The Drums of Jeopardy (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Drums of JeopardyAway toward the far end Of the platform there appeared a shadowy patch in the fog. It grew and presently took upon itself the shape Of a man. For one SO short and squat and thick his legs possessed remarkable agility, for he reached the street just as the other man stopped at the side of a taxicab.The fool! As if such a movement had not been anticipated. Sixteen thousand miles, always east ward, Ou horses, camels, donkeys, trains, and ships, down China to the sea, over that to San Francisco, thence across this bewildering stretch of cities and plains called the United States, always and ever toward New York - and the fool thought he could escape! Thought he was ¿ying, when in truth he was being driven toward a wall in which there would be no breach! Behind and in front the net was closing. Up to this hour he had been extremely clever in avoiding contact. This was his first stupid act - thought the fog would serve as an impenetrable cloak.Meantime, the other man reached into the taxicab and awoke the sleeping chauffeur.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.