“But I wasn't even trying,” he explained indignantly, “I wasn't even trying.”

An awed hush fell upon the bystanders.

“Do you want to commit suicide?”

“You're lucky it was just a wheel! A bad driver and not even trying!”

“You don't understand,” explained the criminal. “I wasn't driving. There's another man in the car.”

The shock that followed this declaration found voice in a sustained “Ah-h-h!” as the door of the coup� swung slowly open. The crowd — it was now a crowd — stepped back involuntarily and when the door had opened wide there was a ghostly pause. Then, very gradually, part