Matt caught her as she peered through the back window and spoke angrily. "Get down there! Are you crazy? You'll be shot if you don't look out."
Bet sighed as she obeyed. "Just my luck! To miss all the fun! Now if I were a boy…." The sentence was jerked out as Matt Larkin took a bump without easing it.
"Ouch!" screamed Joy. "My head!"
"Keep quiet, Joy Evans! It serves you right for being such a cry-baby," snapped Bet.
But Shirley comforted her. Joy was trembling as her friend clasped her in her arms.
"I wish the boys were here," sobbed Joy.
"Well, I don't!" said Kit. "They'd think it was their duty to put up a fight, and it doesn't pay."
Another shot!
Another burst of speed that shook the car.
Then Matt slowed down. There was nothing else to do. The men were gaining and it was foolish to try to out-speed them.