"What sort o' thing?"
"This placing mice in my desk."
"Course I don't, Mr. Jadell—but boys will be boys. Didn't you have your little jokes when you was young?"
"I never played a joke in my life, sir!"
"Gosh! what a lot o' fun you must have missed!" murmured the old committeeman.
"You are laughing at me!"
"Oh, no!" But the committeeman's face was on a broad grin.
"This is my last day at this school."
"Well, nobuddy ain't said it wasn't."
"I expected to close the school at noon. Perhaps it will be best to bring the session to a close at once."