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"All right," the young man called. "It's Detective Hickey. Drive on!" The lash leaped out over the roof cr-rack! and the horse, presumably convinced that no speed other than a dead-run would ever again be demanded of it, tore frantically down the Avenue, the hansom rocking like a topsail-schooner in a heavy gale.
"P-push the third button, sir! Quick!" cried the maid, wringing her hands. "W-where is it!" stammered the young man, groping nervously in the dark car. "I can't see any." "Cr-rack!" went something. "It's stopped! It's going to fall!" screamed the maid. "Run, Ferdinand!" The man at the door ran upstairs for a few steps, then distractedly slid to the bottom, shouting: "Are you hurt, sir?"
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