Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-18


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 At length the speech-making was ended and We went across the field where a game of ball was being play ed When we reached the scene of battle, we found two teams composed of clerks of the different stores pitted against each other. The pitcher of one team was strikingly handsome man and excited general admiration, but when he accomplished the remarkable feat of striking out three men in sue cession, the applause which greeted him might have been heard a mile away
 l Modesty was one of his prominent virtues and I was remarking upon this to MT Fruin when some one touched me lightly on the shoulder. I turned round and before me stood in the shape of the pitcher, wearing the same old smile that was always one of his in separable qualities the familiar and cheerful Louis A. Walker, looking ex- actly the same as when in the days of old the Juniors and Sophs used to seek the bench, overcome by the power 0f his inshoots
 Before we had a chance to have any conversation, Louis was called away to resume his position. so Fruin and I, after watching the game for a while, went home.
 l AS we were riding along, there sud- denly arose a cry of Fire and several engines dashed past us. Fruin, utter ly disregarding the speed laws, put on full steam and the oHto dashed forward as 1T impelled by magic. Suddenly we turned corner and there appeared be- fore us a tenement building on fire Flames were bursting through nearly every window in it. and the building was indeed doomed. Suddenly a great cry of despair went up from the crowd as a woman appeared at one of the up- per windows. The firemen rlesitated to go to the rescue. but suddenly a lad der was put up and one brave fellow started on his errand of life and death. He beat his way through the flame and smoke with unfiinching. courage and finally he reached the unfortunate wo- man. At length he succeeded in get ting her upon a ladder which was reached to him and then he descended amid the frantic cheers Of the onlook- CTS. The brave man seemed utterly overcome after his heroic act and as he passed through the crowd, came very near to where Fruin and I were sta toned. AS he turned toward me. I recognized him immediately for even under the smoky and begrimed fea lures could readily be seen the familiar countenance of "Diamond' Egan.
 He rested for while on the seat be- side us and finally told me that it was not the labor which his act incurred that overcame him so much as the discovery he made. The woman whom lie had rescued proved to be one of our old classmates s-Miss Lillian Courte- manche. Egan was soon up and at his post so we started to ride off.
 Just as we reached the outskirts of the throng, we were stopped by a big hur1y policeman. He declared that We had ridden much faster than the law allowed, and as a result must take the consequences. We were obliged to take him with us and were thus escort ed to the police station. After being assured that our automobile would not suffer in the least from our predica- ment, we were ushered to the desk where a large man with great deal of brass buttonned elegance was seat ed. After learning the reason for our presence there we were asked to give our names, and what followed was startling. For the big man suddenly Jumped up and seizing my hand shook it till was ready to drop from exhaus- tion I imagined we were about to be subjected to some sort of torture and did not know what to expect next. "Shade of Noses" he cried, "don't you remember Friedland of the class of 1902?' ''Why certainly" l replied and was going to continue the conversation when we were hustled away to a cell F'ruin did not have a chance to secure bonds, and 1 knew no one in the city on whom I could rely, so we had to spend the night in misery. The next morning we were taken out and brought into the courtroom where our case was promptly called. The judge was small man with a short beard. He said that the only lawyers who could be obtained that day were the rival female firms of Henderson & Gan ley and Grady & Fox, and he offered us our choice of these to take care of our case. Fruin huEriedly leaned over and told me that all the lawyers men toned had been members of our class and he thought we had better plead guilty rather than cause jealousy among our former classmates. This we did and upon hearing our plea, the judge said that in view of the serious nature of our offense and the fact that we had endangered the lives of so many people, he felt compelled to in- fiict the full penalty of the law which was ten dollars apiece. He concluded by asking to see me privately in all other room. so while Fruin was set ting with the clerk, I followed the judge into the next room. He then locked the door and said, "do you re- member a fellow named Bergin who used to be in your class at the high school?' I of course answered in the affirmative and then he astonished me by saying. "I am he" When I had re- covered a little from my surprise he asked me if had met all of my former classmates. I named those that 1 had met and he informed me that he could perhaps tell me of q few more. ''Lo- vett and wife, he said, ''who was formerly Miss Courtney are out in the Malay Islands where Lovett owns an immense Pearl Fishery and has got very rich. Tobin is with him in the