"Come along---all!" As the girls started to scurry down the street Dick caught Laura's nearer arm to aid her.

Dave did as much for Belle.
These four young people were among the first hundred and fifty to gather on the sidewalk before a store and office building that was on fire.
It was a five story building.

Fire had started in back on the second floor.

Originating in offices empty at the time, the blaze had gained good headway ere it was discovered.

It had eaten up to the third and fourth floors, and was now sweeping frontward.
On the third floor the heat had cracked the window glass, and the air, rushing in, had fanned up a brisk blaze.