Canadian fiction -- 20th century; Detective and mystery stories
Bull had disappeared with Amy. It was no time for Greg to linger. If
Bull did make him a signal, he couldn't hear it in that uproar.
Releasing Bianca he ran for the bathroom window. Springing up, she
followed, screaming incessantly.
Bull was barely over the sill, and Greg had to wait. Bianca clawed at
his back, but he scarcely felt her. He heard the door of the bedroom
go in with a crash, and waited no longer. Thrusting Bianca out of the
way, he scrambled over the sill. He and Bull landed in a heap together
on the stoop. Greg pulled the ladder from the window, just as hands
reached out to grab it.
Hickey, bearing the inert figure of Amy, had all but reached the cab.
In both the houses now they were furiously striving to burst open the
wired doors. The fat doctor in negligee attire was at a parlor window.
Throwing it up, he let himself over the sill, and dropped into the
areaway. Other men followed. Greg and Bull ran for the cab. From the
corner below came the sounds of more running feet and the shrilling of
a police-whistle.
Into the flivver they piled, somehow, anyhow. Hickey had dropped Amy
on the seat, and was already at the wheel. As Greg and Bull laid hands
on the car, he let the clutch engage. The little car sprang ahead.
The policeman, seeing them likely to escape, fired his revolver into
the air. Hickey grunted and pulled the throttle lever all the way
down. The exhaust roared. A second shot struck the asphalt behind
them and ricochetting made a dent in the back of the car. A third shot
went wild. Then they passed out of range.
They breasted the little rise, and plunged down the other side. Here
they met the private patrolman running towards them. Blossom and
Ginger were not to be seen. There was a harrowing moment as they
passed this officer. Would he shoot? But if he had a gun, he was too
confused to draw it. He flung his night-stick at the wheels of the
flivver, but it caromed harmlessly off. They reached the corner and
turned.
After a brief mad course around many corners they reached one of the
Park entrances. There was no sign of any pursuing car and they slowed
down. They breathed freely again.
Greg said grimly: "Well, if you fellows wanted excitement, I hope
you're satisfied."
"I am," said Hickey fervently. "Me for a rest cure, now."
"Makes me feel like a boy again," chuckled Bull.
CHAPTER XX
EXIT SENOR SAUNDERS
Before they got home Amy began to awaken from her unnatural sleep.
Greg gave her over to the care of Bessie, who had him carry the little
figure up to Bessie's own room, where by methods known to herself she
completed her restoration.
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