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d Frank Savage as he strove to keep alon

as they dashed around it they came

fellows!" shouted Fra

a little cluster of men and boys were gathered, some of the

nearest him; "two of the Lawson crowd here, dodgin

dy Griggs. "He's dancing around like a ch

Bobolink. "Hold on! what's that he's saying now a

his hands wildly. "Somebody must have known that my insurance ran out three weeks ago, and for once I n

to get busy and do something!" ex

nk, "but I s'pose we're bound to forget everything but that so

and let's sling things a

d, as they were likely to do at any moment now. Indeed, loud cries not far away, accompanied by the rush of many heavily booted

though they could only hazard a guess as to how it came so-possibly when brought to

l filled with an acrid smoke that made their eyes run; but through i

at in all probability the rolls of cloth and silks on the shelves would suffer wor

others, and placed in temporary security. A couple of the local police force had by this time reached

that moment, when the boys of Stanhope were making such 72 heroic efforts to save his property, he seemed to entertain suspici

was quickly taken to the nearest cistern and the suction pipe lowered. When that reservoir was emptied others in t

hioned weapons. A new waterworks system was being installed, and in the course of a couple of weeks Stanhope hoped to be supplied w

he right sort of man for the work. He was one of the town bl

t, the engine began to work furiously, sending out black smoke from 73 its

ention, he found occasion to speak words of encouragement to the busy scouts as they tro

th their arms filled with bolts of Mr. Briggs' most cherished silks, "you've got the making of pri

ping upward, and the entire back part of the store seemed to be doomed. Being a

aside unable to enter the store again since the firemen had taken possession of the pr

derkin, as a man with a fire 74 axe made a fresh opening in one

s that had drawn the fire-engine to the spot, the whooping of gangs of delighted boys, and a lot of ot

on it already, seems li

on," remarked Frank. "There he is running back and forth betwe

police will steal some of t

of the Briggs' store may be saved. But Mr. Briggs is bound to lose a hea

ng his insurance policy to lapse, and to lie

or so many years and never h

ost of the building was saved, though the business was bound to be crippled for some time,

ed Bobolink. "He seems to think a whole hour elapsed after the alarm befor

convince Mr. Briggs he is mistaken. He knows how excited Mr. Briggs is, and

for not getting more stuff out before the

Jack warned them, "because we know h

coming face to face with the group of scouts, suddenly pointed a

arted in revenge, and th