As they neared it they saw some clouds of smoke floating over the trees.
“Must be running the sawmill engine extra fast,” said Ted.
“Don’t you smell something burning?” asked Janet.
Ted sniffed the air and shook his head to say that he smelled nothing.
“Well, I do!” cried Janet. She ran on a little farther, and then she saw what it was.
“Ted! Ted!” she shouted. “The big sawdust pile is on fire!”
CHAPTER XVIII
TROUBLE HAS A RIDE
For a moment or two Teddy thought his sister was “pretending,” as she often did, or that she was “fooling” him. But she seemed so much in earnest as he looked at her that he could not but believe what she said was true. Still he asked:
“Honest, is it burning?”
“Cross my heart it is!” answered Janet, this being the strongest way she had of letting her brother know it was the truth she was speaking. “The sawdust pile is truly on fire!”