“If you say another word I’ll send you from the table,” stormed Josiah Crabtree, and after that Pepper said no more.
That morning everything seemed to go wrong in the classroom. Many lessons were missed and several teachers were out of humor. Josiah Crabtree stormed around, and finally told both Pepper and Jack that they would have to stay in after school in the afternoon.
“Mr. Crabtree, I do not think I am to blame in this,” said Jack. “I understood you to say we were to take up pages 180 and 181 in the history only.”
“I said 180 to 184,” snapped the teacher.
“He did not,” murmured Pepper under his breath.
“You are growing very negligent in your studies,” went on the teacher, tartly. “I shall not stand for it.”
“Then sit down,” grumbled Andy.
“Snow, did you speak?” thundered Crabtree.
Andy was silent.
“Snow, answer me.”