“That’s so,” echoed Sammy. “It pays to be straight.”
At noon Jed Burr was sent home with a note to his parents. It told that he was suspended from school until the school board were told of his unfairness and misdoings.
Bob felt that something more than being sorry was due to Tom. He invited him and Frank and Sammy to tea to his house that evening.
The four boys were playing a game of tennis just at dusk, when they heard a yell down the road. Bob ran out to the gate.
A man was coming pell-mell down the middle of the road. He was waving his arms wildly.
“Hurry, run!” he shouted, as he espied the boys.
“What’s the matter?” bawled Sammy.
“Fire!” yelled the runner, never stopping to take breath. “At the schoolhouse—it’s on fire, and burning up!”