The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-10-26
The Story Of q Hero.
From the London Star.

''''>' - 90 a i''"'ici vi course, Slr-taklnC
1t cooiy : out OF the question Here we
are living about as excited a life as a man
can lead-always on duty. and ready al
moment to have a Set-to with the worst
ire that ever broke out. No; | shall
never oct to take it as a matter of course
for IT Is all dark, rush and excitement
and love it, sir. Flash comes the news
10 Us by telegraph. most likely; out come
the horses there's light put to the
ready trimmed fire, and then with a train
OF sparks flying ont behind us, as the fire
roars and the stcam's getting up, away
galIop the horses. Av, its Iii hoi
hollo. ~ and they clear the road for US
and away we 90 full gallop down the
streets, with The horses hootS striking fire
the crowd shouting, and the running mob
increasing at every step. There's some
thing IN ii as warns ones blood and as
to the dan@er-well, of course, its dam
ger"uS but when we feel that we're do
ING our duty, and know what's before Us.
why, somehow we don't remember the
danger. but 90 at it earnest.
New there was only last week. sitting
a. | was waiting for call-there it was
at last, late on in the night, when the
streets were clear and away we tore at
something like a pace. Oxford street,
!Iolboln, down the Hill, up Skinner street
and New@a1e >treet-whoop, and away
tull '@allop, with the horses enjoying it.,
bless You, and la>hing ont till its hard to
say whether they didn't make more sparks
than the lire under the boiler We want
no more instructions, ior there was the
s. red Glow on ahead and as we cot near
CT. We could almost see the sparks and
at last We did see them come pouring and
rolling along with the >moke, and being Il
heayy, hot night, harging like thick
>tar->pan@Ied cloud just over our heads.
Two engines were there, and Il, it hap
pcnrd 50 late there We're not 30 many pcO-
pie a might have been cXpccted but Il,
soon aS got there saw as something
particular was the matter and this is what
II was: The fire was III quite a narrow
court, where they couldn't get the escapes
= and there was people burning t,
death: while above the shouting of Tic
mob and cIanking of the engine hard ii
work. You could hear their awful cries tol
help.
Now don't suppose that D.! am proud 0
all this I'm gong TO tell You. because In
not. Now, if YOU were 10 dash III an'
save any ones life. why, no doubt /
would be brave and gallant, because yo'
IS would have done II out oi true compassion
for a suffering fellow creature: but thel
with me its quite different, I'm paid st
x, much a week to save ilir and pr"pcrt,
from fire. consequently | only do what
my duty Ia do
l runs up the court axe in hand. an
%, soon sees the state OF affairs, One nous
re WAS III Il blaze from top to bottom. an
the flames ha1 worked through lh'o IN
r next, ai'd We're ai'acAlt'@ Tie one opposite
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