B4*L»ncaster Farming, saturoay. woniwy tB. IWS Snow had been falling, softly, silently, but swiftly, piling up for the past several hours. With only a half-hour until the start of milking chores, the phone rang. It was John, scheduled for milking and wondering if The Farmer could fetch him in the farm pickup. Snow bn most roads was rapidly deepening and his small car might have problems plowing through at spots. Just as the pickup headed up the road for the few-minute trip, the phone rang again. Expecting it to be our other scheduled milker, Angie, calling to say she couldn’t get out the long lane due to the deepening snow, I was surprised to hear her mother’s voice instead. And it was calm and controlled, considering the reason behind the call. “I think we have a chimney fire,” she said, asking if The jry y _ Ms Magazine! A New, Unique Magazine with art, history, new & old interesting articles that everyone will enjoy—This is a monthly magazine. 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And she was understandably reluctant to begin tearing pipes apart in the event it might further stoke flames if there was a prob lem. "He just left,” I hated to tell her, “but he should be back in a few minutes.” “I’d better call 911,” she decid- Though I listened for sirens from the fire company just a mile and a half away, they never sound ed. The longer it went, the more I - v^3 2!ftr ' began to worry. When the pickup pulled in front of the house-soon afterward, my message sent The Farmer hurrying back up the road through the accumulating several inches of snow. Calling Diane back to affirm that he was on his way, I was astounded when she told me that firemen were already there. Not more than six or eight minutes could have elapsed from her initial call to me. And, thankfully, everything seemed to be under control. Relieved over that news, I bun dled up in sweatshirts and hat, pulled on a pair of rubber boots and headed out to help start the milking, since we were now minus two for the bam chores. The calm ness and quiet outside and the nor mal peacefulness of the cows chewing their cuds inside the warm barn made a direct contrast with the adrenalin still pumping through my system over this potential disaster for our friends. Milkers were busy on the first round of cows when The Farmer returned. In through the door with him came Angie, who had hitched a ride over in the pickup from her house, now safe, thanks to our instant-response neighborhood fire fighters. One had even plowed the snow in the lane on his way in with his work truck, clearing the way for any needed equipment. 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