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Updated: May 28, 2025
The building itself was nearly fireproof, and each suite was a unit so that, to all intents and purposes, it might burn out without injury to others. Still, it was interesting to watch the skill and intuition of the smoke-eaters as they took in the situation and almost instantly seemed to be able to cope with it.
I've heard of smoke-eaters, whatever or whoever they are, but I want something a little more lasting," announced Walter Perkins. "No smoked smoke diet for me." "Nor for me," agreed Tad. "What's a smoke eater?" asked Stacy. "I should say that a Pony Rider Boy named Ned Rector was one, according to his own admission," laughed Walter. "Pass the water, please." Walter filled Stacy's cup.
On parade, they look exceedingly dapper with their helmets, uniforms, boots and equipment, somewhat too dandified even to suggest any smoke other than that of cigars or cigarettes. But they are the "real thing in smoke-eaters" when they get to work. They have a long list of heroic deeds on their records. The monument in Colon Cemetery commemorates one of those deeds.
It was in a broad unfenced stretch of valley bottom on the outskirts of town and a grandstand had been erected there for the Firemen's Tournament in the spring, so well remembered by the "smoke-eaters" of Quarry Troop. A deep woods stretched along the west side of the field and Otter Creek formed the southern boundary, while the highway to St. Cloud ran across its northern extreme.
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