“I didn’t do it,” said Nathan.
“You did,” said Rollo.
“I didn’t,” said Nathan.
Hereupon, Jonas came up to the table to see what was the matter. Each of the boys told his story.
“Now we are in pretty trouble,” said Jonas; “we thought we were going to have a fine lecture; instead of that, there are two boys to be punished, and wet paper to be dried.”
“Punished?” said Rollo.
“Yes,” said Jonas, “Nathan for touching the sand-box, and you for touching him.”
“Why, he was pouring out all the sand,” said Rollo, “and I was only trying to stop him.”
“Yes, but you know,” said Jonas, “that you had no right to stop him by violence. That always makes the difficulty worse.”