Chapter 19

           ForthemajorportionofthereturntriptoKansasCity,therewasnothingtomartheveryagreeableillusionunderwhichClyderested.HesatbesideHortense,wholeanedherheadagainsthisshoulder.AndalthoughSparser,whohadwaitedfortheotherstostepinbeforetakingthewheel,hadsqueezedherarmandreceivedanansweringandpromisinglook,Clydehadnotseenthat.

           ButthehourbeinglateandtheadmonitionsofHegglund,RattererandHigbybeingallforspeed,andthemoodofSparser,becauseofthelooksbestoweduponhimbyHortense,beingthegayestandmostdrunken,itwasnotlongbeforetheoutlyinglampsoftheenvironsbegantoshow.

           Forthecarwasrushedalongtheroadatbreak-neckspeed.Atonepoint,however,whereoneoftheeasterntrunklinesapproachedthecity,therewasalongandunexpectedanddisturbingwaitatagradecrossingwheretwofreighttrainsmetandpassed.Fartherin,atNorthKansasCity,itbegantosnow,greatsoftslushyflakes,featheringdownandcoatingtheroadsurfacewithaslipperylayerofmudwhichrequiredmorecautionthanhadbeenthusfardisplayed.Itwasthenhalfpastfive.Ordinarily,anadditionaleightminutesathighspeedwouldhaveservedtobringthecarwithinablockortwoofthehotel.Butnow,withanotherdelaynearHannibalBridgeowingtogradecrossing,itwastwentyminutestosixbeforethebridgewascrossedandWyandotteStreetreached.

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