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He sed "why you durned old green horn, you've called out the hull fire department of New York City." HE SAID WHY YOU DURNED OLD GREENHORN YOU'VE CALLED OUT THE WHOLE FIRE DEPARTMENT O NEW YORK CITY
d hooks and hinges, and a lot of readin,' it sed--"pull on the hook twice and turn the knob," or somethin, like that, I couldn't jist rightly make it out. Wall I yanked on that hook 'till I tho't I'd pull it out by the roots, but I couldn't git the durned thing open, then I turned on the knob two or three times, and that didn't do any good, so I pulled on the hook and turned on the knob at the same time, and jist then I think all the fire bells in New York commenced to ringin' all to onct. Wall I looked round to see whar the fire wuz, and a lot of fire ingines and hook and ladder wagons cum a gallopin' up to whar I stood, and they had a big sody water bottle on wheels, and it busted and squirted sody water all over me. Wall one of them fire fellers, lookin' jist like I'd seen them in picters in Ezra Hoskin's insurance papers, he cum up to me madder'n a hornet, and he sed "what are you tryin' to do with that box?" So I told him I'd jist writ a letter home, and I wuz a tryin' to mail it. THERE WAS A LOT OF NOTES AND HOOKS AND HINGES AND A LOT O READIN IT SAID PULL ON THE HOOK TWICE AND TURN THE KNOB OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT I COULDN'T JEST RIGHTLY MAKE IT OUT WELL I YANKED ON THAT HOOK TILL I THOUGHT I'D PULL IT OUT BY THE ROOTS BUT I COULDN'T GET THE DURNED THING OPEN THEN I TURNED ON THE KNOB TWO OR THREE TIMES AND THAT DIDN'T DO ANY GOOD SO I PULLED ON THE HOOK AND TURNED ON THE KNOB AT THE SAME TIME AND JUST THEN I THINK ALL THE FIRE BELLS IN NEW YORK COMMENCED A RINGING ALL THE ONCE WALL I LOOKED AROUND TO SEE WHERE THE FIRE WAS AND A LOT OF THE FIRE HINGES AN HOOKIN LADDER WAGONS COMING A GALLOPIN UP TO WHERE I STOOD AND THEY HAD A BIG SODY WATER BOTTLE ON WHEELS AN IT BUSTED AN SQUIRTED SODY WATER ALL OVER ME WELL ONE OF THEM FIRE FELLERS LOOKIN JEST LIKE I'D SEEN THEM IN PICTURES'N EZ WERE HOSKINS INJURANCE PAPERS HE COME UP TO ME MADDERIN A HORNET AN HE SAID WHAT ARE YOU TRYIN TO DO WITH THAT BOX SO TOLD HIM I JEST READ A LETTER HOME AND I WAS A TRYIN TO MAIL IT
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