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I'm just getting out of the way of a wild-beast show," she explained; "my mare is tolerant of motors and traction-engines, but I expect camels hullo," she broke off, recognising the man as an old acquaintance, "I heard you had taken rooms in a farmhouse somewhere. Fancy meeting you in this way."
But we want the ploughed fields beyond, the real woods with stacked-up timber, German fashion; the orchards and the kitchen gardens; the tracks across the high-lying sheep downs; the towing-paths where the barges come up the rivers; the deep lanes where the hay-carts have left long wisps on the overhanging elms; the high-roads running from village to village, with the hooded carts and bicycles and even the solemn Juggernaut traction-engines upon them.
To lessen this great inconvenience road traction-engines were employed with success. They leisurely descend into spruits beds of streams roll across, and wheel up stiff long climbs like flies walking up a wall. They are not quite helpless, even when the ground has been soaked by rain." While these preparations were making, the besieged had to resign themselves to further weary endurance.
Started at five with Yeomanry, Bushmen, and Buffs, as before, but were delayed two hours outside town, waiting for some traction-engines, which puffed asthmatically at the bottom of a drift, unable to get up. Washed in a river with great zest. Fresh mutton for supper. Turned in with orders for reveillé at 4 A.M. But at 11.30 P.M. we were all awakened by "Come on, get up and harness up."
"As to the line," Hesketh went on, weightily, leading the way through an encumbering group of farmers at a corner, "I've selected that, too. Traction-engines. Milburn has never built them yet, but he says the opportunity is ripe " "Milburn!" Lorne wheeled sharply. "My future partner. He was planning extensions just as I came along, a fortunate moment, I hope it will prove, for us both.
All over the country we find beautiful old bridges, though the opening years of the present century, with the increase of heavy traction-engines, have seen many disappear. At Coleshill, Warwickshire, there is a graceful old bridge leading to the town with its six arches and massive cutwaters.
In our chapter on the delightful and picturesque old bridges that form such beautiful features of our English landscapes, we deplored the destruction now going on owing to the heavy traction-engines which some of them have to bear and the rush and vibration of motor-cars which cause the decay of the mortar and injure their stability.
Now, if it had been anything rational, I should have thought something of her second sight! I tell her 'twas suggested by "London Bridge is broken down, Dance o'er my lady Lee!" 'Well, I am quite certain those traction-engines will break it some time or other, said Lady Delmar.
Constantly notices have to be set up stating: "This bridge is only sufficient to carry the ordinary traffic of the district, and traction-engines are not allowed to proceed over it." Then comes an outcry from the proprietors of locomotives demanding bridges suitable for their convenience.
I say Mr. Carter was understood to assert, in his most pacific and pained public-meeting voice, that he regretted, infinitely regretted Mrs. Carter, weeping, ran out of the breakfast-room. And soon afterwards the traction-engines rumbled off, and the high, green dogcart followed them. Ellis sat spell-bound.
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