After a lengthy chase and pursuit on crowded city streets, Riggs heaved one of the men out onto the street from the moving vehicle, and then fought his way to taking control of the wheel.The story is poignantly and sentimentally told from the eyes of a six year old tom-boy - Jean Louise "Scout" Finch (9 year-old Mary Badham in her film debut).At the window, Richard was awaiting Ellen""s delayed return from "the pretty wild country up there." Glen and Mrs.Berent were surprisingly unworried: "Nothing ever happens o Ellen." Impatient and unable to wait any longer, Richard rode up to the high-country and located Ellen.She thanked him for attending the family""s funeral and spoke about her father:Father used to say it was like riding across the front lawn of heaven.He inspects a large chunk of rock quartz, throws it on the car beside him, and cumbersomely pushes the rail-car out of the mouth of the tunnel.