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The next instant his face went deep red, for everyone on the field appeared to be laughing and jeering at him. "Confound Prescott and his tricks!" muttered Teall under his breath. "It'll take a lot of thinking for me to get even with that trick." Whizz-zz! went the ball by Ted's body, just below shoulder-high. "Strike one!" called the umpire sharply.
At the same time the pursuer was raising his revolver, sighting. Jack felt a little shiver. He had never been suspected of being a coward, yet he was willing to admit that he didn't want to feel a chunk of lead plowing its way through him. "Last word to halt!" yelled the pursuer, in an ugly tone. "Fire, then!" dared Jack Benson. Crack! Whizz-zz! Chug! The weapon was discharged promptly.
Then, it seemed to those in the tonneau as though they were beating any speed ever reached by an express train. Whizz-zz! It was wild, exhilarating dangerous! "Say!" gasped Farnum. "If " That was as far as he got. The forward end of his side of the car sank to the ground. The car seemed trying to stand on its head. Then it stopped, and all in it were hurled into the center of awful disaster.
Darrin's orders were quickly carried out. This trick of wall scaling was really not difficult for football men in daily practice. Dan's head was quickly above the gutter of the next roof. He pulled himself over the edge. "Stand by to catch the rope, Dan," shouted Dave. "Throw it to him, Tom." Whizz-zz! whirr-rr! That rope was over the edge and in Dan's hands.
"I don't believe I want to wait, either," Dalzell agreed, and gave up the idea of fishing. Luncheon went on in record time that morning. It was not later than half-past eleven o'clock when they sat down to the meal, and but a few minutes past noon when the dishes were stacked up, ready to be washed. "Whizz-zz!" whistled Dave, as the sounds made by a swiftly driven automobile reached their ears.
Though Radwin had the first start after Jack, and was running well, the driver, a long-legged fellow with splendid "wind" soon passed his leader. Jack realized that he was in danger of being caught, and tried to put on a greater burst of speed. Yet the driver came closer and closer. Whizz-zz!
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