CHAPTER II
CAUGHT IN A FIRE TRAP
It was late that night ere the three visitors thought of going home. There was so much to talk over that it seemed as though they could never break away.
"Listen!" exclaimed Will, finally, as they were about to depart.
"That's the fire-bell, as sure as you live!" cried Bluff.
"Tell me about that, will you!" cried Jerry. "A cold night to get burned out!"
Frank snatched up his coat and cap.
"I'm going with you, fellows, as far as the corner, anyway, and see if it is a real fire, or a fake," he remarked.
Accordingly the quartette rushed out of the door and down the street.
There was snow on the ground, and the air was pretty keen.
"It's a fire all right; look, you can see the light, and the smoke!" said
Will.