CHAPTER X
MYSTERIOUS ACTIONS
"Where is it?" asked Bert, of Tom Donnell, whom he joined, almost as
soon as he came out of the house.
"I don't know. I heard the four bells. Old Stickler is ringing yet. He
didn't lose any time." "No, he didn't. Say, Vincent, do you know where
it is?"
"I heard Simon Pierson say, as I ran past his house, a few minutes
ago, that he thought it was the Stockton mansion. He can see it from
his third floor."
"The Stockton mansion! If that gets going we can't put that out with
our little engine."
"Maybe it's only a small blaze."
"I hope so," replied Bert. "But come on. We must run faster than
this."
They found quite a crowd of the young firemen at Cole's barn when they
got there. Cole had jumped out of bed at the first signal from the
bell, and had lighted the lamps on the engine.
"Run her out!" he cried, as Bert and his chums came in sight.
"No, wait a few minutes," directed the captain. "We will need a few
more fellows to haul her up the hill, and there's no use going off
short-handed.
"But the fire will get too much of a start."
"Can't help it. Might as well not go at all as to go with not enough
to work the engine.
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