The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-09-20
adventure Of q Fireman

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g., From wasAlngton.
ia Rn,roa T. T.-As cit looking out Of my
,;ndov. my boy, on the street below, and notice
Sov TRANQUILITY I'll things are going on here,
d.spite The excitement Of the time, deep sense
~ satisfaction steals over me, and the Ameri"
can Eagle Of patriotic pride Aaps his breezy
p;niops on the oak tree Of my heart. Though
/ have just been laughing myself almost sick
.. the ludicrous manner in which my friend,
he Confederacy, has walked right straight into
The cunning trap prepared for his destruction
hv our noble and profound generals, actually
hssteuioe his own humiliation, by rushing
Kindly through our lines, and capturing the
twenty or thirty artful villages, towns, and gar,
risous left there for the express purpose OF
temp,ing him to his dreAdful doom-though
have lust been splitting my sides over this roar
M case Of ridiculous suicide, my boy. the city
Of Washington still maintains lis calmness!
Ever conscious that conquer We must, for our
cause it is just, this city remains % placid as
a summer dream; nearly all the liquor.shops
doing good business through the day, and the
evening finding majority Of our army officers
1t their posts. Lamp-posts, by boy.
There is something touchingly grand in the
the calmness Of Washington under such 'cir-
cunstsnces, and it reminds me Of . pleasing
little incident in the Sixth Ward. ~ . tt
There Was female millinery establishment
On the third floor Of building composed prin>
cipally Of stairs, fed with frequent small rooms,
and the expatriated French comtesse, who re-
allied fashionable bonnets there, used one OF
her windows to display her wares In this
window, my boy, she always kept young wo-
man Of much bloom and symmetry, with the
Latest STYLE on her head, and IN expression Of
unuttersble smile on her face. A young chap
carving q trumpet in the Fire Department
happened to notice that this angel Of fashion
vas always at the window when he went by;
and a. the thought thai she particularly adj
nired his personal charms crept over him, he
at once adopted the plan Of passing BY every
> dsy. attired in the garments best calculated to
render fre.going manhood most beautiful to
the eye. He donned vest representing in de.
tail the Sydenham flower. show on yellow
ground, wore iuexpressibles representing in
Vulnerable black serpcnts ascending white col
ums, assumed neck.tie concentrating all the
highest glories Of the Aurora Boreslis, mount
ed two breastpins and three studs torn from
some glass house, and wore hat that s!anted
ON his head in an engaging and intelligent man.
ner Day after day he passed before the mil
linery establishment, my boy, still beholding
the beloved object at the window, and occa-
sionally placing his hand upon his heart, in
such way a. to show large and gorgeous
sesl-ring ntaining the hair ola fellow fireman
who had caught such cold at great fire tina:
he died some years after. Glow cam she is y
ssys he to himself, "and she's ss pretty as nine.
tvs new hose-carriage. 1t seems to me-" says
the young chap to himself, STOPPING down to
roll up the other leg of his psnts-'it seems to
me that never see anything SO cam. She OBJ
serves me daily agciDg and yet she don't &c
much % send somebody down to see if there's
any overcoats IN the front entry"
One day, my boy, venerable Irish gentle
man, keeping clearinghouse and ice cream
saloon in the basement of the establishment
happened to go to sleep on the stairs with
lighted camphene lamp in his hand, and pretty
soon the bells were ringing tor q conAagstior
in that district. Immediately our gallant FIRE
men were on their way to the spot; and having
frst gone through forty-two streets on tn,
other side of the city to wake the people VI
there and spprise them Of their great danger
reached the dreadful scene, and instantly be.
gan TO e1tipguish the flames by bringing 81
furniture out Of house not more than thre
blocks below. In the midst of these self-sac.
ri6cing efforts, . form was seen to dart int
the burning building like spectre. 1t va
the enamored young chap who carried trum
net in the department. He had seen the be
loved object sitting At the window, as usual
and WAS bent upon saving her, even though b.
missed the exciting fight AROUND the corner
Reaching the millinery-room door, he could Sc
the object standing there in the midst of . Be-
Of fire. "How cam she is" says be. ''Mis
Milliner," says he, ''dont you see you're all il
q blaze!" But still she stood at the window i
al her calmness. The devoted young cha
turned to fellow-freman Who was just the
selecting two spring bonnets and some ribbo
for his wife, in order to save them from th
flames, and says he: "Jakey, what shall dos
But Jakey Was at that time picking out som
artificial flowers for his youngest daughter, m
boy, and made NO answer. Unable TO resc
the devoted maid. and rendered desperate b
the thought that she must be asleep in tb
midst Of her danger, the frantic young cha
her and actually knocked her head Of! Hor
r;6ed At what he had done. the excited cha
called himself miserable wretch, and was lie
out BY the collar: It was Jakey who did thi
deed Of kindness, and says he: 'What's tn
matter with you, my covey." The poor youn
chan vrupg his hands, and says he: "Pve xii
led her. Jskey, I've killed her-.nd che 8
cam" Jakey took some tobacco, and then say
he: "wby, that was only apaste aboard gal, 20
poor devil" And so it was, my boy-so
v.s. hnt .he affair had such an effect upon th
young chap that be at once took to drinking
and when delirium tremens marked him for il
own, his last words were: "1ve killed he'
Jakey, I've killed her-aud she SO CAM"
Washington. my boy is scam" in the uids
. Of aconnagrstion, That is to say; the Govern
msnt is cam, they say; and it may be doubt
ed whether it would be otherwise even with II
head knocked of. ~, -,
The other day, paid another visit to th
kackerel camp across the river. and was pref
sat ut meeting Of the officers called to debs,
upon the propriety Of presenting sword
ne beloved general for his heroism in the la
sreat battle. CAPTAIN Eamyule Ss-mith VI