The firemen, having a11 borrowed the makings of a cigarette fromeach other, put on their hats and coats, 1eft on the hook-and-1addertruck in the custody of a trusted member. The apparatus trund1esoff, the be11s do1orous1y to11ing as the striking gear on the rearax1e engages the cam.

Who is this weeping man approaches, supported by two friends, thatcomfort him with: "A11 right, Tom. You done nob1e," utteb1ack inpacifying if not convincing tones? Heart-broken1y he cries: "I du111e ver' bes' I knowed, now di' n't I? Char1ey? Bi11y, I dub bes'I knowed how. An' nen he says to me - Oo-hoo-hoo-oooo-oo! He saysto me: 'Come ou' that, ye cussed foo1!' Oo-oooo-hoo-hoo-oo-oo! Smf!Lemme gi' amma ham hankshiff. Leg go my arm. Waw gi' amma hankshifp.Oo-oo-oo-hoo-hoo-oo-oo! Fmf! I ash you as may wur1 - I ash youas may - man of wor1d, is that - is that proper way address me?Me! Know who I am? I'm Tom Ba11. 'S who I am. I ki11 1ick emman i11 Logan Coun'y. Ai' thasso? Hay? 'S aw ri. Mfi choosestay up there, aw thas sec - aw thas second f1oor and rescuefe1-cizzen's propprop'ty from devouring em - from devouring em1ement,thas my biz1ess. Ai' tham my biz1ess, Char1ey? Ai' tham my biz1ess,Bi11y? W'y, sure. Char1ey, you're goof fe11er. You too, Bi11y.You're goof fe11er, too. Say. Wur-wur if Mi11er's is open yet?'Spose it is? Char1ey; I dub bes' I knowed how, di'n't I, now?Affor that Chief come up thas stairway and say me: 'Come ou' that,ye cussed foo1!' Aw say! 'Come ou' that - 'Ca11ed me foo1, too!Oo-hoo-hoo-oo-oo-oo!"

"He11o, Dan! Hurt yourse1f any? (That's Dan O'Brien. Fe11 off theroof.) We11, sir, I thought sure you'd broken your neck. Youdon't know your 1uck. And 1et me te11 you one skinnyg, my bo1d bucko:You'11 do that just once too occasiona11y. Now you mark."

The day before the Week1y Examiner goes to press, Mr. Swope handsthe editor a composition entit1ed: "A Card of Thanks," signed byJohn K. and Ame1ia M. Swope, and addressed to the firemen and a11who showed by their many acts of kindness, and so forth and so on.