The Washington times., 1910-01-17
ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE

all speed so as TO make I'D for earlier
lost time and end the run as quickly
as possible 50 as 10 enter upon their
brief period of Ioahng.
Thus you may have observed the
speed Wher5With trolley cars are run
-s-v- - night and their crews frequent
deDseuess IN the matter Of noticing q
WCuld-5e passengers hail
] counted OG all this. And, EoT the
moment IL served me we'll
On flashed the car II Gin my iEnO-
rance OF writing have made the fore
going seem Ike a scene OF long hap
peniEE. I must crave pardon The ynois
scene llrOm she moment bOuGde1
aboard the car 20 that IN which threw
of the conductor and gave the bell
cord IT'S double jerk had consumed q
bare three seconds In other words,
just the time il takes % stop ana start
q trolley car
As The car moved forward. barely IN
time 10 eIude the grasp Of my fat Pc
iiCemau. I put on the conductors nat
stepped TO one side and turned TO watch
the uDrOar behind me.
And q quaint sight u was
There. sCramblinE prOfaueIy up from
the slippery mud OF the gutter, The
second policeman and the conductor
dance OF rage the conductor waved hi=
arms and shrieked after his departins
car and the officer fwhistle u llpSD
CROPPED wildly for his revolver
The other pOlicenan-TIly Fat friend
was blowing away like made on his
whistle and was running IN futile, wa1-
ding fashion along the track after US
Most or the crowd L-alleQ along VIII
him bayiuE stop theft and other IN
comfortable eEplertves- l could reCOg-
IiZe Brooks lean form in the van
guard, and I laughed aloud Il my JOY
Then, as we left the thronz behind
Us. 4 settled into my corner and U-ed
TO study out my next move
Il - q -
and were racing along at something Ike
twenty miles an hour But that could
not last
Soon OF late there was liable TO be an
obstacle OF some sort nd, az best
the line had q terminal The p0IiCz
TOul- aSsureCly telephone at once 70
that terminal They wO1ld also tele-
phone 70 precinct police stations along
our route to have US stopped
Had I Jumped from frying pan TO ACe2
It looked Ike It Yet I was mindcI
20 0lay the Wild game so long as I had
one card LETT IN my hand
Past Saratoga and Lexington streets
We fed Al the corner OF the latter
a man and woman hailed US The no
IorInan Lnaoe as though 70 slow down
I yaEked my bell twice in an irritable
way; and he sped on.
Another passenger tried to stop Us at
Fayette street Him we utterly disTe-
garded- Truly q conductor IS some
But. at Lombard street, the motor
man brought the car to a jarTing stop
without a signal from ne Before ring
ing the bell glanced outward along the
side 10 see the reason A CTOsstOwn car
lad just come out OF Lombard street
and was crossing out track L took
but q moment or so to pass. Yet IN that
brief space 7 glanced back IN desperate
dread lest even so short a delay bring
my DursueTs upon US
Nor was I wholly wrong. Far down
the traCB, along which we had come.
We
going at even more reckless pace
than our own and was equally re
gardless OF q couple Of passengers
whom 1 saw han it
Ny eyes are good. I noted at once
that the mOtOrman Of this pursuing car
was not alone on his front platform A
sharper glance as his car whizZed
through a band OF light, revealed the
indistinct yet unmistaka shapes Of
Two blue-ciad men on the platform be
side the mOLC4 man. a third policeman
stood behind, IN the interior Of the car
Then I understood. The police had
bound car that had passed, had boarded
II, and were giving chase
This was q trick on which somehow
had not counted Soon they must catch
rs. For. while we were going Al a
great rate, yet my wholly unconscious
rnOtoruan would have some lIatfTC
scruples about Ovorspeeding Snd Eek Of
caution. Our DUTsUerS would have ab-
solutely none
The obstruction IN front of US had
passed and once more we were fvfng
But the pursuing car was. nevertheless.
slowly gaining on US I could nov hear
the far-Off inCesSant clang of is gong
could only hope my mOtoTLlan did
not hear CT heed Il.
IF you are not familiar with Baltl-
more let me tell you in a word here ]
was and whittier bound From Franklin
street. where had boarded the car, to
the waterfront toward which we were
tending. is less than two miles 7 had
already traversed much more than half
that distance
So It behoOved me TO make ready for
change Of action Even II. 1T our
present speed the pursuing car old not
quickly. overhaul US, yet that same speed
would. In = few minutes at most. bring
US close Up TO the car that had preceded
rs slOlZ these tracks And, as we
would not Of course be able to pass the
car ahead we would be forced to
modulete our pace to suit its own
From one side 10 another cautiously
peercd - we neared Pratt street s
weStbouud crOssto8n car. bowling along
Pratt street, heard ts aid halted, before
crossing the street