“No time to talk. Unload the car out in back of the church as fast as you can.” Earl said. The three men had that car unloaded in 4 minutes flat. Now the flats of moonshine-loaded mason jars was stacked neatly by the church. “Git in yore car and drive, Bobby Brown! It will take them away from here and we kin hide the liquor!”
Bobby jumped into the car and took off like some greased lightnin! He pulled out onto the road just as Steve came roaring around the corner with his sirens screamin and his horn blowin and the lights flashin! Bobby took him on a wild goose chase all around the holler. Meanwhile, Earl was passin the flats of moonshine to Carl who was under the church which was built up on cinder blocks. “Pa, there is some pigs under here.”
As he passed another flat of moonshine to Carl, Earl asked, “Is they givin you any trouble?”
As Carl took that flat from Earl he said, “No, they is sleepin, although I don’t know how any creature kin sleep through the noise of that police car!”
Meanwhile, Bobby had cut through the Smith’s cornfield and was thinkin what a bad idea that wuz, as he wuz bouncin all over and had to slow down. Of course, Steve had to slow down too so it didn’t git him any closer! He grabbed the loud-speaker and announced, “Pull over Bobby Brown. You is under arrest! …Bobby are you payin attention? Pull over!” By this time Bobby had gotten out of the cornfield and was headed toward the gravel quarry.
Bobby had driven this quarry ever since he started drivin. In fact, he cut his eye teeth drivin right here in this quarry! Just as he approached the clump of laurel bushes he slammed on his brakes and cut to the left real quick. He made the turn but Steve didn’t. Steve slammed on his brakes and cut sharply to the right to avoid going down in the big hole in the ground. He cursed up a blue streak, backed up and headed up the way Bobby went. Bobby was laughin, as he thought of his next trick. He slowed down a little bit so Steve could get closer to him. He knew he needed to keep Steve busy so the Higgins could get his moonshine hidden.
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Bobby put his pedal to the metal and zoomed around the quarry in a blurr until he had come full circle and pulled up behind Steve. Steve looked in his rear-view mirror and nearly jumped out of his skin when he saw Bobby. He threw on his brakes and got out, goin back to Bobby.
After the last of the moonshine wuz hidden and hopefully safe, Earl straightened up and rubbed his back and said to Carl, “Let’s start walkin home.” He peeked under the church and said, “You piggies keep a watch on our shine and don’t let no human piggies git it!” He laughed at his own humor!
Carl just shook his head and started walkin. As they walked they could hear the sirens windin around the holler and then the sound seemed to come from one place, like they had stopped. Bobby figured he had given Earl and Carl enough time to hide the shine and had stopped fur the officer.
Steve walked up to the hot rod and said, “Git out of the car and put yore hands on the hood of the car,” all bossy like!
Steve put handcuffs on Bobby and told him to stay put. He started lookin through the car and found the backseat had been removed. He climbed up under the car and took a gander at the shocks. Then he opened up the hood and whistled! “Why you done got all the bells and whistles! This is a bonafide moonshinin car but without the moonshine! What did you do with the shine, Bobby Brown?”
“I ain't got no shine, Mr. Steve. I just like fast cars,” Bobby said. He knew there was nothin Steve could do with no evidence, so it gave him some confidence.
Steve was a little hot under the coller. After all Bobby wus the cause of his car goin into the ditch with the oil he spilt out over the road durin the first chase. And once more there was no shine so he could arrest Bobby. However, he could think of a few tickets to hand out.
Steve took off the handcuffs and said, “You think you are so smart. Here is a ticket fur speedin and you are goin to clean up the oil spill on the road down in front of Mimi Connors place. I don’t keer how you do it, just do a good job!” He handed Bobby the ticket and said, “I will check up on it the middle of next week and there better not be so much as a spot of oil on that road!”
“Yes sir,” Bobby said meekly. He was thinking how glad he was that Steve was distracted while Earl and Carl were gettin things done!