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derstand-that she would eOntinus 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 a little
hand and with a quick jerk. the police
man was pulled to the ground. His
revolver. which he held in his left
hand, went on as he fell. and a leaf.
cut from ; tree above By the ballet
sailed into Orme's face.
The policeman lay helpless IN the
cunning hold Of Maku-Maku, who.
fully restored to his senses. had erept
up to save Arima from the law.
0rme 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 the
Japanese minister. In the flash Of
thought that preceded his owR action
he realized that the recovering Of the
papers was Arima's one means u
righting himself @b
AS Arima grasped the steering wheel
of the car and threw on the clutch.
Orme ran behind the tonnean. His
action was swiftly calculated to give
the impression that he was dodRing
around the car in the hope Of escaping
on foot.
That is what Arima might have
thought, had he glanced around-whaa
Maku might have thought, had he
done more than throw one swim
glance at Arima, then devote himself
again to the prostrate 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 0rme merely kept his
position. The dust whirled up in hia
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 we're
flying along the road. But he must
walt until they had gone safe dis
, tance 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-wheel!
: doubtless watching the road ahead
with a careful eye for obstacles and
| Ava bho pOAlSC.
For Arima was driving the car at q
law-breaking speed. Clearly, he was
an adept at motoring. But Orme did
not stop to ask himself how a hum.
BILE teacher Of jiu-jitsu--a professional
3 athlete-had acquired so much skill in
i the handling Of car.
: 1t proved hard to get into the tom
= 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 a final effort
| gave him leg hold, and slowly--very
slowly-he climbed over to the leath4
er cushions of the wide seat.
) II Arima now turned and saw him,
almost anything might happen. Bus
before he could become conscious that
anyone was near him, Orme was
crouching in the tonneau.
The car was going at S5 mile clip.
y The street lights we're flashing by, and
not far ahead were the frequent lights
J 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
y Sheridan road. He had taken a street
which struck off from 1t, more direct.
\ ly southwark, and Orme surmised that
q the intention was to avoid the main
a streets of Evanston.
q When the car came to cross street
and turned westward this surmise was
i strengthened. They bumped over rail-
4 road tracks. Several times they
q passed other vehicles.
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