. The adventures of Peter Peterkin . threateninglyin the dark and snarled a terrible oath. Then he sped on,up one gloomy, lonely alley and down the other, across wideboulevards and empty squares, dodging into the shadows atevery sudden creak of a shutter or rustle of a tree. Once acompany of soldiers marched past him—left, right, left,right, with weary, lagging steps. He had just time to slinkout of their way and flee into a little court-yard, darker thanthe cloudy sky—blacker than black itself. He could seenothing here. He groped, he stumbled, he felt his waywarily. Just ahead of him he heard
. The adventures of Peter Peterkin . threateninglyin the dark and snarled a terrible oath. Then he sped on,up one gloomy, lonely alley and down the other, across wideboulevards and empty squares, dodging into the shadows atevery sudden creak of a shutter or rustle of a tree. Once acompany of soldiers marched past him—left, right, left,right, with weary, lagging steps. He had just time to slinkout of their way and flee into a little court-yard, darker thanthe cloudy sky—blacker than black itself. He could seenothing here. He groped, he stumbled, he felt his waywarily. Just ahead of him he heard a strange gurgling ofwater, low and soft, as if from a distance. He stopped short,bewildered. Then it seemed as if the tramp of those soldiers fromwhom he was fleeing was growing louder—that they werecoming nearer and nearer. Had they discovered his where-abouts? Were they chasing him now? no THE ADVENTURES OF PETERKIN He could not keep his toothless gums from fear he rushed forward in the darkness. A couple of. wild steps and—down he went! Down through a great THE LOST PUMPERKIN iii sewer hole! Down, down, below the street, into the rush-ing, roaring water which was sweeping through the greatbrick tube of the underground sewer! Whiz! What a roar! Whiz! What a rush and dashand smother of gurgling, thundering water! The old ma-gician was swept swiftly along with the stream. He sank,rose again, coughed, sputtered, sank again. Then, as herose a second time, he took a long breath and lay quite , he was floating! He would not drown here, anyhow! As he sped along, lying on his back atop the rushingwater, with his gums tight shut and his eyes wide open tothe dark, he wondered where he was floating. Where wasthis water rushing? Where did the great sewer end? Then, of a sudden, the roar of the water grew louder thanever. He shot out, out into space—and then down, down,into the gushing spray of a waterfall. Then down, deepdown, under the surface—and up
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