| Show Teacher Becomes Fireman For Night Sunday night a geology instructor tor deserted natural bridges for contract a German instructor forgot forgot for for- forgot for for- got the precious word verboten and worked a saw jig-saw puzzle and the Salt Lake Fire Department went calling calling and and thereby hangs a tale talc I Now when R R. R E. E Marsell U. U of ofU U U. geologist plays bridge he plays long and heartily and Mr Marsell MarscH played bridge Sul Sunday day evening So long after all geologists should have been in bed knitting up the raveled sleeve of care one geologist geologist gist was helping his wife into herI her wraps preparatory to going home I The reporter was not advised advised ad ad- as to what the conversation was on t the e way home but it is i quite probable that after an evening evening evening eve eve- ning of bridge between husband and wife it would not be printable anyway At any rate Mr Marsell's Marsells Marsells Marsell's Marsells Marsell's Mar- Mar sells sell's eyes as he drove along were not always on the road and thus it was that two geologic eyes eventually eventually eventually event event- were turned toward a roof at East First South street which was burning quite pleasantly I wasting its sweetness on the desert desert desert des des- ert air as the poets sa say Mr Marsell Marsell Mar Mar- sell did not tarry He seen his duty and he done it After turning turning turning turn turn- ing in t the e alarm he went to the house to notify the occupants After After After Af Af- Af- Af ter a proper interval a gentleman came to the door Mr 11 Marsell 1 began Pardon me sir for this unseemly conduct and rude awakening which I have caused but I thought it might interest interest interest in in- terest you to know that your roof which closely resembles a relief feature of the first order is being I consumed by a process closely akin I Ito to Fear not however as asI asI I I have called the fire fire department so as to keep your house from being being being be be- ing completely reduced to tuff breccia Anyone less ardent than Mr Marsell might merely have said Your house is on fire Scram But Mr 11 Marsell l is a geologist After the fire department came Mr Marsell departed and thought nothing further of the matter until until until un un- un- un til he read in the paper of a fire at the home of Dr William Moe- Moe best East First South street Tears welled up into Mr 11 Marsells Marsell's eye for he found that he had saved the house of an old friend Mrs 1 1 of the modern language language language lan lan- guage department who was a former former former for for- mer classmate of Mr 1 Marsells Marsell's and who is a fellow member of Phi Kappa Phi national scholarship fraternity Later when talking the matter over with Mrs he heI I discovered that she had been working working work work- ing jig saw puzzles up until just a afew afew afew few moments before the conflagration tion occurred Mr Marsell is not a saw jig-saw and a greater hater hater hater hat hat- er of such actions There are some who say he made madea a pun for which he is famous others say he made a scathing denunciation denunciation denunciation de de- de- de of saw jig-saw players and said worse than a fire might happen happen happen hap hap- pen the next time but we have it iton iton iton on good authority that he said nothing and just sat down and wept |
