BASHFUL FIREMAN
RUSE THAT FAILED. A shy fireman at Osaka, who dared not declare his love for a. village beauty, conceived and put into execution a plan which he hoped would provide him with a wife. It placed him in prison instead. For months the fireman had kept the secret of his love, and at last unable to bear it any longer, decided to set the girl’s home on fire. .Then, he argued to himself, he would be able to rush in and save her, and dragging her from the devouring flames declare his passion. All went well as far as the first part of the plan was concerned. He set the girl's house on fire —but someone saw him doing it. Before he could carry out the rest of his scheme he was arrested for arson.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 3 August 1935, Page 4
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