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Project Gutenberg's Three Elephant Power, by Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Three Elephant Power Author: Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson Release Date: June 29, 2008 [EBook #307] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THREE ELEPHANT POWER *** Produced by A. Light and L. Bowser THREE ELEPHANT POWER AND OTHER STORIES by Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson and by Knott Gold [Australian Poet, Reporter--1864-1941.] 1917 Edition [Note on text: These stories appeared originally in several Australian journals.] CONTENTS Three Elephant Power The Oracle The Cast-iron Canvasser The Merino Sheep The Bullock White-when-he's-wanted The Downfall of Mulligan's The Amateur Gardener Thirsty Island Dan Fitzgerald Explains The Cat Sitting in Judgment The Dog The Dog--as a Sportsman Concerning a Steeplechase Rider Victor Second Concerning a Dog-fight His Masterpiece Done for the Double by Knott Gold THREE ELEPHANT POWER "Them things," said Alfred the chauffeur, tapping the speed indicator with his fingers, "them things are all right for the police. But, Lord, you can fix 'em up if you want to. Did you ever hear about Henery, that used to drive for old John Bull--about Henery and the elephant?" Alfred was chauffeur to a friend of mine who owned a very powerful car. Alfred was part of that car. Weirdly intelligent, of poor physique, he might have been any age from fifteen to eighty. His education had been somewhat hurried, but there was no doubt as to his mechanical ability. He took to a car like a young duck to water. He talked motor, thought motor, and would have accepted--I won't say with enthusiasm, for Alfred's motto was 'Nil admirari'--but without hesitation, an offer to drive in the greatest race in the world. He could drive really well, too; as for belief in himself, after six months' apprenticeship in a garage he was prepared to vivisect a six-cylinder engine with the confidence of a diplomaed bachelor of engineering. Barring a tendency to flash driving
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