Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-20

..,,... ..alv met him once she said, with
,.. ain af one contradicting the marquis,
..r thought he'd charming manners
y,l- quite good looking. Every
,.'..rr,.ter must SOW his wild oats, you
r.oo my dear marquis
r... Anfrobus had partially succeeded
beverley did not, it is true, add to her
s,,s or knowledge regarding the esca-
-. .f Rrancaster, but he did express
FL. .,.r opinion most forcibly though in
iis somewhat stilted phrase.
..rartainly. let him SOW all the wild oats
~. ,rfsnes.'' he said, but not in my gar
Ian If vou women of position in so
t.r england did your duty, boy like
I5rareaster would be cut. Yes, and we
.,r are lust as much TO blame, too, for
..o should cut him for your sakes. We
,,,Ha foo much and look the other way
81 +,s.e DAYS Many a youngster would
IL, saved from perdition if his elders only
.-oga out as men and gentlemen should
rrsat as [ myself would speak to Bran
caster. if he ever came here.
urf we all acted as we should in re
,.,r7 I'm these spendthrift boys and these
'.,strels more than half Of them would
,.,,, from their folly and become worthy
- +beir ancestors If Brancaster ever
r,e I'm Falconhurst I would not hest
.a+. Fl, saw to him: While my women
fglt live in my house, you are not well
come within it,
lady Antrobus sighed at thought OF the
,.o,,ag earl who was so unwelcome in
fta home of the friends Of his father.
Oh. might have returned to the attack,
hu- at this moment a loud cry from Cap
tain Rayuer, one of the men of the house
marty. drew The attention not only Of her
INIT of Beverley and all of the rest.
a Runaway Auto.
Ravner was standing near the high
WAY. which passed not very far from a
corner of the stables and he was looking
inward along the tortuous course Of the
road as it steadily mounted to the high
lands.
Down that road from the plateau above
large touring automobile was rushing,
svavlng from side TO side as the man at
the wheel took rockingly the many
turns in the course. There was woman
beside him. Suddenly she arose and
screamed A moment later she had
jumped from the car, and was standing
In safety in the road watching the ter
rfying descent of the automobile.
Not all of the women in the group at the
Falconhurst stables saw the woman after
She had left the lurching vehicle, as some
Of them were too occupied with their
own fears and terrors. For gradually,
after their first moments of amazement,
they realized that the car was beyond con-
rol
After the woman jumped the man looked
backward for just a fleeing instant as
though assuring himself that she were
safe. Then he doubled over his wheel.
TO the autoists among the watchers it
was soon apparent that the man in the
car possessed no means Of checking its
momentum. Plainly his brakes were not
working, As he came nearer and nearer
20 them they could see that he was fumb-
ling with his change gear lever, in an ef-
fort to throw into mesh the reverse and
check the car but something stuck and
rhe gears did not engage Then Lady
Diana moved closer to the road, her face
white, but self possessed. She thought
That she recognized the staunch figure in
The car, that through some deep seated
instinct Of craftsmanship did not. and had
not, attempted to leave its seat