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~s One morning evhen- Be~•n-ice Fteamt*s
tl1 ryas ~t>aitfng fot• the bus at het° hone
ne ~ on the l'2~Ciffe hfghway, she notfeecl
3n ~ htg column nP fire Shooting out of
;~ ~-the chfniney, she called her mother,
14irs. ~. E. R~ea.mes, who grabbed
at 't~otne salt and went up a~ ladder on io
le
al :the roof': The shit hn.d no effect ort
to the PI2•e, the flue vas rod hot. ~+irs.
st ' ~eames rttilecl to Bernice - to brim
-her a pail of tr&ter. Mt~a. Reante~
'then ertttivled dozen the roof to the
~ eaves and took the pail of ~>ater from
is Bernice. She wondered how sha
n. ~~t~ouid evet• get the ~`•atet° up to thco
is chimney. after getting °the ~vatet• in-
~` to the flu, she went hack down the
~~ roof ttnd ladder rind got a chain ttncl
cleaned the chlmn~y cut. She w:zs
tg
badly sct~i•ed a9 it tvstca during the
~„ )aarti stPlnd ~~c•e h~-3d ~~ tlunlhe2• of
•t weeks t~go.. Ry this tuna Bernic~~*
~a .tx~as at her work unci tt•led to call
home to see fP her mother ha~i the
to $ire under contt•ol l~u.t-. could nat get
to her messtige thru.
Thy talk a.hottt our pioneer ~vun~t-
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