Thus, in case of pursuit, he and his brother would merely be changing tires; and would know nothing of any missing baby.
Failing to find a jack under the seat, the driver climbed over into the adjoining field in search of two or three big stones to serve the same purpose in holding up the axle.

For several minutes the men worked fast and tensely; blind and deaf to anything except the need of haste.
Thus it was that neither of them saw a tawny-and-snow collie,--huge and shaggy except for a pair of absurdly tiny white forepaws,--come pacing majestically along the road from the direction in which they were heading.

The car lamps played but faintly upon the advancing Lad; for the dimmers had been applied.
The big dog was taking his usual before-bedtime stroll.

Of old, that evening stroll had been confined to the Place's grounds, a quarter-mile beyond.

But, lately, his new obsession for finding treasures for the Mistress had lured him often and oftener to the highway.
Tonight, as for a day or so past, he had drawn blank in his quest.