Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-09
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derstand-that she would continue Do
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 a little
hand and with a quick jerk, tho police
man was pulled to the ground His
revolver, which he held in his left
hand, went off as he fell, and a 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 ar. 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 the
Japanese minister. In the fash of
thought that preceded his own action
he realized that the recovering Of the
papers was Arima's n 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 wal lodging
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 a 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 a was
gaining speed rapidly.
The situation was as difficult as 1t
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 a 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
effort. Pulling himself up by hii
hands, he peered over the back of thu
tonneau. He could see Arima, hud
died forward over the steering-wheel
doubtless watching the road aheaC
with a careful eye for obstacles ant
for the police.
For Arima was driving the a at
law-breaking speed. Clearly, he wal
} an adept at motoring. But Orme dit
} not stop to ask himself how a hum
BILE teacher of jiu-jitsu-a professional
} athlete-had acquired so much skill il
the handling Of a car.
1t proved hard to get into the tor
neau. Several times he got one lei
almost over the back, only to be dis
l lodged as the a bumped into a ru
or over a stone. Once he almost los
I his grip entirely. But a final effor
gave him a leg hold, and slowly-ver
slowly-he climbed i've to the leatt
er cushions of the wide seat.
) If Arima now turned and saw hin
almost anything might happen. Blu
. before he could become conscious tina
anyone was near him, Orme wa
%crouching in the tonneau.
> The car was going at a 35 mile cliI
!, The street lights were flashing by, an
! not far ahead we're the frequent light
of houses. Nothing could be don
; here; therefore Orme got down as lo'
i as he could. He realized that h
would have to wait till they ha
! passed through the town.
. Arima had not remained on tn
: Sheridan road. He had taken a stree
which struck off from it, more direc
! ly southwark, and Orme surmissd the
the intention was to avoid the mai
streets of Evanston.
a When the car came to a cross stree
and turned westward this surmise wa
i strengthened. They bumped over raj
road tracks. Several times the
q passed other vehicles.
CTO BE CONTINUED.)