Some of the pupils were greatly alarmed, and no doubt thought it the crack of doom, or the day of judgment.

The teacher, as calm and collected as possible, tried to quiet her pupils and keep them in their places.

A man who was one of the pupils, in speaking of the occurrence, says that for a little while he remembered nothing, and then he looked around, and saw, as he thought, the teacher and pupils lying dead on the, floor.

Presently the teacher began to move a little.

Then, one by one, the pupils got up, with a single exception.