"Quad's odds"; . <Hvv«fc_ THE OLD FIREMAN. SpjJE may still be found in small towns and villages,dt-r- here and there, but the old fireman has had his knows it, and he sighs as he hangs up his trumpet andremoves his belt. Steam—hissing, pushing, throbbing steam is too muchfor human muscle. The old fireman was in his glory twenty years ago. Nostatesmans heart thrilled with greater pride over a success-ful speech than did the old firemans as he took the leadof the company—the twolong lines in red shirts,and moved the hand-en-gine down to the bridgeand dropped the suctioninto the river.
"Quad's odds"; . <Hvv«fc_ THE OLD FIREMAN. SpjJE may still be found in small towns and villages,dt-r- here and there, but the old fireman has had his knows it, and he sighs as he hangs up his trumpet andremoves his belt. Steam—hissing, pushing, throbbing steam is too muchfor human muscle. The old fireman was in his glory twenty years ago. Nostatesmans heart thrilled with greater pride over a success-ful speech than did the old firemans as he took the leadof the company—the twolong lines in red shirts,and moved the hand-en-gine down to the bridgeand dropped the suctioninto the river. He wasa captain—a colonel—ageneral—and he wouldnthave exchanged positionswith the Czar of general, urging hismen to go in and coverthemselves with glory,could get that deep, pomp-. Thkm Hose. ous voice which the old fireman secured as he called out: Back er up—man the brakes ! 57 58 SHE TAKES. On his head was a leather hat, surmounted by a goldeneagle—around his waist a broad belt bearing the wordForeman, and as he braced himself for the next call hefelt that the mayor of the town was a pigmy—a cipher—an atom. Lay them hose ! That was the next order, and he walked down the streetto see the pipe put on and to direct that the stream bethrown over Bakers tin-shop or McFarlands he walked back to the engine he scowled fiercely atthe small boys, nodded distantly to the men who workedside by side with him in the shop, and wondered how hiswife dared smile at him so familiarly.
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