aDel I 1 must ask you to let lef Jet her understand with as little offense offense-as offense orrens as may be t that teat at now you are recovered her visits here herl must cease I hoped her own common commonsense commonsense sense would have prompted her not to call again but since she has hns you must make It clear that J I cannot receive a alady alady alady lady whose exact position and relation to yourself I cannot explain to my granddaughter Diana Dana The woman stopped him with a furious furious furious fu fu- fu- fu rious gesture Thanks she said sava savagely ely So its it's once again Dl Di I am to be humiliated for tor Di Dl Insulted for for for-Dl DI Thrown over by yo you you turned turned out by him fot bim-fot him for for DI Dl Very well Tell him what I tell you that when next we WI meet 1 I trust Artist ArtistI trust I shall be able to explain correctly the precise nature of my position and relation rela rela- and to tion to him and to you you and and to to DIJ DM I CHAPTER VII The he Whip and nd Lady Di Oil Dil HERE was only laughter anc and jovial clinking of ot glasses as T Beverley entertained the hunt huntI at breakfast In the great hallof hallof hall haJJ I of ot Falconhurst while outside th the I hounds were being prepared for a hl bigl big l I meet The men in their red coats and full hunting togs seemed so many figures stepped out ut of ot the frames ol or orthe the portraits on th the walls behind than I of the almost princely family of Bev Bev- I erley But at one end of ot th the table a little withdrawn from their neighbors the Rev Re Verner Haslam and Captain Sartoris Sartoris Sar- Sar toris torts were talking The clergyman looked anxiously up and down the the board Wheres Brancaster he asked his uneasy Con conscience troubling him But Sartoris was wa perfectly at his hi ease and th the others other's anxious tones tone pas passed l d by hint him Oh hes he's driven down to the sta sta- tn- tn tion be he returned d' d dInu in a i casual a ual tone tone- Hes been Iwen fussing l all nII the morning about a parcel or he hp wanted front from town Ht Hes s 's quite recovered asked Has Has- lam They think RO so Talks of or hunting today to to- today day said Sartoris Bu hit his mind his nl d-bIR d mem memory ry the uneasy clergyman J r asked Sartoris Sartori shrugged l' l his Rh shoulders ulder in their well fitting red coat ont Why rhy h he RI J 1 i When the vicar returns hell h 11 read fend that that- that entry in the marriage register regis regis- ter he said glancing lIn uneasily up the table marriage returned Bun aster s r 1 theother Well didn't h he hi marry murry I You know began m na 1 Haslam me I 1 know kiln nothing You u signed for 01 for him persisted Hail HaV- lam No Xo You wrote his hiJ name name e. e But nut the mark murk the cross t n Il t it U it Sartoris t was wn Visibly I ll ly annoyed Brain asters wrist was waR Injured at nt atthe atthe the time he said Dash it We must be he autistic artistic couldn't oUI nt write What does It mutter matter The thing is iN there groaned the substitute vicar Quite so In so-in in perfectly legal form said sud Sartoris firmly II lie He will wUl know its it's false said ui the conscience stricken Haslam u. u Never Aeter er c He never can cun or will will will-un un unless less you tell him said the captain Do you want n a memory of ot julIto Jail julI to your other reminiscences teR Beastly p place tcP My lr dear fellow dear fellow rellow for once nl In tn our lur our lives Uve weve we've done don a It good action Dont Don't be afraid of or it We We Web ve bought b ju Justice tIe tIet t for r u a woman Shell She'll sick stick ItI to It it I Ishall n stick to It You stick to to it It You cant can't be found out out s out b Y You'll have havea huven a n Jolly boll it if you If-you dont The substitute shuddered But nut will she make muke her claim claim pub pub publicly Snort MOIl soon he ile asked d seizing a It dl decan decat decanter ter of n ky I i Sartoris Sartori took a n puff purr at nt the till d cigarette tte between between lips his his lips a he returned Cant say She hp never r meant to while lie Ise le lived She Che h was anticipating t anticipating er er r- r weeds dont don't you see Now o the situations situation's situa tion's Changed If I h tier her r she may maybe be j ious perhaps resentful re and and Ind Indwell well t r the crash comes s sooner Moner later or its it's all 1 one to you you my dt dear lr Haslam dyon NC see Youve You've got Jot to stick to it it r BeVerley erle now rapped on the tilt table e er r and the company o of men en settled set settled set set- et tle J into their places Ct s The seu seasons season's ons on's over said the mar mar- marI marquis I quis and this thi Is our last last meet Now thO those beastly violets violets' are lire sprouting in garden our garden our last I n et meet and the last I timed shall hunt tho the hounds bounds Tb The tier Bev- i eric eiTy s have hunted from Falconhurst t he paused to bk let for fOT O over Or r years years he o. o tha sub W I b ao p O t rite they f wll will f. f f i Il I as Ions Jong as a It Beverley Beerley 11 lives eJ a Kever- Kever HI tr I leyH be their their- master But Be er has no son to come camp after him lie He died as a ne Beverley should for or ht his country Hes He's not here bere to be he m my deputy So gentlemen it lies with you to say who shall shall You want young oun blood to hunt good bounds Ill bounds Ill I'll find them all aU rI right right- bt- bt but we we- want a n deputy master one you'll you II all follow one the country knows one ono who'll hunt the e Beverley as a good sportsman should and as you who sit Nit around me are good sportsmen one and andall andall andall all Ive I've called you all to together ether to leave the choice to you At this moment the young Earl of ot Brancaster entered and took his seat sent at the table of Beverley erley Instantly there were shouts of Brancaster and Captain Rayner a veteran of ot the Beverley Beverley Bev Bev- everley ev- ev erley hun hunt got sot to his re feet t quickly In the old days he said It was the rule when the master at Falconhurst Falconhurst Falconhurst Falcon hurst came a cropper It was the master master master mas mas- ter of who hunted the hounds It has been his turn to come croppers lately But ut now as we all rejoice to see hes he's fit and well again and ad standIng standing stand stand- ing lag at at Lord Beverley's everley's right hand Could a better man take the whip than thi Lord Brancaster As As- amid cheers that followed this thi speech Lady Diana and the women of or the hunt hUDt in full tull field ld costume entered and grouped themselves on the stairs to hear the conclusion of or the speeches Brancaster arose and with a 1 bow to the company be began n in a It low voice which gradually Increased in power Gentlemen you pay me a very hl high h I dont don't deserve deserve deserve de de- de- de compliment but Im I'm afraid serve it To command the support of the Beverley hunt I have hap not yet yit t proved that I can ride hard enough or oras oras oras as straight as s I shall when I follow tollow j L r f fir 4 Wye rG F s f y But will she make her claim pub claim pub publicly soon soon the lead that 1 I am certain will most nearly to you you the the lead not of at ofa a 0 deputy master for tor there is none nODe here fitted to take that place but the lend lead that is given In some counties by the mistress of the hounds hound Gentlemen let letus letus letus us follow follo that example and b acclamation today that Lad Lady Diana Sartoris Is the chosen deputy mistress of It the Beverley hounds Only the he greatest positive and affirmative affirm shouts greeted this declaration and encouraged by it it Brancaster walked slowly lowly to the theo foot of lr the th stairway stairway stair stair- way and took tool from his pocket a it jewel case containing a It miniature whip In diamonds th the package 1 he ht hud had been tun fuming In about In the morning u Lady dV Diana he h said to the young youn girl above above him you yon have heard the de decision of or the hunt May I beg beg- that on their behalf you will accept the accept the whip A Aid Atod d he be gave ga to Lady Ln Diana the glittering gilt glit diamond nd whip Lady Dl Diana was Diana l a wa was plainly moved and there seemed tears of pride and joy and joy In leer her eyes us Uli she answered Gentlemen Gentlemen l l-I-I-It l I I If you reull really wish It then it U long as Oll yM I it it-I it I I will 1 do my 1 best to nu bunt as s I hard t td d Fund ride us' us l straight as a 1 Sartoris Sartoria should should-l I thank you you yo very much much and and Ill I'll hold the whip whipyou you You give e me till it It-It It It can go u Into better better better bet bet- bet ter hands Overjoyed at the turn of ot events the ild dd marquis hastened to the table till Hll- 1 a big bumper and then motioned to 1 Loll the company to do die th the same j I Ladles Ladies and gentlemen he lie cried i the hounds wait It Its It's tine time for a Ii stir stirrup rup up cup CliP Fill Fili your glasses attI s 1 I give ht you vou a u tong toast Cries of ot The whip and Lady Di greeted him 4 Yes the whip whip- and 11 Lady Dl UI he be a and aid and not only the whip and und UI my dear dear- Dl DI for for the whip lUa may soon on have 8 t new handle bundle to its Ih name A general e murmur greeted this state state- anent ment I 1 Falconhurst t and Klevers ml rs may be bl b by u a new thong went Int on nu n Bev erley On u a day like this its it's a It great grent pleasure ti to ask you ou to not only only- 10 1 to your new whip whip whip-to to my Iny ray grandchild bat IDi-bat but to th the future The Th strident nt tones of a u bf big footman I Jit It dor Interrupted ld him him- himor or 01 rn rather inserted themselves 4 Into the HI pease pause In URt he II heland land d intended il l t to tu be h. Impressive pr sl E The footman's words o the I marquis marquis' sentence nut hut they It niso In rave raven n p a n threat a u ti tragic turn to tu- tu the the course Chappy-course or events t Lady ady I announced 1 t the hI while nil all turned their e eyes ell ito to the d doorway to behold there coldly sirs Mrs 1 I For Jom a a. a moment there was wars wn a 11 general j. j after half the c company bud bad gutto gut got Ito to Its feet moved toward tu Sartoris U as If he required the l' tl strength I of i-of af Ir h his I personality lIty Beverley ne tu turned toward woman the standing tun there t cold old lily |
