The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-12-27
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By RAY BAKER

verna POEasrUF had a maHia for he
\ rOes.
/ u win marry the MAN Wh0 r8es
through fire, WATER blood and Iruu for
me- was the way she eXpresss,F,I liz
Many there were VhD WauId have been
willing 10 90 through WAGER pr1vbIaE
10 was NOT too deeps and also uhr1Ush
blood, as hong as Ia was uno Of rhlsEr
own or their she,bIIng= bUt a. 10 fire
and iron-weIE, the former was a Wr-
tie too much ro expect and rhs Iarrsr
was difficult
IL Neraa lad waIted a EsW wears
she WCUlS have experienced IB dFII-
Guilty In tndin- a hero foe harsysIs.
They are plentiful uowadays. bur they
we're scsree when Verua was UNeu-y-
one and the pretty srenog- In I8uss
X Jones' real estate odicp &C. an. fsu-rh
ioor Of rhe Ashton bufTInZ-
somehow Verua figured tzar Uuu
Williams Was destined Co be uh,s ulaz-
He was q fireman in the station house
three blocks down the street and hs
-'--A- AtAAAAN-L nv ANNai AAt LllfiAaa-LIa T.
20 the red iu=-erulur- that r1urad sn,t
screech"d pusr the Ashton on an aver
are OF at least four times day There
was "A man who wnulE az IaaSr 20
through fire, and certainly rhrDu-h
water. AMI probably Meet the a5her r,a-
quLrementS- He was S-ra7pf1s
blond young maE- with strength rip .
pling through every muscle. and h4 .
was very good for hero urorsElper TO .
look at
Some day he'll prove To be nv
hero,' she had decided au ths- r-zv
Dan followed his per uIaIresg ear IN .
its wuHderinSs from the starflu k0uss .
across the street % the P0uleruE res
idence- where VernA hIpreuad -p ba
seated on the porch Reading Brave
Men I Have Met
That's the way they C1- acty-E1fnrz,E
and since then paH haG v-cae,I Vera
through the fourth tI1or wfnE5v- every
week day and in The nartar or E,--
home every night when he -1u rfule
1T.
When the siren Of the I1drtzr truck
.ave vent To IT'S uDlurutuI Sa-iez
-erna always would look UP from her
typewriter and exchange j wave of
he hand with Dan AZ the red demon
.ashed by
But Dan WAS not the only one who d
Tooed TeFua through the vfufB1vr-
Ben Ftr-enr rode past rhe Ashton
uildin- twelve times day HIS pace =
ras not a. swift as his rivals bow !.
Yer, because his vehicle WAS q street
ar- When he approached Eerua7S :
.ind9w he always stood on ths rear n
IatforT and waved one IF his h.Insts n
lille the other rang Up fares. g.
Nerua liked Ben fully az we'll As
an. but his Life WAS 50 Urusafc f5 Of
red few heroic possibilities He had
ark hair and eyes and hi face was :
.tractive, but he failed To- come I'D .
} the firpm&n-S shoulder and there
rs no noticeable bulge lust above
y elbow
His acquaintance she had formed d
hen she moved to a residence tn the =
bUrbs and was Obliged Co use a truG- -
: car twice each day
Ben'S dark complexion WIS another
udlcaF- Fer1a had hair thar she L
Zed To- hear called raven EgqkyS- ~1
a her eyes gepre Of a similar hna=
d she had rp.lI that q person Sh0uTT ~
lrry an oppl>i-e- p
That's the way things stood when vi
p rivals met one night q half bEapEz ~
I'm the Pomaruv home The errrFra- E1
. had been calling on Eerra arrE rha
5mau knew tr and waz-af for R=rr 1W
ey both happened ro be off afrr-v sol
{ Ben had been the frsr r9 sSf- Ra- abb
an engagement S=
I've been waiting for Won s7 Eq7--- -ir
n announced as be- <-pnugT 5rr- F--7F
tree aelfnSr which he hst been de
ming you've becq i'm Ms Pbur-
vs. parFor altogether rg1 Ta7.- I pr
Vt stand for rharl~