The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-06-07
4 SUDDEN RISE AND
AN VICTORIOUS FALL
New York Fireman Gets Legacy
But Much Smaller Than
First Reported.

New York. Special: Come right On
home. i just got a cable from England
saying uncle died and left me $3.50. 000.'
When Donald c McCune. a fireman
1t Are headquarters received this mes
sage by telephone from his wife he de-
cidcd that the fire department might
go hang"
Captain. here's my resignation" he
said to Captain Fox. handing him a
crumpled pape which he had torn
from a calendar on the wall. The as
tonished captain e. 1t. 1t was to
take effect Immediately. When he
turned around McCune was hurting out
the front entrance with his coat thrown
across his shoulder.
Come back here" yelled the captain.
III you're goin' to quit US like this
you've got to leave your badge any
way"
McCune. in his excitement, had not
thought OF this little formality. He
took q taxicab home. stopping here and
there to break the news to intimate
friends.
A look at the cablegram after he
reached home confirmed what his wife
had told him over the telephone.
Husband, wife and two little children
were 0 hugging one another in giee.
McCune replaced his uniform with a
brand new civilians suit, which at
tracted attention in his neighborhood.
Rapidly the news of his good fortune
spread congratulations poured in.
Some people suddenly changed front
toward them socially.
"Stogie" McCune-he halls from
Pittsburgh and is said to be so at
fiicted with the stogie habit that he
became known here as "Stogie"-
I'D >aA IL ~yyn~ n fnxxr
houses on Fifth avenue n priced sew
eral dozen automobiles, but could reach
no decision as to either luxury. Yes
terday morning he continued his hunt.
In h forenoon a cable from the
London solicitor in the case informed
Mrs. McCune that after all her share
of the estate amounted to only 81. 500.
Where is DOM she screamed hys-
t~erica1ly. Where is Don?"
But that worthy could not be found
in a hurry. Finally his wife sent out
a c. ID. O., which accomplished the
desired result. Proudly "Stogie" hur-
ried home to see was wanted of
him.. Had the estate proved larger than
1t was at first thought to be, he asked
himself with leaping ambition.
He found his wife in anything but
a happy mood.
Read this" she said. pushing the
cablegram at him across a table.
"Stogie's" surprise nearly proved too
much for him.
Studying Ways and Means.
The two figured out the income from
SO 500 worth of 4 per cent government
bords. Mrs. McCune was already
thinking of the job that "Stogie' had
resigned.
Cant you get it back?" she asked.
About an hour later the two APP
reared before Fire Commissioner john
son. "Stogie'' was very meek. He told
his story and the wife Joined in his
appeal for reinstatement. The com
| missioner discovered that the resigna-
| ton had reached Chief Kenlon, but had
not been acted on. So he a 1t can
celled. Later Chief Kenlon gave
"Stogie" 80 days leave to settle his
wife's financial affairs, which may ne
| cessitate a trip across the pond.
"Stogie'' and his wife departed hap
by, considering the jolt from Eng
land, but the aunt along Fifth ave-
nue. and in the automobile section OF
! upper Broadway is at an end.