ILLUSTRATIONS.
| PAGE | |||
| LIFE-SAVING CORPS AT WORK | [Frontispiece] | ||
| 'LISH DAVIS AND SETH | [8] | ||
| JIP COLLINS AND THE BOYS FROM BROOKLYN | [34] | ||
| JIP AND THE FIRE-ALARM—Title-Page | [40] | ||
| SETH CATCHES THE HORSE | [68] | ||
| SAM GOING TO PHILADELPHIA | [136] | ||
| THE FIRE-ENGINE GOING OUT | [152] | ||
| SETH RESCUES THE BABY | [272] | ||
| THE BLOW-OUT | [298] | ||
| PRESENTING THE MEDALS | [322] | ||
AN AMATEUR FIREMAN.
CHAPTER I.
THE AMATEUR.
"I ain't sayin' as how I could run a whole fire, same as some of the chiefs do; but when it comes to drivin' an engine, Dan Roberts, an' doin' it in time to get the first water, or layin' hose, I wouldn't knuckle down to the biggest man in the Department."
"Now see here, Seth Bartlett, what's the sense of talkin' that way? It would be a good deal better, an' I ain't the only one who says it, if you'd stick right to shinin', an' stop playin' fireman, for that's 'bout the biggest part of the work you do."
"Do you s'pose I count on shinin' boots for a livin' all my life?"