““Let me out!” a woman screamed. “We’ll be smothered!” someone else yelled over the excited shouts of other people. Frank pushed up the limp cloth over his head and looked around for Joe and Chet. They were right next to him. “Come on, let’s try to crawl out of here,” he urged and began to scramble forward on his hands and knees. The other two followed. Reaching the side of the tent, they wriggled underneath, loosened a guy rope by releasing it from its peg, and lifted the canvas above their hea...ds. “This way, everybody!” Frank shouted. Those trapped in the tent struggled clear, aided by the boys from Bayport. “Good thinking!” one man complimented them. “I believe no one was hurt thanks to you,” said another. Korbo, who had been on the auctioneer’s platform when the tent collapsed, was the last to escape. He railed furiously at Chet’s clumsiness in barging into the pole. “What Chet did wasn’t as bad as auctioning stolen property!” Frank interjected. “Everything that I handle is legitimate!”MoreLessRead More Read Less
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