"Are we ever going to get to Sammy Pinkney?" groaned Agnes.
"Well!" said Tess, indignantly, "I'll tell you, if you'll give me a chance."
"Sail right in, sister," chuckled Agnes.
"So Miss Andrews said 'stan' meant 'the place of,'" rushed on Tess, "like Afghanistan, and Hindoostan, 'the place of the Hindoos,' and she says:
"'Can any of you give another example of the use of "stan" for the end of a word?' and Sammy says:
"'I can, Miss Andrews. Umbrellastan—the place of the umbrellars,' and now Sammy," concluded Tess, "can't have any stocking on our Christmas tree."
"I guess Sammy was trying to be smart," said Dot, gravely.
"He's a smart boy, all right," Agnes chuckled. "I heard him last Sunday in Sunday school class. He's in Miss Pepperill's class right behind ours. Miss Pepperill asked Eddie Collins:
"'What happened to Babylon?'
"'It fell,' replied Ed.