. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. HI rffiiiu City Hall, 1854-1905. At the beginning of the fire the city clerk was absent. Whenthe knowledge of the fire reached his office it had made muchheadway and danger was near. The first impulse, of course,would be to flee, and, indeed, everyone was fleeing from thebuilding; but there were the heavy books of priceless recordslying about. The two clerks gathered them all up, placedthem all in the vault and then shut and locked the ponderousd
. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. HI rffiiiu City Hall, 1854-1905. At the beginning of the fire the city clerk was absent. Whenthe knowledge of the fire reached his office it had made muchheadway and danger was near. The first impulse, of course,would be to flee, and, indeed, everyone was fleeing from thebuilding; but there were the heavy books of priceless recordslying about. The two clerks gathered them all up, placedthem all in the vault and then shut and locked the ponderousdoor. This took time and courage. Meanwhile the fire wasupon them and they were but just able to escape; in fact, ANTI-SLAVERY 135 Miss Fuller, arriving at the door of the building, was so over-come by the smoke that she had to be rescued by others. Thus the lesson of doing ones duty, having been earlylearned, received its magnificent illustration in the face ofdanger and death and becomes a part of the history of the recall the motto of John Pynchon, when, self-interesttempting him to remove from Springfield and leave the townto its fa
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