“Let’s walk around by the school,” suggested Meg. “It’s only the next block and we’ve plenty of time.”
“All right, let’s,” assented Bobby. “I’ll show you Miss Mason’s room.”
CHAPTER III
STARTING SCHOOL
“You see,” explained Bobby, as the children turned down the street that led past the schoolhouse, “primary school isn’t so awfully important. That’s why the grammar and high school got the new building; I heard old Hornbeck say so.”
“You shouldn’t call him old Hornbeck,” said Meg reprovingly. “Mother says it isn’t respectful.”
Bobby didn’t answer, for they had reached the primary school building and he was busy counting windows to find Miss Mason’s room. The Oak Hill primary grades occupied an old building on a corner lot, while the grammar and high schools were housed in a handsome modern building a few blocks away, with a playground and even an extra lot for the school gardens. But the primary children really had a better time by themselves, and were certainly spared a great amount of teasing. 27
“–––Five, six,” finished Bobby. “There––see the sixth window on the second floor? That’s our room, Meg.”