Then up came Ossie, and together, while the pursuit drew instantly closer, they pulled Wink to safety.

For a brief moment they sat there and caught their breath while wondering what lay below them in the gloom of the further side.

But there was scant time for conjectures, for the pursuit was in sight.

Three bodies launched themselves into space, there was a frightful, devastating sound of breaking glass and the boys disengaged themselves from a cold-frame and sped on again into the darkness.
A house loomed suddenly before them, a house with lights and folks about the porch and a panting automobile curving its way down a drive.

They turned to the right and kept along a lawn in the shadows of the trees.
The automobile passed them with a purr and a sweeping flare of white light.