Quotation from: The Strength of the Strong

Written by: Jack London


At that moment Freddie Drummond discontinued his conversation. Nor
did he resume it again, for the situation was developing with the
rapidity of a transformation scene. He heard the roar of the mob
at the rear, and caught a glimpse of the helmeted police and the
lurching meat waggons. At the same moment, laying on his whip, and
standing up to his task, the coal driver rushed horses and waggon
squarely in front of the advancing procession, pulled the horses up
sharply, and put on the big brake. Then he made his lines fast to
the brake-handle and sat down with the air of one who had stopped
to stay. The auto had been brought to a stop, too, by his big
panting leaders which had jammed against it.

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