"Tonight I am going to take a party to the headquarters of the fire department, where I have a cinch on the captain, a very nice fellow, who is unusually grateful for something I wrote about him and his men. They are going to do the Still Alarm act for me."
- Richard Harding DavisAmerican author and journalist Richard Harding Davis worked in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. During a period when journalism and literature were closely entwined, he was well-known for his stories that frequently featured bold characters and thrilling adventures that captivated readers' at…