Fire Fighters: Mrs. Wilcox Informed How Fire Started

Stand by all stations. Attention! That's it. The true to life story of our unsung heroes. We stand ready to ride by day or night against our most murderous enemy, the demon of fire!

In just a moment, we'll join Chief Cody in rookie fireman Tim Collins in the old Willcox mansion, where Tim's young brother and sister, Jimmy and Trudy, had come earlier to ask for a donation for the antique sale which the junior firefighters planned to hold.

The fire, which had broken out in the attic closet almost immediately after the youngster's left, has quickly and easily been put out. But it brought Jimmy and Trudy face to face with a very serious charge, where Mrs. Wilcox accuses them of setting it.

Before we see what happens next, here's an important message for all of you. Let's go, firefighters! Let's join Jimmy and Trudy Collins in the gloomy old attic at the Wilcox mansion, which It seems so scary when there had been there alone with old Mrs. Wilcox shortly before the fire broke out.

It is still cluttered with trunks, furniture, and clothing of a bygone era, but now one end, where the closeted bin is blackened and charred. Chief Cody stands before it with a lamp held high, causing Mrs. Wilcox's shadowed stretch back toward the children who huddle close to their brother Tim.

Quick look around, a few sharp questions, and then Chief Cody says, Well, Mrs. Wilcox, I don't think you'd believe me if I explained what happened. I think it might be wise you to show you who set that fire.

But we didn't do it on us, Chief Cotey. I never for a minute believed you did, Jimmy. I didn't set it. I don't swear to that. And then if it wasn't, Mrs. Wilcox, it must have been the goal.