Американская трагедия

Chapter 19

           

           Andthishewouldhavebeenabletodohaditnotbeenforthefactthatinturningintooneofthemoreoutlyingstreetsofthisregion,wheretherewerescarcelyanyhousesandnopedestriansvisible,hedecidedtoturnoffhislights,thebettertoconcealthewhereaboutsofthecar.Then,stillspeedingeast,north,andeastandsouthbyturns,hefinallydashedintoonestreetwhere,afterafewhundredfeet,thepavementsuddenlyended.Butbecauseanothercrossstreetwasvisibleahundredfeetorsofurtheron,andheimaginedthatbyturningintothathemightfindapavedthoroughfareagain,hespedonandthenswungsharplytotheleft,onlytocrashroughlyintoapileofpavingstonesleftbyacontractorwhowaspreparingtopavetheway.Intheabsenceoflightshehadfailedtodistinguishthis.Anddiagonallyoppositetothese,lengthwiseofaprospectivesidewalk,hadbeenlaidapileoflumberforahouse.

           Strikingtheedgeofthepavingstonesathighspeed,hecaromed,andallbutupsettingthecar,madedirectlyforthelumberpileopposite,intowhichhecrashed.Onlyinsteadofstrikingitheadon,thecarstruckoneend,causingittogivewayandspreadout,butonlysufficientlytopermittherightwheelstomounthighuponitandsothrowthecarcompletelyoverontoitsleftsideinthegrassandsnowbeyondthewalk.Thenthere,amidacrashofglassandtheimpactsoftheirownbodies,theoccupantswerethrowndowninaheap,forwardandtotheleft.

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