"Do you like to go to school?"
"Yes, sir."
"Have you a good teacher?"
"Yes, sir."
"What is her name?"
"Miss Howard,—Mary Howard, and she lives with Miss Mason."
"Mary Howard,—that's a pretty name,—is she pretty too?"
"Not so dreadful," chimed in Susan Bradley. "She licked brother Tim to-day, and I don't think she's much pretty."
This speech quickly called out the opinion of the other girls as follows:
"He ought to be licked, for he stole a knife and then lied about it; and Miss Howard is real pretty, and you needn't say she ain't, Susan Bradley."