Them was the good old days, in Davenport, Scott County Iowa . 199 THEM WAS THE GOOD OLD DAYS shirt, and castiron hat, as Dan always worked in full uniformwhen firefightin. Firemen in them times was alv/ays braverwhen they had time to tend to their make-up. Foreman Arnould was a sticker for system with the FifthWards, and wouldnt let them lads start for a fire till theyknew where it was, no matter how restless they got, nor howhard they pulled on the hosecart rope. Wait til you hearthe waterworks whistle! was the orders he blasted throughhis silver-plated trumpet. He called the roll that day, a
Them was the good old days, in Davenport, Scott County Iowa . 199 THEM WAS THE GOOD OLD DAYS shirt, and castiron hat, as Dan always worked in full uniformwhen firefightin. Firemen in them times was alv/ays braverwhen they had time to tend to their make-up. Foreman Arnould was a sticker for system with the FifthWards, and wouldnt let them lads start for a fire till theyknew where it was, no matter how restless they got, nor howhard they pulled on the hosecart rope. Wait til you hearthe waterworks whistle! was the orders he blasted throughhis silver-plated trumpet. He called the roll that day, andeverybody answered exceptin Larry McKee, he bein downat Columbus Junction kickin off empties on a side-track. When the waterworks whistle blowed five times, it wasntno time at all til them Fifth Wards came tearin around thecorner at Fifth and Iowa—the foreman and assistant foreman. Wait til you hear the waterworks -whistleI roarin out important orders through their silver-plated trum-pets—that company bein tied with the Northwest Davenportsand East Davenport Pilots for last place in the race. Them firemen was all outaluck that day, for some littleguy, weighin about one-twenty, strapped a babcock extin-guisher on his back, dumb a ladder, crawled along the roof,took a coupla squirts at the blaze, and the fire was all overexceptin the big postmortem confab of them gallant firemen. That Fifth Ward company was a sore outfit, sport, beinall set to show the people what kinda fire-fighters they was,not even havin to unreel the hose, nor givin Dinny Hickey 200 THEM WAS THE GOOD OLD DAYS and Bryan Toher a chance to make their famous lightnincoupHn. So they held a long session and then eased overto Bobby Garveys, parked the hosecart in front of Bobbyssummer-garden, and put in the day blowin high collars offacrusaders, and takin a good rest before drillin up the hillwith
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