Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-18

At went we'll until the third day,
except that lost heavily at bridge to
Holroyd, when, after dinner to
which Holroyd had invited two or
three other men, we all adjourned for
an hours stroll on the pier.
whether it was that, being un-
used to excessive indulgence In Wlne'
had taken too much champagne, or
whether was seized with sudden Ill
ness, I cannot exactly say. only
know that by some unaccountaDie
means managed to fall from the
pier into the sea, getting nasty
smack through coming into contact
with one Of the iron cross-girders.
81 remembered nothing more TILL .
found myself alone in my Brighton
lodging, wretchedly i'll, and very much
ashamed of myself.
"The doctor who attended me, a
splendid fellow. told me that Holroyd
had returned to Aldershot without
troubling to find out my real condl-
ton.
"That night late, further surprise
was in store for me. Beattie, accom-
panied by Colonel Jim, the latter with
a seriously injured arm, arrived at my
diggings in Warrior Square.
"It was soon apparent that Colonel
Jim was in bad way, my DOCTOR
after a brief examination of the in
jured arm, declaring that immediate
amputation was necessary.
GAIL the time I was in absolute lg-
norance of how the accident had hap
pened, or how it was that Beattie had
come to Brighton in Colonel Jim's
company.
"It was not until the operation was
over, and Mrs. Fame who was wired
for at once, had arrived to look after
her wandering daughter, that L
learned the whole story from Beatties
lips.
GAS some little explanation of what
took place, let me say that both Col
onel Fame and Colonel Jim were ar
dent motorists, each possessing a
twelve-horse-power Panhard, which
they were eternally pitting the one
against the other.
Colonel Jim always drove his car
himself, but Colonel Fame, not being
so expert, employed French chauf-
feur, at fabulous wages.
"Wsll, it seems that the day before
I recovered consciousness my land
lady, who, up to then, had no cleW
to the whereabouts of my friends, came
across e letter of Beattie's while get
ting some clean linen for me out OF
nv portmanteau. Without staying to
think who the writer might be she at
once wrote to her, and, as it after
ward appeared, gave 4 very eXagger-
ated account of my condition.
when the landlady's letter arrived
the colonel's motor was waiting at the
door for him on his return from pa
rade.
"Withnut- -nanSa-aIt taa,is'>s % '>s = Dr;ob-
dered the driver to SET OIL loi d
ton there and then, silenclns MS W
iect;ons with threats of her fathers
displeasure if he disobeyed her.
"Was there ever such a mad journey,
iournev too, at which her socla
world would hold up it's hands IN nol'
horror. n,,,hr;do @.
,,.ua uorcham till the outskirts o
7 owes were reached. And there TN
trouble began. -, or
"rrhe chauffeur had insisted NOR
+bon once On descending at CERTAIN
inns and refreshing himself VIII
"Rv tbe time Lewes was in sight tn
man was in a state of semi-intoxlca
ton and was quite incapable Oh COL
trolling the machine. -,
"Chancing to turn her head at th
noint Beattie saw coming up penn
then, at racing speed half mile OF
astcrn. another motor, which, even
tbat distance, seemed strangely 4
miliar to her. >,
"Nearer and nearer it drew, u
stnneded Frenchman in charge OF q
leading car becoming more ana mo
, unable to steer it. =.
!, eft was at a bend in the ROAD III
- the catastrophe happened.
"on the right hand was high Dan
- ;n+o This the driver made to r
u "nv a miracle of mercy he could I
e t,rn the steering wheel, over-balancl
= himself and falling out under
| wheels in front, which passed over
n body. IN,
&c &c stricken, Beattie caught hold OF
:. ee,r with both trembling hands
~ tried to keep the car straight. w
- - would have been the result OF
~ efforts it is hard to say, though II
~, almost morally certain that IN
~ streets of Lewes she would inevlta
lis have come to grief.
or "Now for Colonel Jim's part IN II.
y. quitting on the pace for
, snurt. he raced alongside or the
away, managed to stop his own
Gu chine, at the same moment ieai
no on to the other one.
~ "Seizing the steering wheel VIII
left band-his right arm was pre
~ ON the leap-he wrenched it rounu
IKE brought the car to a full stop.
NY "Then appeared the represent
Of the law, who, running Dach'
lm' covered that the chauffeur was L
NO ly injured. ,
uc- u "The rest you know, though
''i is one little thing more Whlch l
tell you in confidence, as 1t rem
&c from my point of view al
was was Colonel Jim did that day the
ond heroic.
Gnu "Beattie told me, more than
un- after we were married, that