Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-10
.tTL WIKI" An Exciting Tale Of Loveand Adzeu-
nc w III tire That Grips From Start 10 Finish
By BERTRAND BABCOCK

MIN at that very moment and lamenting
TO himself weakly that he had been drawn
INTO path whose issue he could not
see.
Perhaps the presence of the man. who
mad become in sense his master, was
realized subconsciously by the clergyman.
lor al the moment that Sartoris passed by
MS compartment the shoulders of the sub
sutute vicar We're drawn up into a shrug
ard shudder. But to his conscious mind
there came 10 warning.
SartoriS, while not crack. was never
theless something of an athlete, and the
passage ON the footplate gave him no I'rr-
ucniar concern. once he rad accustomed
Elmself to the swaying and the next coun-
terpoSe ii was necessary to impart to his
/ own body.
Sartoris at Work.
Now he stood a the very end of the
footplate- which was on the carriage next
to the horse box. Soon he had passed to
the enc of The horse box Quickly he
raised the tail light ana swung it in a
circle for a few seconds
! He wished to huri il in such way that
the flame would surely be extinguished.
as he wanted no warning 10 be given to
the train behind which was TO complete
! his project
He realized that if he merely dropped
/ the lantern to the line, there was a bare
/ possibility that it would continue to burn.
| his semi circular swings were justified
a moment later, when he lung the lamp
/ to the line, FOR there was sudden i'm
4 pact, and then no light showed.
| VITA one foot resting upon The carriage
and one upon the morse box. he pulled the
! slip cord and had the instant pleasure of
seeing the horse box ard its freight drop
behind
The Whip would not run The race
would be lost He would be saved from
/ Kelly's clutches. Brancaster would be
/ impoverished and the marriage Of Lady
/ Diana and Brancaster put far off
| Quietly he Slipped along the footplate
and regained his own carriage and com
| partment without his absence having been
noted
/ With speed that gradually fell away
/ the horse box, with The Whip inside and
/ Harry fast asleep, rumbled through the
tunnel and came to a stop on the main
| line, directly III the path of the first train
/ which should come along near Manifold
Junction.
| Saving The Whip.
The whistle and The SOUNDS of the rapid
/ approach through the tunnel of the down
/ EXPRESS came very plainly through the
/ darkness. just as a motor containing two
men ana Mrs. Beamish dashed around a
bend in the road ard came to papitat-
! ing, painting stop near the horse box, and
AT one side of the line.
! Mrs. Eoamish and her TWO escorts from
| the establishment below stairs at Falcon
! hurst darted across the line and pounded
! uD"n he door of the horse box as the
train in the tunnel moved nearer and
nearer.
Finally Harry Put his head out of the
/ window ara the frenzied voice OF Mrs
/ Beanlish came TO HIM
quick, Harry the down express is on
YOU. You're cut off and The Whip and
! y9u'n DE killed." she shouted above the
! roar of the oncoming train
! Harry cast one glance behind him, saw
( the rushing express and then threw down
! the side door Of the horse box.
/ The Whip was led across the line and
1 to safety under The very glare of the
! headlight OF the express. Not a second
/ after this the engine of the express
/ ploughed into the car just left by Harry
! and The Whip and was derailed while the
| engine driver fell badly hurt to the
ground.
! The light impediment OF the horse box
! served to derail several Of the carriages
| behind which had been travelling at high
/ speed and q number of passengers were
hurled out, or thrown violently against
/ partitions and other immoyable objects
within the train.
! Amid escaping steam and fire, which
! had started among The wreckage, the
work OF succor was begun
! Among those who labored none worked
with greater courage than the Rev Yer
/ ner Hasam. His train had been stopped
after the crash, and had backed down TO
| render aid. 1t was he who crawled among
| the splintered. burning mass on the line
! to bring out many Of the children who had
| been in the express
I Continued In Next Issue.