BERGMAN'S PLANS
XVII THE ENGINES ARRIVE
XVIII THE PARADE AND PICNIC
XIX WINNING THE TRUMPET
XX A FALSE ALARM
XXI THE MYSTERIOUS MESSAGE
XXII THE STENOGRAPHER'S SUSPICIONS
XXIII A BRAVE RESCUE
XXIV AN ENCOUNTER WITH MUCHMORE
XXV THE MYSTERY SOLVED--CONCLUSION
CHAPTER I
A MIDNIGHT ALARM
"Fire! Fire! Turn out, everybody! Fire! Fire!"
This cry, coming like a clarion call, at midnight, awoke the
inhabitants of the peaceful little New England village of Lakeville.
"Fire! Fire!"
Heads were thrust out of hastily-raised windows. Men and women looked
up and down the street, and then glanced around to detect the
reddening in the sky that would indicate where the blaze was. Timid
women began sniffing suspiciously, to learn if it was their own homes
which, unsuspectingly, had become ignited.
"Fire! Fire! Stimson's barn is burning! Fire! Fire!"
A man ran down the principal village street, shouting as he ran. At
some doors he paused long enough to pound with his fist, awakening the
dwellers who had not heard his call, for he was Rodney Stickler, the
town constable and watchman, whose duty it was to sound the fire
alarm, and summon the bucket brigade, in the event of a blaze.
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