"No, not exactly a fire," answered the janitor, "though the trouble was caused by a fire."
"And there wasn't any earthquake?" asked Sammy. He was rather disappointed, to tell the truth, that there had been nothing as big and sensational as an earthquake.
"Nary an earthquake," went on Mr. Hobb, who was rather pale. "Indeed everyone had been greatly alarmed."
"But the building shook!" declared Nellie Somers.
"It certainly did," agreed Miss Williams. "I thought surely it was going to fall down."
"And I thought Jed was going to fall down with me," spoke up Johnnie Jones. "He shook me up and down."
"I couldn't help it," said Jed, with blushing face. "You're so—so fat."
"I guess I am," sighed little Johnnie.
"Well, Jed, it was one of the bravest acts I have ever seen," declared the principal, and Jed blushed with pleasure. It seemed that he wanted to make up for his mean tricks in the past by showing that he could be a hero when he desired.