The Sunday Oregonian., July 27, 1902, PART FOUR, Page 29, Image 29

THE SUISTDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JULY 27, 1902.
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FROM LADDERMAN TO DEPUTY-CHIEF
STORY OF A FIGHTER OF FIRES-HOW DAN HALE WON THE
"THREE TRUMPETS." kY EPES WINTHROP SARGENT
Chapter II.
COMB in."
Cross, captain of 9 engine, stirred In
the depths of his armchair, and re
moved the bandage that lay cool and
moist over his smoke-Inflamed eyes.
"Oh, is it you, lad?" as Danny Hale
crept In. "Sit down."
"I don't -want to bother you," the boy
said, "but Coleman said you were up here
and didn't want to report sick. So 1
brought your tobacco.
"What tobacco?" asked Cross, forget
ting the dime he had handed the boy Just
before 4-2-3 struck.
"Don't you remember," prompted Dan,
"you gave me a dime and just then some
one pulled a box and you was choked to
death? Here Is the tobacco!"
Crose took the proffered package.
"Much obliged, Dan," ho said, smiling,
"but I guess I've had amok enough for
today."
Quick tears of sympathy sprang into
the boy's cyea. "I -was afraid you were
dead when I saw 'em carry you out, all
still like. Do your eyes hurt much?" as
Cross piit back the bandage.'
'They 6mart some, but they'll be all
right in a couple of days. It's all part of
the life!"
Dan had always been a little afraid of
Cross, as ono to be looked up to by even
the men. Hero In the darkened room the
boy saw Cross, the sufferer.
"It's going to be my Mfo some day,"
he volunteered "that is if I can get in.
Do you think I can?" His earnest face
was aglow.
Cross smiled. "If enthusiasm were all,
you are one of us now, my boy." (To Dan
the words "one of us" was like music.)
"But there is the civil servive and the
pull, to say nothing of the training
school."
The glow fadVd. "Don't you think I've
got a show?" ho pleaded.
Cross laughed softly. '"You've got one
that's best of all. Dan. Tou have love
of your work. The rest will come. How
old are you?"
"Fourteen last month."
"Plenty of time. Tou can't be examined
till you are 2L Tou will nave to "be at
least 5 feet 7 inches and weigh not less
than 133 pounds. Tou must be able to
show a common school education and be
familiar with the city streets. For the
rest, leave tobacco and drinks alone, for
a smoker's heart or a taste for drink will
bar you out of the department, no matter
what your pull. Tou have to be strong
Gnd active, for some day other lives than
your own may depend on your strengtn
and skill."
Two days later Dan induced his father
to let him join a gymnasium. He worked
hard at the weights, resolutely turning
his back on the more attractive rings and
swings till he liad gained muscle.
Cigarette smoking was a habit ho had
nevfrr acquired. At times he wonderca
why Cross smoked while preaching against
it, and one day the Captain caught a looic
in Dan's eye as the boy turned over a
package of tobacco for which he had been
sent. "You don't understand, do you,
Dan, why I should tell you not to smoke
"when I smoke myself? "Well, I'll tell you.
When you've gained your place, you'll be
old enough to smoke, but if you smoke
now you will never gain it. Better wait,
noy, and then if you want to smoke, why
smoke."
So Dan worked on, having ever in mind
the 5 feet 7 inches and the 133 pounds.
When he was 1C he was obliged" to leave
school and go to work. Backus, the butch
er, whose shop was across the street from
8 engine, gave him a place as driver or
the deliver cart.
When Buck, middle horse of No. S's
team of blacks, grew too old for depart
ment service. Backus purchased him at
the auction sale, and great was Dan's
pride at holding the reins over a veteran
of the department.
Dan's fondness for the Fire Department
was known all over his district, and it
was Backus' standing Joke that when a
second alarm sounded his customers were
served with smoked beef no matter what
they had ordered.
Dan kept up the work in the gymnasium,
and between his dpen-air life and the
systematic exercise, he developed rapidly
into a compactly built, athletic young
chap with a clear, keen eye and steady
nerves. When No. 9 men were standing
in front of the house in pleasant weather
they would cast approving glances on Dan
as he guided Buck through the congested
streets and remark that some day he
would replace Harper, the driver of No.
9 engine, -whose exploits "were famous in
the department. It is not an easy task
to guide those spirited horses through the
crowded streets and engine drivers are
born, not made. But Captain Cross was
not so complacent about his favorite.
"Look out for Buck," was his caution.
"It's easier to teach an old dog new
tricks than to break a fire horse of his
habits. Some day when the alarm, sounds
Buck will grab the bit and go in spite of
you."
Cross had changed the parallel trum
pets for tho crossed trumpets, the In
signia of a battalion chief, a year be
fore his prediction came true. Dan and
Buck were Jogging down. Bronson street
on a sunny afternoon. The next day
would be his 21st birthday, and he had
decided to celebrate the occasion by go
ing up to the fire hall and getting a blank
application. Filled with these thoughts,
for once he did not catch the familiar
clang of old S's bell until tho engine was
but half a block away. He pulled sharp
ly tc one side as it rushed past, and
clutched the reins as Buck started for
ward, but he was too late. The horse
had the bit between his teeth, whero no
amount of sawing could annoy him, and
he was after the engine full speed.
When fresh from a Montana stock farm
ho entered the department he had been
taught that not to run when the bells
clanged was to be lashed with a stout
whip, a lesson he could never forget.
Tho whip only served to goad him to
greater speed, and Dan threw it down.
Finding that Buck would not answer the
hit, he sat still and rather enjoyed the
sensation, until right ahead he caught
sight of that which sent the blood run
ning cold through his veins. A heavy
coal-cart had drawn aside to let the en
gine pass. On the other sldo of the
street an ice-wagon was drawn up, leav
ing barely room for a. third vehicle to
pass through.
From behind the coal-cart a little child
had run to watch the course of the en
gine and hose-cart There was no Toom
for Dan to pass and no earthly chance
to stop the horse maddened by this taste
of other days. In front of Sullivan's sa
loon on the right the crowd of excited
loungers shouted and held up their arms
in futile efforts to .frighten the horse
away. At the Hegglmnn grocery the
a - esi-mm. urj l.
BUCK TTAS AFTER THE
sidewalk was clear. Dan pulled sharply
on the left -rein. For an awful. Instant
Buck kept on, then turned, and, -with a
crash, the two-wheeled butcher cart was
on the .sidewalk. The wagon toppled
dangerously, while baskets, steaks and
Joints flew out. Then it righted, with
Dan still in the seat. There was another
crash as Buck left the sidewalk, and he
was running again on the smooth asphalt.
the child unconscious of the awful fate
from which he had been saved, shouting
in excitement
A couple of blocks beyond stood the en
gine, puffing noisily, and Buck swung
Into line as docilely as though running
away were something of -which he had
At time lie wontlered xrivy
Cross Hmoked .rrhile preach
lng; asralnst it.
never heard. Then Dan turned and
drove back for the baskets. Akron, the
big policeman, who had known Dan ever
since he had worn kilts, had already col
lected tho things for him, and grinned
affably as the young fellow came along.
"Well, me boy," he shouted, "I ought
to arrest ye for- fast driving, but I guess
Buck is more to blame. Sullivan, here,
wants to speak to ye," drawing aside to
give place to Pat Sullivan, tho district
leader, who was pushing bis way through
the crowd.
"Dan," he said, huskily, "you sated my
boy, and he's everything to me. Unless
the organization goes back on me, ye
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pass tho civil service. Come round to
morrow." And Cross, who had pulled -up on the
outskirts of the crowd, cried: "Tes, Dan,
and we'll make a driver of you."
THE FOX AND THE FAIUIER.
They Hare a Little- Chat, and the
"Animal Tells Secrets.
THE trouble with you," said the fox,
as he camo up and sat down .be
fore tho farmer, who was resting on
the top rail of the fence, "is that you
don't understand me. I've got to live,
the same as you have, and, like you, I
prefer fowl to any other meat I pick up
a rabbit now and then, and sometimes I
make a meal off of field mice, but I must
have a fowl now and then as a relish.
I don't pass a bird of any sort if I can
get hold, of him, and if nothing better
comes in my way I'll nibble at your
garden vegetables."
"I've set a trap for you 50 times over,
but you have never put your foot in it,"
growled the farmer.
"That's my good luck. Tou see, I was
born with a nose on me. If you pick up
a stick and carry It 10 feet and throw
it down I can smell you for two days'
after. It's little use to set traps for me.
I can smell them yards away, and I
know their use. Tou have now and hen .
set a spring-gun, hoping to blow my
head off, but I scented the gun the same
as the traps."
"But my old dog Is too much for you."
"Oh, yes, when he sees me," laughed
the fox, "but he was asleep when I car
ried off that last goose As for speed,
why, I can run two feet to your dog's
one, and even when he is awako I caw
creep up and play with his tail. A dog
is all right to bark at the moon and
scare tramps and polecats away, but he
doesn't worry a fox much.""
"Tou seem to think yourself pretty
smart" grinned tho farmer.
"Well, yes, I do, and most others think
so, too. Let me tell you a few things.
I can swim out into a pond among wild
geese or ducks and dlvo and get one by
the legs, and that's more than you can
do. Tou can dig a hole pretty aat with
a spade, but I can beat Vou with my
paws. If you ever try to dig a fox out
of his burrow in the hillside you'll find
that he can dig in faster than you can
dig out I have seen water all over the
floors of your barn in the Spring, but
you won't find any in my burrow. I
know how to dig drains to carry it off.
If you find a woodchuck in a hole you
it ttf JIJfn mmrm , mmaimmmmmammm
can thrust in a stick and twist it into4!
his fur and pull it out but my burrow i
has three or four turns to it You can't j
smoke nor drown, me out and should you j
snd a dog in he'd have a hot time of it" i
"I've heard say you were pretty cun- f
nlng when the hounds were after you." j
''YM? Tf'o wrif fni Tnfc 4 V n "!,, i
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j.vo uaa a score or nounds after me a
dozen times over, and always got clear
of them. I know enough to Jump into a
creek to hide my scent and to run along
on the tops of walls and get among j
Bheep. It isn't a month ago that I got j
with them, and, of cburee, the dogs lost
uuiuui, u. uutjt uuu run a nine or mare
my scent I also have a little way of
doubling back that causes the dogs much
trouble. They'll get sight of me on
ahead and set out to do their best, but
tho first thing they know I'm back where'
the chase started from. I'm no climber.
like the coon -or wildcat but now andJ
then I scramble up a leaning tree and
take refuge in the top of a thick bush,
and thus come out ahead.
"As to mV ears there are none sharper,
and if you had on a dozen pairs of spec
tacles you couldn't see as well as I do
without any. There have been occasions
when I hnvo been chased by tho hounds
that I have entered dwelling-houses and
crept under the bed, and thu3 bothered
hounds and men, and once I sprang
through an open cellar window and
landed In a barrel of soft soap and al
most scared an old woman Into fits.
tr on
"Again, I jumped Into an empty well
bucket hanging In a well and was car-
rjed down to the wate"r, and later on.
when a boy drew me up, he yelled out
at sight of me and ran away as hard as
he could. tI suppose all thesq things wero
talked about and perhaps you read, of
them in the papers, but a fox has little
time to listen to stories or look over the
dallies."
"Any more smart things about you?"
asked tHo farmer, as he. made ready to
g&
"Only a few," replied the fox. "No one
has much U3e for a live fox, but tho fur
of a dead one is fashionable, and sells
at a good price. Tour wife or daughter
will tell you that Rug3 and lap robes
also aro made of foxsklns, and in Rus
sia every nobleman has a foxskln cap.
That's enough for this time, however.
I-Just came out of my burrow to have
a little chat with you by daylight but
tonight I'll call around after a, fat hen,
and you needn't bother to get up If you
hear her squawking." t
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The Pine "Wood.
We stand upon the moorish mountain side.
From age to age. a solemn company;
There are no voices in our patha. but we
Hear the great whirlwinds roaring loud and
wide:
And like the sea waves hav our boughs re
plied. From the beginning, to their stormy glee;
The thunder rolls above us, and some tree
Smites with his bolt, yet doth the race abide,
Answering all times; but Joyous, when tho sun
Glints on, the peaks that clouds no longer bear.
And the young shoots to nourish have begun.
And the quick eeeda through the bluo odorous
air
From th expanding cones fall one by one;
And silence as in temples dwelleth there.
John, Lord Hanmer.
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"FOXEY' A NEW FIELD GAME FOR BOYS
HOW IT IS PLAYED AND HOW TO MAKE THE RING AND
THE STICKS. BY J. CARTER BEARD
GAME that allows for great in
dlviduallty of play and gives op
portunity for energetic action al-
wnv la zonular. A. boy is not a lazy
animal when It comes to a matter or piay.
New gamc3 that appear too easy .u
call for no special effort, cither mental or
pnysical, usually are called a girl's game,
and are quickly and forjsver cast aside by
all self-respecting boys, and by most of
the "modern girls, too,
The game of "Foxey," which I describe
here, is a new adaltlon to modern sports.
Its vital principle is that of throwing a
heavy wooden ring with tho swiftness
and -accuracy of a baseball, using two
sticks to handle and throw It
LIko football, lacrosso and baseball,
foxcy needs a large field to bring out Its
best oolnta: but lust as In the case of
I tu .. w. n,niinni n ereat deal
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of fun may be had by playing even in a
cramped space.
The regulation field Is 40 yards from tho
center of ono circle, to tho center of the
other-. See the diagram of the fieio. ine
circles, or goals, aro 10 feet in diameter.
Tho neutral ground is five feet across,
each of the two central lines marking tho
'neutral ground is 57 feet from the center
of tho nearest goal. There is no limit to
the distance a man may run each- side
of or behind the circles. "When selecting
a field, of course, choose ground which is
fairly level, ind. if possible, 4 space whero
the grass is short enough to make running
easy.
Almost any number of hoys may play
foxey, but tho regular team is made up of
six players; number ono Is right guard,
number two plays left guard, number
three is right advance, number four plays
loft advance, number five Is centdr, and
number six is goal.
Tljerc aro no absolute rules regarding
tho exact position that each player shall
occupy, except that the goal must keep
within his circle. There is, however, a
generally accepted line-up and this is
given In the diagram.
There is very little difference In the
relatlvo value of each player to the suc
cess of tho team, but there is a great deal
of difference In the sort of skill re
quired for each position.
The goal must be an expert at catching
the ring, but he need not necessarily be
very proficient at throwing tho ring.
Right and loft advance, on tho other
hind, must be able to throw with great
speed and accuracy, but except in tho
cace of a "feint" which will be explained
later, they are seldom caHed on to catch
the ring.
Center Is a very Important position, as
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the boy occupying it, with the help of tho
guards, defends the goal.
The player who has tho longest reach
usually is selected for this position, be
cause It is played so close to the line' that
the ring generally passes him at express
train speed and there is no time to run
for It If he cannot capture it by merely
reaching out, the ring la almost sure to
pass him, and it then will remain with
the guards to save tho day.
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To begin the game, arrange tho players
as shown In the diagram. The goal men
play on the side of the men who are facing
them.
A toss-up decides which side shall have
possession of the ring. The object of the
side with the ring la to throw it to their
goalman, or at least to have it fall within
the circle in which he stands. The object
of the opposite side Is, of course, to stop
tho ring before It can reach the goal.
No player may step within the neutral
ground or within the ground of his oppo
nents. No player except the goalmen
may step within the circles. The goal
men may not step outside of the circles.
If the ring is caught by a goalman it
counts 50 for his side. If the ring fall3
within a goal, but is not caught, it counts
10 against the side defending the goal. If
the ring falls anywhere outside of tho
circles It counts two against the side from
which It was thrown. A fair catch, that
is, a catch made with either one or both
sticks. If the ring Is thrown by an oppo
nent, counts five for the side making tho
catch. Tho count Is decided by Ihe point
on the ground where the ring strikes -not
where it rolls. If, In making a catcH,
the ring Is allowed to touch the ground,
the catch does not count
When the ring has touched the ground
It is called dead, and Is put in play by
tho center of the side which made the last
throw. The ring cannot b put into play
from any point nearer the neutral ground
than the edge of the goal circle.
"When the ring Is held by a player on
one side It Is tho business of the center
or of ono of the guards on the opposite
side to place himself between the player
and the goal. This is known as "cover
ing," and makes a goal well-nigh impos
sible except by a loft or feint
The loft is to throw the ring very high
Into the air, so that It will go over the
heads of the opposing side and fall into
the ring or onto tho sticks of tho goaf
man. This, however, is a very difficult
play to make, and unless constantly prac
ticed Is apt to result In a fair catch for
the opposing side. The feint, an illustra
tion of which is given in tho accompany
ing picture,. Is a play much more often,
adopted than the loft. "When a player
holding the ring finds himself "covered"
he quickly passes the ring to some player
on his own side, who Is not covered, and
allows him to try for the goal. The ring
may not be passed more than twice with
out making a try for a goal.
A goal made after a ring has been
passed more than twice by the same side
will count for that side, but they will
have to sacrifice 10 for each pass over the
two allowed, and the sacrlflco Is made
even If the goal is missed.
The ring Is not dead unless It touches
the ground or is caught by a goalman.
A player making a fair catch may try
for a goal either by feint or loft or direct
play, without giving the slightest warn
ing or in any way preparing his oppo
nents for his play.
The outfit necessary for "Foxey" con
sists of two sticks for each player and
one ring for the crowd. Tho sticks vary,
according to the individual tastes of the
players, from two to three feet in length.
The rings are eight Inches across, meas
uring from tho inside edge. "Willow, rat
tan or some other pliable wood will an
swer to make rings (figure 4). Almost
any wood can be bent if it Is first steamed.
It will facilitate the work if this 13
partly sawed through as shown In figure 3.
"When the wooden ring has been fast
ened Into proper shape, shellac the wood
and wind it with strips of heavy woolen
cloth or canvas. Over this wrap a cover
ing of well-waxed twine. Figure 1 shows
the shape of tho stick ordinarily used. It
is made of hard wood and should be kept
well oiled so that the ring will slip easily
over its surface. Figure 2 is a round
stick; wrapped with silk tape. "While this
is more supple than tho square form, and
Is much advocated by some players for Its
toughness and spring, there is sure to be
a slight ridge where the edges of tho
tape meet, and this, to the mind of tho
majority of boys, more than counterbal
ances whatever good qualities the wound
sticks may possess.
Figures 5 and 6 aro two different styles
of guard the basket guard and the ordi
nary cross guard. The basket guard is
made from light strips of bamboo, tho
ends of which are tucked under the twine
which Is wrapped about the handle. The
cross guard Is merely a rectangular pleco
of wood, with a hole in tho center, clipped
over the stick and held In place by a
wedge driven through the stick.
Of course, as with all games, the rules
do little more than lay the game before
the boys. As they learn the game they
will percelvo all kinds of intricate plays,
and if a boy will gather a few friends
and give the game a trial I believe he will
soon realize what a fascinating one it is.
Circumvention of Files.
Salt Lake Tribune.
John Pryo, a well-kndwn resident of
Sugar House Ward, has discovered a
method of protecting horses and cattle
against the annoyance of black files and
other troublesome Insects. It consists In
brief of sponging the animal lightly every
other day wltn a mixture of coal oil and
water in equal quantities, llr. Pyre says
he has tried this remedy on his own horses
with great success, and that the files can
not endure the kerosene and give the
horse a wide berth. Sir. Prye says the
liquid should not be used in sufficient
amount to wet the skin, but should bo
only slightly spread over the hair.