"What made May faint? Why didn't Frank return to his class? He had never been known to be absent before."
Little Annie was questioned over and over again, until she answered:
"The sobbing made her head ache dreadfully."
"But what was she crying for?"
"You know what made her cry, Sophy Lane. You'd cry yourself, if anybody talked about your brother. I was awfully frightened; I thought she was dead. Frank cried, too, when he saw how she looked."
"Frank cried!" exclaimed one of the large boys. "That's a good joke. I thought he was even stiffer than usual. Ha, ha! He'll have to come down off his high horse, a thief and cry baby."
"Boys!" cried out a loud, authoritative voice. "It is my request that you suspend all comment or judgment on Frank Jocelyn until to-morrow."
