Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-15
By
BERTRAND BABCOCK
CHAPTER XII.
For th. Homer Of III. cs,.-,.


@l HE station employees at Falcon.
IL hurst station had prepared the
I'LL horse box for tho reception Of
~ Lord BeverIey's prsde rather
hurrisdly, Tor they were ANXIOUS 70
sec the car attached 30 the train,
which, having arrived ahead Of its
time. was being held, for they knew
that once through the tunnel the down
express would be only three minutes
behind them. They had cot the red
tail light and arranged the slip cord
which would release the coupler when
It was pulled, and now they were wait
ing for The Whip TO 30 led aboard
Lady Diana and Harry Anson were
standing at the Intelligent animals
head while the girl said her soodbys
to the racer she loved ana upon whose.
successful performance at Newmarket
depended 90 much.
"Goodby." she whispered to the horse
softly. You're to run your 6rst great
race. Win 1t; win it, for you're carry.
ing my hearth
Almost It seemed al though The Whip
understood. for she caressed with her
muzzle the hand Of the girl.
Thsn Lady Diana turned to the
Jockey.
"Goodby, Harryr' she said. "Go and
win--for the honor of the stable-f0r
the honor of our colors-and-for me!
God bless you both and good luckv'
And then she stood aside. Rapidly
Harry and tho porters led The Whip
into the car which had already been
bedded down. Then while Harry wav.
ed his hand and Lady Diana and the
rest on the platform responded. tho
train which had backed down bore OF
tho car and fts own load Of passengers.
Harry, who knew that the succeed
ing days weuid b Of great activity.
went to bed In his bunk In the COM
partmsnt In one end Of tho little odd
English car, while the train attained
q high raAs of spssd and entered Fal
conhurst tunnel.
He promised himsslf that he would
keep ono eye on the horse. even while
the train was In motion and but little
danger was TO be apprehended from
those to whose interest 1t might be to
try and harm The Whip, but he coon
do1ed.
They were In the tunnel when Cap
tain Sartoris opened door of car
riage which he had quite to himself.
He had joined the train further to the
north Of Ealconhurst and none Of the
Falconhunt people bad known that he
was In the train.
Now In the blackness Of the tunnel
he crept along the foot plato which
ran Just below the side doors and
which had. gives opportunity for many
q crime.
While the passengers were absolute
" unconscious of his lurching progress
past them be crept along the train.
clinsings and swaying. In this fashion
he passed By the door Of q compart-
ment in which the morose Werner Has
lam was thinking Of him ut that very
moment and lamenting to himself
weakly that he had been drawn into q
path whose issue he could not see.
Perhaps the presence Of the man,
who had become In sense bis master,
was realized subconsciously BY the
clergyman, for at the moment that Sar-
toris passed BY his compartment the
shoulders OF the substitute vicar were
drawn up into . shrug and shuddor.'
But to his conscious mind there came
no warning.
sartoris, while not crack. was new
ertheless something of an athlete, and
the passage on the footplate gave him
no particular concern. once he had
accustomed himself to the swaying
and the exact counterpoise 1t was nee
essary to impart to his own body.
Now he stood at the very end OF
the footplate which was on the car.
rage next the horse box. Soon he had
passed 10 the end Of the horse box
Quickly he raised the tail light and
swung It in circle for few seconds.
He wished 10 hurl 1t In such way
that the flame would surely be extin-
guished. as he wanted no warning to
be given TO the train behind which
was to complete his project
He realized that IL he merely dropped
the lantern to the line there was a
bare possibility that It would continue
to burn.
His semfcircular swings were jusd.
led moment later, when he flung the
lamp to the line, for there was a sud
den impact. and then no light showed.
With one foot resting upon the car
mage and one upon the horse box, he
pulled tho slip cord and had the In
slant pleasure Of seeing the horse box
ana its freight drop behind.
The whip would not run. The race
would be lost. He would be saved
from Kelly's clutches. Brancastef
would b impoverished and the mar
riags Of Lady Diana and Brancastsr
put far. OF.
Quietly hs slipped along the foot
plats and re4ained his own carriage
and compartment without his absence
having bssn noted.
with . speed that gradually fell
away IT, horse boz, with The Whip
lnsids ara Harry fast asleep. rumbled
throngA - tenlel and Sens to = stop