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A defective f'Lue hed
br-ought; the Fire Department to Hater Street.
The ne .... bright red motor appar-e t.us had come r-uehdng f roT::l the Fire Hall.
Presently a 'Wor n-out old hook and
ladder truck, drawn by horses , appeared on
the scene ..
I t carried j ust the ladder the firemen ne e de d to reach the Fire ..
The cr-owd t.hat, gathered sentLed at the pf.cbure , The old horses seemed to
Know t.hey were playing an
important part even in the presence of their enemy-the
motor appar-at.ue ,
It was a picture of changing t l me ~ -th ~ bright r ed mot.or- machine turned aWRy
Leavdng t he horses and the old hook and l a dder to finish the job.
Somehov t.he cr-owd moved t.ovar-ds the horses , and one by one , men and women an ti
children paused to ebr-oke the manes or pat the nose s of the faithful old beasts.
Somehow the hor-se e seemed to know and under stand, and held up t he~r heads wi t h
pr-fde-ctbe r i va l had retired and left the fir;ht to them.
II Stil_~:-g~_~~,:.._i ~bll , they__ ,:",~~~~j =~?-= _~_s y !-= ~ ~-.: _~~_': :.