"I don't want anythin' for the shine; I'd like mighty well to give you one every day."
"Do you go around working for thanks?" the driver asked with no little surprise.
"Of course I take my pay from other folks; but I wouldn't let any fireman put up for a shine."
"Why not?"
"'Cause I'm jest the same as one myself—that is, I'm goin' into the Department when I'm old enough."
"Stuck on the business, eh?"
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"That's jest the size of it!" Seth cried enthusiastically. "I tend out on most all the fires in Ninety-four's district, an' sometimes I get a chance to sneak inside the lines."