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Chapter 19

           AndtheothercontinuedeastonThirty-first,reconnoiteringfortheaccident.

           "Beatit,forGod’ssake,allofyouse,"whisperedHegglund,excitedly."Scatter!"Andforthwith,seizingMaidaAxelrodbythehand,hestartedtoruneastalongThirty-fifthStreet,inwhichthecarthenlayalongtheoutlyingeasternsuburbs.Butafteramoment,decidingthatthatwouldnotdoeither,thatitwouldbetooeasytopursuehimalongastreet,hecutnortheast,directlyacrosstheopenfieldsandawayfromthecity.

           Andnow,Clyde,assuddenlysensingwhatcapturewouldmeanhowallhisfinethoughtsofpleasurewouldmostcertainlyendindisgraceandprobablyprison,beganrunningalso.Onlyinhiscase,insteadoffollowingHegglundoranyoftheothers,heturnedsouthalongClevelandAvenuetowardthesouthernlimitsofthecity.ButlikeHegglund,realizingthatthatmeantaneasyavenueofpursuitforanyonewhochosetofollow,hetootooktotheopenfields.Onlyinsteadofrunningawayfromthecityasbefore,henowturnedsouthwestandrantowardthosestreetswhichlaytothesouthofFortieth.Onlymuchopenspacebeingbeforehimbeforeheshouldreachthem,andaclumpofbushesshowingintheneardistance,andthelightofthemotorcyclealreadysweepingtheroadbehindhim,herantothatandforthemomentdroppedbehindit.

           OnlySparserandLauraSipewereleftwithinthecar,sheatthatmomentbeginningtorecoverconsciousness

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