"Harry?"
"That is what I said, sir."
"How did he come to do it?"
"It was done deliberately, with a baseball, just because I kept him after school yesterday and the day before."
At this answer Horace Westmore's face grew stern. He thought much of his sons, but he expected them to behave themselves.
"You are sure of this, Mr. Jadell?"
"I am, sir—positive."
"I am sorry to hear of this. I will question Harry as soon as I go home."
"He has got to buy a new hat," continued the teacher.
"I will see that he does so—if it was his fault, as you say."