Possible Clues:

• Cane
• Palm tree with long stems used in furniture
• Climbing palm or cane made from its long thin stem
• Hurried around a teetotaller so as to cane him
• Sounds as if Cain hurried around a teetotaller
• Was in a hurry to set about a teetotaller with a cane
• Pliable palm stems used in weaving
• Cane and thrash renegade to start with
• Hurried around a non-drinker with a cane
• Galloped around a teetotaller with a cane