Clyde is in a bind. His mother wants money from him to give to his pregnant sister. Hortense wants money from him for a fur coat. ($125--expensive!). Clyde wants to give the $ to Hortense for the implied sexual favors it will gain for him, but he feels obligated to his mother.
He goes out with the guys and gals to a club outside KC. Some drinking, dancing, playing on ice. Hortense flirts outrageously with others. Clyde morose, but she plays him back. He's hopeless. They need to get back to work by six. Snow . . . traffic . . . stolen (borrowed without permission) car . . . the driver, urged by all the bellboys, races through the streets of KC in snow. Comes around corner, hits and kills little girl. Instead of staying, driver races off. He goes to side streets, turns off his lights to avoid detection, smashes into lumber for a new home. Car tips over. Clyde manages to get out. Someone has called the police. He runs for it!
End of Book One
He goes out with the guys and gals to a club outside KC. Some drinking, dancing, playing on ice. Hortense flirts outrageously with others. Clyde morose, but she plays him back. He's hopeless. They need to get back to work by six. Snow . . . traffic . . . stolen (borrowed without permission) car . . . the driver, urged by all the bellboys, races through the streets of KC in snow. Comes around corner, hits and kills little girl. Instead of staying, driver races off. He goes to side streets, turns off his lights to avoid detection, smashes into lumber for a new home. Car tips over. Clyde manages to get out. Someone has called the police. He runs for it!
End of Book One
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