The Young Firemen of Lakeville; Or, Herbert Dare's Pluck

e Jamesville fire chief, went out to look at the hand engine. It was i

horse and drive it o

ack to Lakeville," proposed Bert. "That'll be fun.

nyhow. That was quite a fire you had over there the other night. If you

it could,"

of your men the other

ho

ed to know, in case

we'd lend 'e

u tell him?"

our new engine. I asked him why they didn't have some sort of a department, in

ared Cole. "He could support a depart

about our boys' dep

t it. Said it was only a lark of you la

Cole. "Maybe he'll be glad

ief. "If I can help you, give you advice, or anyt

to discuss how to get the engine back, and finally decided to get thei

s just what the name implies. In the days before steam engines w

th a pump to force the water from the tank through a hose. The water was poured into the tank by pails, so that a sort of bucket brigade w

like those on a hand-car, used by construction gangs on a railroad. There was thus roo

poured into the tank at one end and forced out at the opposite end, through the hose. On some engines there were two lines of hose, and very powerful pumps, but, o

clank-clank to the pump, and a stream could be thrown for some distance. The engine was hauled to fir

em, and they were gaily painted. The one the boys had purchased had been a fine machine in its da

eville, to get their chums; "let's wait until after dark to bring it into town, and th

. And we'll march down the main street,

gether as many boys as they could, and late that afternoon the crowd went to

chief. "They're hanging underneath the tank. Now, b

sped the long rope, set out, dragging the engine after them. T

as it was getting dark. "Then we'll start throug

the new plan, and when the lamps were lighted on the old engi

aimed Cole. "And them pumps is fine. T

't you!" asked Tom Donnell. "You'd

eclared Cole, a little hurt that hi

now, boys?

was the gen

of the village, people began to come out to see what the unusual excitement was about, for the purchase of the engine was not g

e shows," declared Moses Sagger, who

n. "However in the world did the boys get it? T

ssion," said Mr. Sagger. "Somebody

nging at the tops of their voices, the lam

young chaps have a lot

er if they're going

one, that wouldn't do much damage," said

given an exhibition," suggested Bert, "We'll do th

d to give an exhibition b

end of the village st

Fire!

table Stick

Kimball's haystack is on f

is voice carried a long dista

our chance! The engine is in good work