Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 418
firing the en-gine at Dew-ley. This wasa step of pro-motion whichhe had anx-iously desired;his only fearbeing lest heshould befound tooyoung for thework. I n-deed, he after-wards used torelate how hewas wont tohide himselffrom sightwhen theowner of thecolliery wentround, lest he should be thought… … There Was Not a Nest There That He DidNot Know. 384 Men Who Have Risen in the hog, his young ambition was to be an engineman.And to be an assistant fireman was the first steptowards this position. Great therefore was his exul-tation when, at about fourteen years of age, he was ap-pointed assistant…
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