Then he addressed himself to the business of getting himself and his brother as far out of the way as possible, before the oncoming car should reach the scene of strife.
As a matter of fact, the other car never reached this spot.

Its occupants were two youths and two damsels, in search of a sequestered space of road where they might halt for a brief but delectable "petting party," on their way to a dance in the village.

They found such a space, about a furlong on the thither side of the curve where the runabout had stopped.

And they advanced no farther.
Lad, for a few rods, gave chase to the retreating Schwartzes.

Then, the heavy exertions of the past minute or two began to exact toll on his aging body.