CUPID EN ROUTE
and black derby, carrying a large suit-case, met them. There were hurried kisses and then the party sped on again, the small youth fairly running along at the Girl's side. Out on the sidewalk they tumbled into a taxicab, the luggage was tossed in after them, the porters were tipped and the chauffeur cranked up and sprang to his seat. Wade lost no time. He threw his bag into the next cab.
"Follow that taxi ahead," he said, "and don't lose it for a minute. Hurry up, now!"
Then began a wild ride through the narrow deserted snow-sprinkled streets of Boston. Wade's driver proved the man for the work, for he cut down the distance between his car and the one ahead in the first block and after that dogged it all the way to the North Station, sweeping under the arch not a length behind. The big clock on the facade said eighteen minutes past as the cab turned in. When he jumped out the party ahead were already entering the waiting room on their way to the train.
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