THE FIRE THAT STARTED ITSELF
I
“Joe Lockery told us the funniest thing this afternoon, mother,” said Walter as he came in from school.
“Tell me about it,” said Mrs. Homer, with interest.
“Joe asked us if we had ever heard of a fire that started itself. We thought he was joking, but he wasn’t.”
“A fire that started itself! Why, Walter, I can’t see anything funny about that!” replied Mrs. Homer.
“Well, we thought it was funny,” declared Walter. “Wait a minute till you hear about it, mother. Joe was telling us about a fire in his father’s furniture factory. The night watchman saw smoke coming out of a fourth story window.