Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 568
andafter one look around, to make sure no one wasin sight, he set his box on the window-ledge,climbed up, and opened the window. To climbin and empty his box in the teachers little hinge-top desk was but the work of a moment, andbefore his absence from home had been noticedhe had returned. So far… … SHE RAISED THE LID OF THE DESK, WHEN No answer from her obstinate pupil. Give me your hand! she said finally. 4-i6 PINKEY PERKINS. Pinkeys only move was to put both handsbehind him in the hope of gaining time. Miss Vance generally punished her pupils bywhipping them on the palm of the hand with…
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