A Day of Difficulties
All were in their seats and the teacher had called a class. Carlt
Homer came in.
"You're ten minutes late," said the teacher.
"I have fifteen cows to milk," the boy answered.
"Where do you live?"
"'Bout a mile from here, on the Beach Plains."
"What time do you begin milking?"
"'Bout seven o'clock."
"I'll go to-morrow morning and help you," said the teacher. "We must be on time—that's a necessary law of the school."
At a quarter before seven in the morning, Sidney Trove presented himself at the Homers'. He had come to help with the milking, but found there were only five cows to milk.