“This way,” she whispered, and he ran after her, as she darted round the building, from the upper windows of which there now came a reddish glare.
“I know how to get away from here,” she said. “This old building is on the outskirts of the town.”
He trusted everything to her, and they ran on through the darkness, cutting across lots till they reached a distant street.
Then they heard the cry of fire from another direction, and they knew the first alarm had been given.
A few moments later the fire alarm sounded.
They were fortunate in escaping observation till the home of Daisy was reached.
“I’ll not forget what you have done for me to-night, Miss Blaney,” declared Frank. “You saved my life!”
“You did quite as much for me,” she asserted. “I believe you saved me from a life of wretchedness. You made me understand just where I was drifting.”
“You are a brave little girl! I shall remember how bravely you stood up before those ruffians.”
“But they were too many for me. I could not fight them all.”