“But we’ll tell who did it!”
“What good will that do, when they find us here. Besides those fellows will give the alarm, and that will throw suspicion off them.”
“But look how we’re tied.”
“I know it, but they’ll say we did it ourselves. Oh, I wish we hadn’t followed those Smith boys!”
“So do I!”
Swiftly running down the road, the boys in question, and their chums, set up a loud cry:
They were on the outskirts of the town now, and the yell was soon taken up by many voices.
“Fire! Fire! Fire!”
“Where is it?” demanded several.