human
It's not a little blaze, panted the observant Bonfire.
gpt
Look how that smoke hangs in a cloud over the trees. It's coming from the top of some building.
human
It's the Crawford house! Specs urged, as he sprinted up to the two leaders.
gpt
You can tell it's the Crawfords', because--No, it isn't either. It's--
human
Fire!
gpt
Let her go! said Specs spitefully.
human
We will turn in an alarm and keep it from burning anything else, but we might just as well let the old shack go up in smoke. Grady has it insured.
gpt
But Sheffield's automobile is in there, protested Bonfire,
human
That's what I thought, Specs agreed calmly.
gpt
But Mister Royal Sheffield thinks we haven't any business monkeying with fires this morning, and I vote we go back to the station and tell him that we were mistaken and that he was right.
human
We'll go right on being Scouts and living up to the Scout law, just as we did before we ever knew Sheffield. Jump and S. S., you two pike down to the fire department and hustle Dave Hendershot up here with the hose cart. Prissler, you chase downtown and rouse people. Roundy, break into the schoolhouse and ring the bell for all you're worth. Nap, you take the school telephone and call Central and the fire department. The rest of us will do what we can right here.