Then, one by one, he drew the women out of their window, and, holding them tight against the wall, passed them into the other window.

The exertion in such an attitude was great, and he strained himself badly; but he possessed a practical mind, and as soon as the women were saved he began a prompt investigation of the cause of the fire, and arrested two men whose carelessness, as was afterward proved, caused it.
Now and then a man, though a brave man, proved to be slack or stupid or vicious, and we could make nothing out of him; but hardihood and courage were qualities upon which we insisted and which we rewarded.

Whenever I see the police force attacked and vilified, I always remember my association with it.

The cases I have given above are merely instances chosen almost at random among hundreds of others.

Men such as those I have mentioned have the right stuff in them! If they go wrong, the trouble is with the system, and therefore with us, the citizens, for permitting the system to go unchanged.