The cab whirled along a less traveled road. The driver laughed softly to himself.
But as he made a sharp turn that led into another road, a sudden exclamation came from his lips.
Swinging along in the same direction was a car that looked very much like the coupe he had just eluded!
The chase began again, and now it was a chase on the straightaway, with the cab at a hopeless disadvantage.
No cars were coming in the opposite direction. The coupe gained rapidly. It shot up alongside of the taxi, and the driver of the coupe relentlessly bore to the right.
He was driving the cab to the curb. The chase seemed ended.
Then came a cry of triumph from the man at the wheel of the cab. Just as his front wheels were mounting the curb, he saw a road to the right. With a quick turn of the wheel, he took the curve, nearly overturning the cab in the effort.
He could not have succeeded had the turn been sharp; but the angle was oblique, and he made it with an effort. The coupe stopped too late to make the turn.
The driver of the cab thrust his head from the side, and laughed in new triumph as he saw the coupe halt.
Then came a sudden end to his momentary victory.