MORE DISCRETION THAN VALOUR.
A fire brigade superintendent, in explaining to a reporter his plans for establishing a firemen's "roll oi merit," told this story :: —■ "It takes pluck," he began, " lo be a firemui. A ■ young fellow of only average pluck was serving at his first fire, and the chief rushed up to him and shouted ' " ' Shin up 'that ladder to the eighth story, crawl along (he cornice to the fourth window, drop down three stories, and catch that wooden sign you see smoking there, swing yourself along to the second window that tha red glare is coming from, break the glass, and go in and rescue those three old ladies — well, what tho deuce are you waiting for ?' " 'For pen and ink, sir', said the new man. 'I want to hand in mv resignation..!'-».
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 112, 7 November 1908, Page 10
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135MORE DISCRETION THAN VALOUR. Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 112, 7 November 1908, Page 10
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