Evening journal., 1912-09-03
When Red Hill
Glori6ed
BY M. QUAD
Copyright. 1912. by Associated Lit
erary Press.

uehTu oA. 4uclo WAS No pohbOhs oO6
fights nor lawsuits
Red HUI just went right along with
out any man breaking a suspender az
be climbed a fence or any housewife
burning her bread In the oven as she
gossiped at the gate, but her day was
poming.
On the morning Of a certain day
Abraham Green's old bull got out OF
The pasture and charged the town and
ripped open three barrels OF salt and
upset buggy. At high noon a mad
dog ran through the streets and bit a
hog. At o'clock In the evening as
Noses Hepburn was milking his COW
by candlelight she kicked the lantern
over and set FIRE to the barn. The
flames were extinguished after doing
30 cents worth of damage. but Moses
didn't stop there. The next evening
he electrified the postofiice crowd by
suggesting a town tire department
There were two OF three old conserva-
tives who solemnly shook their heads
and declared that connagrauons were
the handiwork Of Providence and
shouldn't be squirted out, but the town
In general received the idea with en-
thusiasm and wondered that II had
not been broached before.
Inside OF half an hour forty men had
put down their names as tremen. and
the town trustees had named a COM
mittee TO go to New York and look at
hand FIRE engine and report on the
cost. II was only after the report had
been made and public spirit worked
up to the boiling point that a cloud OF
trouble sailed over the horizon All
OF a sudden everybody remembered
that a fire department must have q
foreman. and everybody felt that he
was just the man for the place. II
was Absalom Jones who made the first
break by rising up and saying;
II am not the man. as you all know
to thrust myself forward. but on this
occasion arise to say that am will
ling to make sacrifices and become the
boss Of the fire company. All ask In
return, in case perish while doing my
duty, is that you viii visit by grave
now and then and cherish my mem
ory."
Then Hiram smaIlman got up. HI
ram had once assisted to put out fir.
IN a grocery store in Syracuse and h'
considered himself a FIRE veteran
\ There was no doubt In his mind thai
whoever was elected foreman woult
sooner or later tumble OF the roof Of I
burning house and break his neck. bu
when duty called he was not the maj
20 hang back He had but one neck
but he would gladly break that and hi
back to boot snatching widows and OF
phans from the grasp Of the FIRE 1enc
There were faint cheers as he sat dow
with moisteDed brow. but the applaus
didn't discourage Deacon Spooher.
"Sons Of freedom" be began as b
rose up. there should be no strife Q
jealousy over this matter. What W
first want Is an engine to squirt ou
fires. What we next want is a compe
tent man TO direct the squirting. A
you are all aware, / have been in tn
pump business for the last fifteen year
and / ought to know something abou
water and squirting. / viii take tn
place Of boss and do my best. and n
manican do more may perish in m,
nrst conhagration. but II so you Wi
remember me as one who did his Who'll
duty"
As the deacon was SIXTY years ole
nearsighted and deaf In the starboar
-. ~. oero~ - .ocvfarn hfvnaefF Afdni
create any great enthusiasm When b
saw this he sat down with a Jar. an
Philetus johnson took his place. II
admitted that his experience with cor
6agrations had only extended 70
burning haystack and a blaze In
woodbox behind the stove. but he wa
willing to learn-not only that. bu
willing TO peril life and limb IN tn
= learning. In case Of death he woul
leave a widow and seven children an
: two cows TO mourn his loss, but IN
town would erect a stone TO his men
ory, and on it would be craven tn
words, 'SHere lies a man."
T For two or three minutes after Phil'
tus sat down It looked as II he woul
:, reach the pinnacle of fame, but ther
were others waiting to have their say.
The last speech Of the evening wa
made by Lawyer Yompkins, thoug
4 only half finished. he started out
! tell OF the burning Of Rome, and ho'
Z the Ere could have been squirted OF
at the beginning by the right sort OF
z man In command Of the Ere depar
ment, and had gradually worked dow
to Washington crossing the Delawar
when the impatient audience howle
him down and proceeded to a ballo
{ The ballot showed that there were TO
q ty-two fremen present and that ever
one wanted to be foreman. The chat
man raped for order and asked thel
: to remember that the eyes OF th
whole world were upon them and this
one having the true interests OF ii
people at heart would willingly Civ
way. but the second and third balloi
showed the same result Then Judf
Harmon arose and appealed to the p
triotism OF the audience, saying thi
General Jackson always stood ready
take a back seat. but another oall'
showed no change. When the resu
was announced there was a deeo
lence for a minute. and then somebod
moved to adjourn. and II was carries
and the crowd hled slowly and sc
emnly outdoors.