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Show BUND Gl HAS REIILeSftTl KXIMvltlllNCKTIIAT Wll.l. .NOT UK SOO.V ItlltKOTTUV. l'ln (iollg. Itlngo Wlilli Shi' In In Scat of Chcmlciil Itugliie of the Salt Ijikc City Ih'pnrtnu'iil Well Known In I'rlcv Where Mie Hot Ilnviilly VI. Ilctl Willi Niiinrrtiiit I'rlcniK Mini Marie llanaen, a hlghl) eilucn-ted eilucn-ted nnd well known blind girl uhoxe home 1 at Mnntl, Iwul nn experience both.iinlqtiti nnd Interfiling Inat Mon-dn Mon-dn afternoon at the central file atn-thin atn-thin nt Klmi. Ml" HnnM'ii la for the time bulng the guent of her frlulld. Mr. ('. J. Thonma. nt the capital city." nnd n the two Mere returning home Monday evening Mra. Thomaa Mopped at the Motion to greet a fireman nc-qunlnlance. nc-qunlnlance. The blind girl, who aeea with her lunula, had never beforo been limbic thn atatlon. Hhe aaked and received permlanlon to 'look' nt the iippnrntUK, na aceorded the inott i-purteou attention, the friend of Mm Thomaa wotting Jier from one piece of fire flBhllng muchlnvry to unotlu-r, With Joy and kren Inlereat he examined ex-amined the big tenuicrn. th. hook and ladder truck, the svift little tar that cnrrlea the chief In aiiawer to an nlnrm. In the coume of her liupcv lion h marveled at the heavy wheel und the great number of lever. bruKoi and other ntcewlble parta of tho up-patatu- She came to the client-liul client-liul engine, nnd u oon aa abe touehed certnln iortlonn, aald. "Vh, If nickel plated" thn t.ne of touch giving giv-ing her thl Information. Mlaa llanaen waa led to the front of the engine, and at her requrM wa nwluted Into the high at. "What If the gong ahould aound?" ahe queried, quer-ied, and wua given the naaurnnce that ajte would Imi all right. Then tne gong did ring, loud nnd clear, u genuine alarm. Hho heard und felt tho ruMi of the firemen a they tumbled from their quarter nbove and quick ub a flaah alld down tho pole. She felt them hurry to their respective poat. heard them arranging the engine for their atart. All thl In a moment or two of time. "May Clod help u nil," he exclaim-j ed, liivolunturlb, and tonfed to, trembling n little. The next lntunl he felt hernelf gently lifted from her, high Heut. Another fraction of a ec-, ond nnd her feet were on tho wild, floor aa the englnea ruahed away. j "I think." aald Mlaa HanBen, In tell-1 Ing of her experlenre, "that not many I blind peraona have aeen a fire do-, pnrtment a I have." j Mlaa llanaen, who I an extcnalie, traveler, having been alx time acroaa, the continent, haa but recently re-, colved her dlplomaa from Dr. Klnira Bchool of Oratorj In IMtUburg. She U a personal friend of Mr. und Mr, j U A. I-auber of Price, and recently visited them here. It haa been the ln-i tentlon of Mlaa Hansen to return to Price soon nnd give a nerle of enter- j talnment here. |