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Ford, Paul Leicester, 1865-1902

"The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him"

Then we saw what
he was afther, and double-quick we went. Begobs, that door went down as
if it was paper. He was the first in. 'Stand back,' says he, 'till Oi
see what's needed.' Yez should have seen him walk into that sheet av
flame, an' stand theer, quiet-like, thinkin', an' it so hot that we at
the door were coverin' our faces to save them from scorchin'. Then he
says: 'Get your muskets!' We went, an' Moike says to me: 'It's no good.
No man can touch them cars. He's goin' to attind to the strikers,' But
not he. He came out, an' he says: 'B'ys, it's hot in there, but, if you
don't mind a bit av a burn, we can get the poor fellows out. Will yez
try?' 'Yes!' we shouted. So he explained how we could push cars widout
touchin' them. 'Fall in,' says he. 'Fix bayonets. First file to the
right av the cars, second rank to the left. Forward, march!' An' we went
into that hell, an' rolled them cars out just as if we was marchin' down
Broadway, wid flags, an' music, an' women clappin' hands.


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