The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1915-03-01
Copyright. i9iA BY the ssss
j, tho ,oxicab was no match fo'

~. nowcrfiii lHuHblilr, on hPtoW
49,, went. The only thlDg preventing
,ha M ,lmousIne from escaping bcinE The
~, M n purault By trhilic police II The
y,Iyer lt, out speed They were con
Van, 10 manage 10 keep just FAR enough
had 10 b. out Of danger ot having
w.npedy overhaul them. Az for uH.
-. followed ~ best We could. on up
lawn. past the city line. and out Into
The country
Thero kennedy lost sight alto
,siher OF the car ho was trailing,
W,rsc than that. We lost sight of
Kennedy, SIN We kept on bllndiy.
,rnsilpg 10 luck and common scnnc In
| picking the road.
was pccring rlcad over the
a,lvers shoulder, the window down.
irving to dirrc, him when We ap'
nroacbeI fork IN the road. Here
wa dilemma which must bh decided
Al once rightly or wrongly,
As We nrnrrd the crpsafoad ] gave
an Involuntary exclamation, Beside
the road, almost yn u. lay the 1surr
ofa man. our driver pulled up with a
Iers aud I.waa out of the car In an In,
slant
There lay Kennedy. Someone had
blackjacked him iie was groaninE
and Jus, beginning 10 show signs OF
nnsclousness ~ bept over.
What. the matter. old man 90
ssked. helping biia in hlF fs,t.
lie looked about dassd - moment.
hen seeing me aud comprehendlng he
pointed esciiedlr. bat vaguely.
Elaine" he cried They've kid
aaped Ehlnel"
Wha, had really happened. aa ".
learned later from Elaine and others,
vas that when The crossroads was
reached The three crooks IN the iimou,
sine had stopped long enough To speak
TO All aecompllcr stationed there. ac.
eording TO their plan for getaway,
He vas q iough'looking Individual who
might have been hoboinR II TO lhe city.
When, a, few minutes later, Ken.
nedy and Elaine had approached tho
fork. their driver had slowed mp. M N
in doubt which way To 30, Craig had
s'uck his head out OF the window. rs
I'had ,one. and, su.,ns Iho crossroads.
had told the chauffeur To stop. There
stood the hobo
"Did u car pass here. just nova
biy ear" called Craig
The man put his hand To his ear. ns
only hall cmprehcnd.pT.
Which way did the big car gog" rc.
pealed Kennedy.
The hobo approached the tasieab
sallenly. ms II he had u grudge against
cars IN general
One question after another cilcited
little that could be- construed as intel.
hgencc. II Craig had only been able
10 see. he would have found out that.
WIN HIS back toward the tuSlcab
driver The hobo held one hand behind
MN ana made the slgn OF the Clutch. /.
lhe Hand, glancinf surrcpiitlously at |
the driver to catch the answering sign. /
while craig razcd earnestly up The
Two roads
Al last Craig gave him up as hope.
'ms "Well--go ahead---thnt way" he
'hdieaied, picking the moat likely road
AZ The chauffeur was abont 10 start
ne stalled his engine.
hnrry'" urged Craig. sxasperatcd
az the DELAYS.
Inc driver got out and tried to crank
the engine Again and aealn no turned
u over but somehow II refused 10
gan 10 linbcr ~ " "'" w
what's the malterg" asked Craig.
.n'patien'iy jumping out aud bending
''r, Tue engine. too.
,he dr''er shrugged bis shoulders.
Mus' Do something wrong with tho
Kennedy Iooloa M ap".u ,..
W" see anything wrong he
"oweed
Well. there Is." erow,cd tho driver
v'..' m'e'ous minutes were speeding
as. a"ay as they argued, Finally with his
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