Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 459
le-spirited man as compared with theold master, and King Pewee and his crowd weregratified in noting this fact. They could havetheir own way with such a master as that! Whenhe called the school to order, there remained abustle of curiosity and mutual recognition amongthe children. Riley and Pewee… … still. Then he slowly raised and leveled his fingerat Riley and Pewee, but still said nothing. Therewas something so firm and quiet about his motion— something that said, I will wait all day, butyou must be still— that the boys could not resist it. By the time they were quiet, two of the girlshad…
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