"Three strokes! Over to the south side! Say! But it's quite a blaze,
all right!"

The sky was already showing a bright glow.

"It's Sagger's butcher shop!" cried Tom Donnell. "Look, it's blazing
like fury!"

The shop was indeed wrapped in flames.

"Fire! Fire! Fire!" cried Constable Stickler, and scores of voices
joined in the shout.

"Come on! Come on!" yelled Mr. Sagger, as he stood in front of his
store, fairly jumping up and down in his excitement. "The whole place
will go if you don't hurry, boys!"

"I wonder why he doesn't shout for the bucket brigade now?" asked
Cole, as he steered the engine as close as he could to the flaming
structure.

"That's right, boys! Put out the fire!" cried Mr. Sagger. "I'll give
you a hundred dollars if you save my shop!"




CHAPTER XIII