Cabman Kate

As a laundress, Kate isn't much of a success. A goat makes a meal of her clothesline, and the $13.13 that Tim McGrath owes her for washing is apparently uncollectable. But this is nothing to what happens when she forcibly seizes Tim's horse and cab in lieu of her $13.13, after sousing him in the watering trough. Samuel Rosenstein, a dry goods drummer, is very anxious to catch a certain train, and almost goes into hysterics when the taxi-cab in which he is riding breaks down. He spies Kate leading the horse and cab, and wildly implores her to get him to the station in time for his train. With some misgivings, she consents. He gets in, Kate whips up "Wildfire" and the thrilling ride begins. In their mad career, Kate runs over a flock of chickens, demolishes an Italian fruit-peddler's stand and nearly scares the natives to death. After all the terrifying speed and hairbreadth escapes from destruction, the nearest Samuel comes to catching his train is when it almost runs over the cab at a