"Quad's odds"; . ere made to throw things through. If you canfling all the ornaments out, wrench the sofa to pieces, andbreak the legs off of the chairs, you can consider you havesaved everything in the parlor worth saving. If there is a stove in there, tip it over asyou rush to save the beddingand other furniture. Dontthrow a bed from the chamberwindow; nothing will break afeather bed all to pieces asquick as a fall. Take them onyour back and carefully carrythem from two to four blocksaway and deposit them gentlyon a doorstep. But the case is different withcrockery, looking-glasses andclocks;
"Quad's odds"; . ere made to throw things through. If you canfling all the ornaments out, wrench the sofa to pieces, andbreak the legs off of the chairs, you can consider you havesaved everything in the parlor worth saving. If there is a stove in there, tip it over asyou rush to save the beddingand other furniture. Dontthrow a bed from the chamberwindow; nothing will break afeather bed all to pieces asquick as a fall. Take them onyour back and carefully carrythem from two to four blocksaway and deposit them gentlyon a doorstep. But the case is different withcrockery, looking-glasses andclocks; you can heave themout on the walk with perfectconfidence that they wont evenget a flaw. Deal gently withflat-irons and boot-jacks. Donttry to save a whole bedstead,but wrench it to pieces, andthrow three or four slats out,Bureaus are cumbersome arti-cles to handle, and its best to divide them in halves withan axe, and throw down the portions separately. I had forgotten to say that it is positively necessary forv. Handle em Gently. and then grab the bureau 338 theyll remember you. you to yell fire! twice per second, from the time youkick the door in until the fire is out, or the house burneddown. If you didnt do this, some of the family mightforget that the house was on fire and make arrangementsto go visiting, or put on dried apples to stew, or go to set-ting emptyings. An ordinarily cool man will clear a house of all worthsaving in about fifteen minutes, especially if he has a littlehelp. If the house goes for it, the family will not fail toremember that but for you they might have been roastedalive; and if the flames are subdued, theyll pick up thelooking-glass frames, drawer knobs, pitcher handles, andchair legs, and move back in with hearts full of gratitudethat you, noble hero, through your coolness and self-pos-session, saved all that was worth saving.
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