The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-10
A WIFE.
The Fireman Tells on ISIS Wedding Day
How Bc Rescued Her.

The Fireman Tell. on ISIS Wedding Ia,
How Bc Rescued Her.
Not so very long ago u SUN reporter attended
the wedding of a New York fireman, whoII
he had known since his 1.-THE reporter's) boy.
hood. This fireman was about ~forty.flvt
years of age. and was making his first venture
in matrimony, his bride being a handsome
widow, twenty years his Junior.
During the reception which followed the
ceremony, the happy groom got n short spell
Off. and adjourned up stairs with the boys for
a smoke and q talk.
'Do you know" he said. ~slapping the re-
porter on the back In a highly hilarious man.
ner, that 1 saved my wife from a tire2'
'There hasn't been any fire tonight, has
there2' inquired the reporter.
mo. but there have been fires on other
nights"
But you haven't been a married man on
any other nights" contended the reporter.
THAT'S all right, but you give me a chance,
will you, and I'll explain" said the fireman.
The opportunity was given TO him on u salver
on which there was also several glasses and a
decaLter.
zone night. fifteen years ago." he said there
was n fire In a row of three-story brick houses
in my district, and our engine broke for 1t at
forty miles a second. but when we got there the
III lliSl ibDl "a lIp lobOt III sit Nllb Va lllo
row was blazing. Some of the people had got
out. but up at the third story n young girl was
leaning out yelling for the men with the lad
der to be in a hurry. There wasn't any need
OF her yelling. for we were hurrying as fast as
we knew how. but you know women are kind
of funny about some things. Well, it WAS
my business to d o the ladder act, and as soon
as we had 1T placed ] went up 1t like a mon
key. The girl watching me with much interest.
When | was at the window AMI about to reach
for her. she lRrtel into the room. and | thought
she had gone crazy, with fright or something.
and and I cd msds h a break tsa int, t the room f%a after Gins her
Then | noticed that she was only a slip of a
girl. about ten years old. and as pretty as a
come s5ss. % n m, ne, and III take you ao~n the
Don't you worry about me- said she as pert
as you please. You get grandma; she's sick
over yer in n that S Sm. and sHaIt he help ph herself nsrI. Of tho
kid, and couldn't do a thing except to follow
her directions. She bundled a blanket around
the old lady. ordered me to pick her 9p,and then
window with granny in my arms. BY this
time the room was full of smoke. and the smoke
was covering the whole front of the house from
the windows below. l took an extra hold on
my burden and started down the ladder through
Wa right here close to the window said
/ to the kid as ! started, and somebody will be
that somebody. for | was stuck on the kid. she
was so cool and commanding.
And do you know what she said to me? Not
What a wife for a fireman you'd make
said ], as went down the ladder, and she
At the bottom I dropped the old lady into
the hands Of the men there and turned to go
back after the little girl, but the first step up
made | bumped into something soft. and by the
tapers of mud # II wasn't the kid;
"'Seems to me you've done come, says I.grab-
hing her up and carrying her out OF the way, and
the boys gave her a cheer that waked mp all the
nGNVhhnrhnn1 fhnf nhnf TIrnP nnf In fha IRE
She wasn't scared a bit. either. though all
the rest of her people were hysterical and
after that / couldn't help thinking about
the youngster, and when 1t was about time for
the entire inside Of ii tn had d burned out. vent
around one afternoon to see how The folks were
getting along It wasn't any Of my business
wanted to see the little gtIl and hear, her laugh.
The neighbors told me the family had moved
or do anything like that when 1t was only
whenever l had a chance | kind of made In
aniries. and once ! found her mighty near; but
again aga %0E This G ru1 the time tim '" Hp to- a" SIX : or !0s severn "sa
years. and 1t was getting to be kind of. n
Charley Ross case with the girl retting older
never would forget her.
80 It went along and along until two years
Philadelphia to a areman's TALL, l was spry
on my legs. as a fireman has to be. and when
Everybody was nice to the Visitors from the
metropolis. and ali we had to do to meet n
a lnas W." %fts simply hat T. 7 5ssn SO m an4 fhe Thing ,hs siG Tps
i0r rather Il "I ikea better etc n than % any s i haa , %et, and and
we went into the suprer room and talked.
but since her husband died. four years before,
she had been living in philadelphia. and that
she had a %fondness for tireInen because of an
early experience OF hers which she told me of,
and. by. crackey, l got right up and shook
hands with her In such n way that she thought
had gone crazy and was about to shake tho
OF the same story. and the way the two yarns
tailed was something beautiful. She was q
little girl. and hadn't been thinking of me like
ried. and II It hadn't been for Providence com.
ing to my help aud taking her husband
away. | wouldn't be telling, you this story, and
same, | didn't care, for there wasn't nyhody
ahead Of me now, and in ! sailed. Well, to
make u long story short, | got an extension of
time on my visit, and every minute of IT that I
could | devoted to her. and-you see the result
WHY did / wait two years. said the fire,
man. in response to an inquiry. simply he
something like that, in the cloak department
Of q big store under u fre.year contract, with
wouldn't break it. Besides, she said sho
would have money enough then TO go to house
G nsiSniT FaE on w ,dIG her a f sEat H pSrs Of f L Would t%T b q
all right, for | had saved up a tidy sum my
self, and owned a house, hut she wouldn't listen
OF the fire, and had to do as she said, Rut
she's worth waiting for he concluded. with
immense pride. and every man In the room
lifted up his voice In voclferous affirmation of
the statement.
Bedrock TerrApin Facts.
F,om The Washington Post.
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