Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . No ! Well, I did once, and I have had enough of it. You see,rny landlady takes a motherly interest in me, and talks to me just asshe would to her own son. You may think this very flattering tome, but it has its disadvantages. The other morning my landladytold me she lost one of her garters coming home from a concert theevening before, and asked me to get her a pair on my way down-town. I thoughtlessly consented. As I came down the street Ithought I would go into a notion store. Having entered, I tr
Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . No ! Well, I did once, and I have had enough of it. You see,rny landlady takes a motherly interest in me, and talks to me just asshe would to her own son. You may think this very flattering tome, but it has its disadvantages. The other morning my landladytold me she lost one of her garters coming home from a concert theevening before, and asked me to get her a pair on my way down-town. I thoughtlessly consented. As I came down the street Ithought I would go into a notion store. Having entered, I tried toget my bearings by the lithographs on the walls, picturing allsorts of feminine harness in active service. As the lithographsbegan to grow more interesting, I concluded that I was in aboutthe latitude of garters, and halted at a counter presided over bya young woman with a mischievous eye. Thats where I gotinto trouble. I felt my face getting red, but I firmly asked for apair of garters, expecting her to hand them out forthwith. What kind, please ? saidshe, in the most insinuating man-
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