Above the roar of the flames Bert could hear the thud as the
horses landed in the soft muck of the cow-yard, ten feet below. Then
came a shout as the men rushed forward to secure them.
Bert looked from the big double doors. He could see the horses
floundering around. One had fallen down, but none of them seemed to be
injured. The valuable steeds had been saved by the lad's ready wit.
"I wonder if there's anything more we can save?" asked Vincent.
"Let's see if we can't shove out the mowing machine," suggested Bert.
"If it falls in the muck it can't be damaged much."
The two boys shoved the apparatus to the opened doors. Another shove
and it toppled over and out. It landed safely, as they learned later.
"Come on, here are some bales of hay and straw. Might as well save
them, too," suggested Bert. "The fall won't hurt them, and the men can
roll them out of the way before the flames reach them."
They managed to save several bales, all they could reach; and they
also rolled out a carriage, which, as it had the bales to topple out
on, falling only a short distance, was very little damaged.
"That's the stuff, boys!" called Constable Stickler, who with a crowd
of others was in the cowyard, removing such things as the boys pushed
or tossed out, for they found many small objects they could save.
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