The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-05-30

in two minutes
The whole lower story Of the yellow
house was in flames. and every nu>eu-
line. feminine and canine in Rosa was
( there. screeching and harkiu% and got
ting in the way of the irrmcn. saw
Idaho trying to get away from six FIRE
men who were holdiu" him. They was
telling him the whole place was on
fire downstairs ind no man could go
in it and come ont again.
where's Mrs. SampSon:" | asks.
she hasn't been seen" says one of
the firemen she sleeps upstairs.
We've tried to get in, but we can't.
and our company hasn't got any lad
derS yet"
l runs around to the light of the big
blaze and pulls the handbook out Of
my inside pocket. | kind Of laughed
when | felt it in my hands, reckon
| was some daffy with the sensation of
excitement.
"Herky. old boy" l says to it as !
tipped over the pages, you amt ever
lied to me yet. and you amt ever
throwed me down at a scratch yet
Tell me what. old boy, tell me what"
says l.
turned to What to do in case Of
accidents" on page III. | run my
finger down the page and struck it.
Good Old Herkimer-he never over
looked anything! 1t said:
sunocation From Inhaling SmoHe or
Gas.-fhere is nothing better than fax
seed. Place 4 few seed in the outer cor
ner of the eye.
l showed the handbook back in my
pocket and grabbed a boy that was
running by.
Here" says l, giving him sons
money, run to the drug store and
bring a dollars worth of faxseed
Hurry and you'll get another one for
yourself. Now" l sings out to the
crowd, well have Mrs. SAMPSON
And l throws away my coat and hat.
-Four Of the fremen and citizens
grabs hold of me. It's sure death.
they say, to go in the house. for the
floors was beginning to fall through.
How in blazes," | sings out. kind
Of laughing yet, but not feeling like
it, do you expect me to put flaXseed
in eye without the eyer
l jabbed each elbow in a fireman's
face, kicked the bark off of one citi-
zen's shin and tripped the other one
with q side hold. And then | busted
into the house. If die first I'll write
you a letter and tell you if it's any
worse down there than the inside of
that yellow house was. but don't be
lieve it vet. | was a heap more
cooked then the hurry up orders of
broiled chicken that you get in res
taurantS. The fire and smoke had me
down on the floor twice and was
about to shame Herkimer, but the fire
men helped me with their little stream
Of water, and | got to Mrs Simpsons
room. She'd lost conscientiousness
from the smoke, so l wrapped her in
the bedciothes and got her on my
shoulder Well. the floors wasn't as
bad as they said or never could have
done it-not by no means
1 carried her out fifty yards from
the house and laid her on the grass
Then. Of course, every one of them
other twenty-five plaintiffs to the
lady's hand crowded around with tin
Clippers of water ready to save her
And up runs the boy with the daxsecd
l unwrapped the covers from Mrs
SIMPSONS head. She opened her eyes
and says:
rs that you, Mr. Pratt"'
"S-s-sh," says |. Don't talk till
you've had the remedy"
runs my arm around her neck and
raises her head. gentle. and breaks
the bag of faxsced with the other
hand. and rs easy rs l could I bends
over and slips three or four of the
seeds in the outer corner Of her eye.
Up gallops the village doc by this
time and Snorts around and grabs at
Mrs. SIMPSONS pulse and wants to
know what | mean by any such sand
blasted nonsense.
We'll, old .Ialap and Jerusalem oak
seed" says |, I'm no regular practi-
TONER but I'll show you my authority.
anyway"
They fetched my coat, and gets out
the handbook
Look on page III" says I. Eat the
remedy for suffocation by smoke or
gas. FlaXsecd in the outer corner of
the eye, it says. don't know whether
it works as smoke consumer or
whether it hikes the compound CASTRO
hippOpOtamuS nerve into action. but
Herkimer says it, and he was called
TO the case first. If you want to make
1t consultation there's no objection"
Old doc takes the book and looks at
1t by means of his specs and fire
mans lantern.
well. Mr.. Pratt" says he, you
evidently got on the wrong line in
reading your diagnosis. The recipe for
suffocation says, Get the patient int
fresh air as quickly as possible and
place in a reclining position The flax
seed remedy is for Dust and Cinders
In the Eye" on the line above. But.
after ALL
"See here" interrupts Mrs. Sampson.
~ reckon I've got something to say in