Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10

and 80 on, to the boundary OF the
southernmoss part. Each policeman
was instructed to shout at the top of
his voice as the motor car went by,
his part of the riot act, which never
amounted to more than five words, but
/ although the policemen did their duty
and duly fired off their verbal feu de
joie, Billy dashed through Yorkshire
and so on to London again.
Here Mr.. Chamberlain threw Off his
coat and said he would resign his po-
sition in the cabinet il this thing were
not stopped. He mentioned with some
feeling that old man Kruger had played
good deaf with him some time before,
but that this person McCabe was not to
take that as a precedent and think that
any Transvaal nonsense was to be toll
! Grated on the free land Of England.
This move was received with great en-
thusiasm, and cabinet meeting was
held at which it was determined to
capture McCabe at all costs. The min
lister of war then called out the British
army, and by this time McCabe and his
motor car were speeding on his third
trip to Scotland. The British army
was drawn across the island just on
the London side of the Scottish border,
the island being somewhat narrow at
that point, and with fixed bayonets
they waited for McCabe and his ma
chine. 1t was about four o'clock in
the afternoon when McCabe's ironclad
motor appeared over the Scottish hills,
and here for the FIRST time the young
man caught sight of the British army
drawn up in line to stop him. He
paused at the top of the hill and was
seen to get out and oil his machine in
sight of the British army massing
along the road, and it seemed to Sir
Garnet Wolseley that McCabe was fool
ish in allowing the troops to concen-
trate in this fashion. But Billy, on
the top of the hill, merely lit his pipe,
sat down on a milestone and calmly
smoked his tobacco, taking care that
there was no acetylene gas about. Hav-
ing finished his smoke and knocked the
ashes out OF his pipe, he turned the ma
! chine halfway round and gave the as
sembled soldiers an example of its
powers. He fired off few acetylene
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army thought an earthquake had taken
place. The hill disappeared in fine
dust. The army was appalled, to no.
tice that he turned the motor car to-
ward them and went inside. The ma
chine with a roar descended upon them.
looking like the Crystal palace on
Thursday night, running away with all
the fireworks going. Sic Garnet him
self on horseback did his best to rally
the men. They said they were ready
to fight almost anything, but they
were not going to stand up to what was
evidently a section of the Internal re-
gions let loose, so the army broke and
made for cover, while Billy triumph
antly tore through the space left by
the rapidly-retreating soldiers.
London was sent into a panic by the
Claring contents of the evening news
papers, which came out with special
editions showing how McCabe had put
the British army to rout, and was now
tearing his irresistible way down to
| London while the great city lay de-
fenseless before him. A panic-stricken,
threatening crowd surrounded the
houses of parliament. Government
hastily convened, and Mr.. Balfour came
to the rescue. He made some pleas
ant remarks on the success of MIR.
Chamberlain's methods in South Africa
and other parts of the world, but
thought they sometimes did not work
as we'll as they might in an enlightened
country like England. He therefore
proposed that they should forthwith
pass the motor car bill, and then Mr..
Billy McCabe would be quite within
his rights in his interesting Scottish
trips. This way out of the difficulty,
which had occurred to nobody else,
was received with cheers. Parliament
being in session, Immediately rushed
through the motor car bill about as
quickly as McCabe was now coming
upon London, and the lords, with equal
haste, gave their assent, so that by the
time Billy McCabe approached High
gate Hill the motor car bill was law.
Billy was received in London with
great reclamation. The lord mayor
gave him a banquet at the Mansion
house and voluntarily offered to become
chairman of the new McCabe Acetylene
Motor Car company, capital $125, Ooo.-
000.-Detroit Free Press.