"Ding-dong! Ding-dong! Ding-dong!" went the bell.
"Is that our door bell?" asked Sue of Bunny, who slept in the room next to hers, the door being open between.
"No, I guess it's a church bell," said Bunny, half awake.
Then he and his sister heard their father moving around his room.
"What is it, Walter?" asked Mrs. Brown.
"It's a midnight alarm," he answered. "I guess it must be a fire, though it's the church bell that's ringing. I can't see any blaze from my window, but it must be a fire, or why would they ring the bell?"
"And why should they ring the church bell, when we have a fire bell?" asked Mrs. Brown.
"I don't know," answered her husband. "I guess I'd better get up, and see what it is. I wouldn't want any of my boats to burn up."