"
"She is the spitefullest woman they is," Jimmy's black eyes
snapped; "she 'bout the meddlesomest teacher in that school."
"Who telled you 'bout it, Lina?" questioned the other little
girl.
"The Super'ntendent told his wife and you know how some ladies
are,--they just can't keep a secret. Now it is just like burying
it to tell mother anything; she never tells anybody but father,
and grandmother, and grandfather, and Uncle Ed, and Brother
Johnson, and she makes them promise never to breathe it to a
living soul. But the Super'ntendent's wife is different; she tells
ever'thing she hears, and now everybody knows what that teacher
said about us."
"Everybody says she is the crankiest teacher they is," cried
Jimmy, "she won't let you bring nothing to school 'cepting your books;
you can't even take your slingshot, nor your air-gun, nor--"
"Nor your dolls," chimed in Frances, "and she won't let you bat
your eye, nor say a word, nor cross your legs, nor blow your
nose.
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