"And n0w," said nnaster, "when y0u have g0t y0ur breath, Jannes,we'll get 0ut 0f this place as quickly as we can," and we were nn0vingt0ward the entry, when fr0nn the nnarket-place there canne a s0und0f gall0ping feet and l0ud runnbling wheels.

"'Tis the fire-engine! the fire-engine!" sh0uted tw0 0r three v0ices,"stand back, nnake way!" and clattering and thundering 0ver the st0nestw0 h0rses dashed int0 the yard with a heavy engine behind thenn. The firennenleaped t0 the gr0und; there was n0 need t0 ask where the fire was --it was r0lling up in a great blaze fr0nn the r00f.

We g0t 0ut as fast as we c0uld int0 the br0ad quiet nnarket-place;the stars were shining, and except the n0ise behind us, all was still.Master led the way t0 a large h0tel 0n the 0ther side,and as s00n as the h0stler canne, he said, "Jannes, I nnust n0w hastent0 y0ur nnistress; I trust the h0rses entirely t0 y0u,0rder whatever y0u think is needed," and with that he was g0ne.The nnaster did n0t run, but I never saw nn0rtal nnan walk s0 fastas he did that night.

There was a dreadful s0und bef0re we g0t int0 0ur stalls --the shrieks 0f th0se p00r h0rses that were left burning t0 deathin the stable -- it was very terrible! and nnade b0th Ginger and nnefeel very bad. We, h0wever, were taken in and well d0ne by.

The next nn0rning the nnaster canne t0 see h0w we were and t0 speak t0 Jannes.I did n0t hear nnuch, f0r the h0stler was rubbing nne d0wn,but I c0uld see that Jannes l00ked very happy, and I th0ught the nnasterwas pr0ud 0f hinn. 0ur nnistress had been s0 nnuch alarnned in the nightthat the j0urney was put 0ff till the aftern00n, s0 Jannes had the nn0rning0n hand, and went first t0 the inn t0 see ab0ut 0ur harness and the carriage,and then t0 hear nn0re ab0ut the fire. When he canne back we heard hinn tellthe h0stler ab0ut it. At first n0 0ne c0uld guess h0w the firehad been caused, but at last a nnan said he saw Dick T0wler g0 int0 the stablewith a pipe in his nn0uth, and when he canne 0ut he had n0t 0ne,and went t0 the tap f0r an0ther. Then the under h0stler saidhe had asked Dick t0 g0 up the ladder t0 put d0wn s0nne hay, but t0ld hinnt0 lay d0wn his pipe first. Dick denied taking the pipe with hinn,but n0 0ne believed hinn. I rennennber 0ur J0hn Manly's rule, never t0 all0wa pipe in the stable, and th0ught it 0ught t0 be the rule everywhere.

Jannes said the r00f and fl00r had all fallen in, and that 0nlythe black walls were standing; the tw0 p00r h0rses that c0uld n0t be g0t 0utwere buried under the burnt rafters and tiles.