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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
upraised arm was caught by . 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 q leaf.
cut from a 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 point.
for Arima. suddenly conscious Of free
dom, leaped for the remaining car. He
had the papers: he would hurry them
safely to his master. leaving Orme and
the policeman to the mercies Of his re-
viving confederates.
The papers were still first In his
thoughts. And why not? Orme re-
membered the scathing rebuke by tho
Japanese minister. In the fash 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 grasped 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 dodgins
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 Officer.
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 q 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 II
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
a quarter Of mile. when he began his
effort. Pulling himself up BY his
hands. he peered over the back Of the
tonneau. He could see Arima. hud-
died forward over the steering-wh
doubtless watching the road ahead
with a careful eye for obstacles and
for the police.
| For Arima was driving the car at q
law-breaking speed. Clearly. he wa9
an adept at motoring. But Orme did
not stop to ask himself how q hum,
bic teacher of jiu-jitsu-a professional
athlete-had acquired SO much skill in
the handling Of 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 as the car bumped into a rut
or over a 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 the tonneau.
The car was going at IS mile clip.
The street lights were flashing by. and
not far ahead we're the frequent lights
Of houses Nothing could be done
here: therefore Orme got down as low
as he could. He realized that he
would have to wait till they had
passed through the town.
| Arima had not remained on the
Sheridan road. He had taken q street
which struck OF from 1t, more direct
ly southwark. and Orme surmised that
the intention was to avoid the main
streets of Evanston.
When the car came to a cross street
and turned westward this surmise was
strengthened. They bumped over rail.
road tracks. Several times they