They chose a silver-plated pickle caster, which is exactly
what girls of seven will choose, and, do you know, it came exactly
to $2.88?
Then, on the last day of school, Miss Mussell came in, and, with
the three little girls standing on the platform and following every
move with their eyes as a dog watches his master, she gave the
caster to Miss Crutchet and Miss Crutchet cried, she was so
surprised. They were tears of joy, she said. After that, she went
into Miss Munsell's room, and three little girls in there gave Miss
Mussell a copy of Tennyson's poems that cost exactly $2.53, which
was what Miss Crutchet had collected, and Miss Mussell cried because
she was so surprised. How they could guess that she wanted a copy
of Tennyson's poems, she couldn't think, but she would always keep
the book and prize it because her dear pupils had given it to her.
And just as Selma Morgenroth called out to the monitor, Charley
Freer, who sat in Miss Crutchers chair, while she was absent:
"Teacher! Make Miky Ryan he should ka-vit a-pullin' at my hair yet!"
and the school was laughing because she called Charley Freer
"teacher," in came Miss Crutchet as cross as anything, and boxed
Miky Ryan's ears and shook Selma Morgenroth for making so much noise.
They didn't give anything, though they promised they would.
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