Quotation from: The Strength of the Strong

Written by: Jack London


Before the chauffeur could back clear, an old Irishman, driving a
rickety express waggon and lashing his one horse to a gallop, had
locked wheels with the auto. Drummond recognized both horse and
waggon, for he had driven them often himself. The Irishman was Pat
Morrissey. On the other side a brewery waggon was locking with the
coal waggon, and an east-bound Kearny Street car, wildly clanging
its gong, the motorman shouting defiance at the crossing policeman,
was dashing forward to complete the blockade. And waggon after
waggon was locking and blocking and adding to the confusion. The
meat waggons halted. The police were trapped. The roar at the
rear increased as the mob came on to the attack, while the vanguard
of the police charged the obstructing waggons.

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