"Getaway" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... him, anyway. He promised me, on his word of honor, that be wouldn't mention a thing—and he must have actually hunted for a chance to tell! He didn't have the nerve to come to the house yesterday, when he was here with Fred—perhaps he won't come to-day, after all. So you'll have to help me make my getaway, pal." ...
— Lonesome Land • B. M. Bower
... or bust, eh?" says I. "All right; I'm right behind you. But let's make it a sleuthy getaway, so ...
— The House of Torchy • Sewell Ford
... you understand it," the boy said. "Of course, if you choose to look at the facts as you do, I cannot help it. I don't want to get shot, so I think I'll not try to make a getaway." ...
— Boy Scouts Mysterious Signal - or Perils of the Black Bear Patrol • G. Harvey Ralphson
... monetary and real-estate Reasons they did not give it out cold that they were making a final Getaway. They planned to have Gusta remain at the dear old Dump as a Caretaker, but ...
— Ade's Fables • George Ade
... "Thankful, hell! I've got to have two good legs to make any sort of a getaway, haven't I? Well, have I got 'em? I'm down and out for fair, that's what! Thankful? You make me sick! Honest to God, when you gas like that I feel like bashing in your brain, if you've got any! You ...
— Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man • Marie Conway Oemler
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