Excerpt from The Pawns of FateA bareheaded, wildly-excited young man raced across the Bedford Boulevard, in front Of speeding automobiles, defying death almost, in his zigzag course from one side Of the avenue to the other. Behind him, on the sidewalk, were two stalwart, blue-coated officers, puffing and blowing like wind broken horses, from the violent exercise Of chasing this pickpocket a city block in their determined effort to make a record for themselves by catching the young thief.For just an instant the chase was interrupted by the line of automobiles passing down the city's great artery of trade, when the men had dashed through the congestion in safety, their prey had eluded them, disgusted, tired, hot and uncomfortable they re traced their steps to their regular beats.Still fearful Of pursuit and unconscious of the fact that the policemen had given up the chase the young man sped on breathlessly for a square or two, then he turned up a side street, - gradually slowing his pace till he came to a walk, now and then he quickly cast glances behind to make sure justice would not over take him. AS he looked for some haven Of safety he read a big, faded Sign, printed in brick red letters.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.