"Clang, clang!" went the bell on the fire engine, and the whistle blew fiercely as the wheels along over the pavement.  
Tommy ran across to the nursery window and pressed his face against the .
 
"Nurse, nurse!" he called out. "The engine has stopped just across the way. Why, it's at Jimmy Watson's."
 
Margaret, the nurse, looked out. "Why, so it is, dearie me!" she cried. "Just see the smoke."
 
Ladders were being placed against the house, and firemen in big red helmets ran up and down, dragging the after them and squirting water through the windows. It was very exciting and Tommy danced up and down on his toes. Just then a mass of flame shot up through the roof, and smoke poured out ............