Американська трагедія

Chapter 19

           Andthepolicemanatthenextcornerseeingthecarspeedbyandrealizingwhatitmeant,blewonhiswhistle,thenstopped,andspringingontherunningboardofapassingtouringcarorderedittogivechase.Andatthis,seeingwhatwasamissorawind,threeothercars,drivenbyadventurousspirits,joinedinthechase,allhonkingloudlyastheycame.

           ButthePackardhadfarmorespeedinitthananyofitspursuers,andalthoughforthefirstfewblocksofthepursuittherewerecriesof"Stopthatcar!""Stopthatcar!"still,owingtothemuchgreaterspeedofthecar,thesesoondiedaway,givingplacetothelongwildshrieksofdistanthornsinfullcry.

           Sparserbynowhavingwonafairleadandrealizingthatastraightcoursewastheleastbafflingtopursue,turnedswiftlyintoMcGee,acomparativelyquietthoroughfarealongwhichhetoreforafewblockstothewideandwindingGillhamParkway,whosecoursewassouthward.Buthavingfollowedthatatterrificspeedforashortdistance,heagain—atThirty-first—decidedtoturn—thehousesinthedistanceconfusinghimandthesuburbancountrytothenorthseemingtoofferthebestopportunityforevadinghispursuers.Andsonowheswungthecartotheleftintothatthoroughfare,histhoughtherebeingthatamidthesecomparativelyquietstreetsitwaspossibletowindinandoutandsoshakeoffpursuit—atleastlongenoughtodrophispassengerssomewhereandreturnthecartothegarage.

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