Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-24

were to enter the car.
Now. Orme knew that the girl had
not seen him throw the papers 10 the
road. Neither had she seen Arima
pick them up. Whatever guess she
had made ~ to his disposal Of them.
there was no reason for her to doubt
that he had again got them into his
possession, during some stage Of the
struggle.
He LOOKED at her earnestly and Gig
niflcantly, then smiled slight1y in the
thought Of measuring her.
When he was certain that she was
watching his every move. he glanced
at tho car. then up the road to the
north. Then, with such Qutckness
that the policeman had no time to pre-
vent, he snatched from the inner
pocket Of his coat the envelope con-
tanning the blank contract which had
first disappointed Arima. and tossed
1t into the tonneau.
Col" he shouted.
Like . shot, she sent the car for
ward. It disappeared swiftly into the
night.
Thus far. orme was satisfied. He had
got the girl safely away. She thought
that he had thrown the papers into
the car, and when she came to exam
inc them she would be disappointed.
but Orme felt that she would then I'M
derstand-that she would continue to
trust him.
AS the car darted away the police
man swung his club at Orme.
Before the blow could strike, the
appraised arm was caught by q little
hand and with quick jerk. the police
man was pulled to the ground. His
revolver, which he held in his left
hand, went OF as he fell. and Leaf.
cut from q tree above by the bullet.
sailed into Orme's face.
The policeman lay helpless In the
cunning hold Of Maku-Maku. who.
fully restored to his senses, had crept
up to save Arima from the law.
Orme wondered whether the girl
had heard the shot Probably not. for
she was driving into the wind. But
he. had no time to consider the peint.
for Arima, suddenly conscious Of tree
dom, lsaped for the remaining car. He
had the papers; he would hurry them
safely 70 his master. leaving orme and
the policeman to the mercies Of his ~
wing confedsrates.
The papers were still first in his
thoughts. And why not? Orme re-
membered the scathing rebuke by the
japanese minister. In the nash Of
thought that preceded his own action
he realized that the recovering OF the
papers was Arima's one means Of
righting himself.
As Arima srasped the steering wheel
OF the car and threw on the clutch.
Orme ran behind the tonneau. His
action was swiftly calculated to give
the impression that he was dodsing
around the car in the hope Of escaping
On foot.
That is what ArimA might have
thought, had he glanced around-what
Maku might have thought. had he
done more than throw one swift
glance at Arima, then devote himself
again to the PROSTATE ofacer.
But Orme. reaching upward, got his
hands over the high back Of the ton
neau. He hung on tightly. raising his
feet from the ground. The car
plunged forward.
For time Orme merely kept his
position. The dust whirled up IN his
face. and he had to close his eyes. but
he was conscious that the car was
gaining speed rapidly.
The situation was as difficult as It
was dangerous. He planned nothing
less than to climb into the car and
deal with Arima even while they were
flying along the road. But he must
wait until they had gone q safe dis
lance from the battle-ground. On the
other hand, he must act before they
got into the thickly settled streets Of
the town.
He figured that they had gone about
q quarter Of Q mile, when he began his
effort. Pulling himself up by his
hands. he peered over tho back Of the
tonneau. He could see Arima, hud-
died forward over the steering-wheel.
doubtless Watching the road ahead
with . careful eye for obstacles and
for the police.
For Arima was driving the car ct .
law-breaking speed. Clearly. he was
an adept at motoring. But Orme did
not stop &c ask Himself now hum
BILE teacher of jiu-jitsu-A professional
athlete-had acquired 50 much skill in
the handling Of q car.
1t proved hard to get into the ton
neau. Several times he got one leg
almost over the back, only to be dis
lodged ~ the car bumped into . rut
or over . stone. Once he almost lost
his grip entirely. But . final effort
gave him . leg hold, and slowly-very
slowly-he climbed over to the leath.
er cushions Of the wide seat
II Arima now turned and saw him,
almost anything might happen. But
before he could become conscious that
anyone was near him, Orme was
crouching In tho tonneau.
The car was going q. IS mile clip.
The street lights were flashing by. and
not far ahead wore tho frequent lights
Of houses. Nothing could be done
here: therefore orms got down as low
a. he could. He realized that he
would have to wait till they had
passed through the town