[pg 140]“No,” said George, “I don't believe we do.”
So the boys went along until they came to the brook. They crossed the brook on a bridge of planks, and were very soon under the spreading branches of the great apple-tree.
The Harvesting Party.
Insubordination.
The boys immediately began the work of getting down the apples. But, unluckily, there were but two poles, and they all wanted them. George had one, and James the other, and Rollo came up to James, and took hold of his pole, saying,
“Here, James, I will knock them down; you may pick them up and put them in the wagon.”
“No,” said James, holding fast to his pole; “no, I'd rather knock them down.”