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don't like the idea of somebody trying to get you into trouble like this," she said, "You are quite, quite sure you you didn't play the trick yourself, Jenny?"
"Oh, Rita-I really couldn't treat my pets like that," said Jenny earnestly. "Do believe me,"
"Well, the matter must be brought up at the next Meeting," said Rita. "We'll have to get to the bottom of it. Now go back to your class, Jenny. Cheer up. Maybe the mice will turn up again!"
Jenny went hack. Miss Ranger saw her red eyes and did not scold her any more.
The bell went for the lesson to stop, and the class put away their books. Break came next. Thank goodness!
Robert bumped into Elizabeth as they went out of the classroom, and she glared at him. "How many more books are yo u going to lose?" he asked.
Elizabeth tossed her head and walked off with Joan. But a thought came into her head. Could Robert have taken her books? It really was so very extraordinary that both her arithmetic-book and her geography-book should have gone! She went over to Jenny and pulled her into a corner, "Do you think Robert has got anything to do with my losing my books and your mice being put into the desk?" she said, "I know he'd like to get me into trouble."
"Yes-but why should he get me into trouble, too?" said Jenny.
"Oh, he might think that if he played tricks only on me, I would guess it was him,"
said Elizabeth. "But if he played tricks on you and anybody else, we might not think it was him at all. See?"
"Well, he must be pretty horrid if he's as mean as all that," said Jenny, troubled, "Oh, Elizabeth, I wish I knew who it was, It's so awful having these things happen."
It was even more horrid when the history lesson came and Elizabeth had to confess to Miss Ranger that that book had disappeared too!
"Elizabeth! This is really peculiar," said Miss Ranger crossly. "One book is enough to lose-but three! You must have taken them out of the classroom and left them somewhere. You must hunt for them well, and if you cannot find them you must come to me a nd buy new ones."
"Oh, bother!" thought Elizabeth in dismay. "They are threepenee each. That's ninepence out of my precious two shillings. It's too bad! If Robert has hidden my books I'll pull all the hairs out of his head!"
She said this to Joan. "No, yo u won't do anything of the sort," said Joan. "You'll report him at the Meeting and let the School judge him, After all, that's what the Meeting is for, Elizabeth-for all of us to help to untangle the difficulties of a few of us.
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It's much better, too, to let the Jury and the Judges decide for us, because we have chosen them as being the wisest among us. Don't take matters into your own hands, Elizabeth, You're such an impatient person-you'll only do something silly!"
"I wish you wouldn't keep talking to me like that," said Elizabeth, taking her arm from Joan's, "You might back me up!"
"I am backing you up, if you only knew it," said Joan with a sigh. "I would be a poor friend to you if I said, 'Go to Robert and pull his hair out,' even before you really know for certain whether he is playing these horrid tricks, or not."
"Well, you've only got to see how pleased he is when I get into trouble to know that he's at the bottom of it all!" cried Elizabeth. "Oh, if only I could catch him bullying someone again. Wouldn't I love to report him at the very next Meeting!"
Elizabeth hadn't long to wait, She caught Robert the very next day!
MORE TROUBLE.
For some time now Robert had not bullied anyone or been unkind, because he really had been afraid of being seen by Elizabeth, He knew that she was watching to catch him and he did not mean to give her any chance to report him again.
But two or three weeks had now gone by and he
thought that she no longer bothered to watch, He did not know that she thought he had played the tricks on her and was watching very carefully indeed, Robert had to go and get some water for his painting after tea, Elizabeth saw him go out of the
"Oh, Rita-I really couldn't treat my pets like that," said Jenny earnestly. "Do believe me,"
"Well, the matter must be brought up at the next Meeting," said Rita. "We'll have to get to the bottom of it. Now go back to your class, Jenny. Cheer up. Maybe the mice will turn up again!"
Jenny went hack. Miss Ranger saw her red eyes and did not scold her any more.
The bell went for the lesson to stop, and the class put away their books. Break came next. Thank goodness!
Robert bumped into Elizabeth as they went out of the classroom, and she glared at him. "How many more books are yo u going to lose?" he asked.
Elizabeth tossed her head and walked off with Joan. But a thought came into her head. Could Robert have taken her books? It really was so very extraordinary that both her arithmetic-book and her geography-book should have gone! She went over to Jenny and pulled her into a corner, "Do you think Robert has got anything to do with my losing my books and your mice being put into the desk?" she said, "I know he'd like to get me into trouble."
"Yes-but why should he get me into trouble, too?" said Jenny.
"Oh, he might think that if he played tricks only on me, I would guess it was him,"
said Elizabeth. "But if he played tricks on you and anybody else, we might not think it was him at all. See?"
"Well, he must be pretty horrid if he's as mean as all that," said Jenny, troubled, "Oh, Elizabeth, I wish I knew who it was, It's so awful having these things happen."
It was even more horrid when the history lesson came and Elizabeth had to confess to Miss Ranger that that book had disappeared too!
"Elizabeth! This is really peculiar," said Miss Ranger crossly. "One book is enough to lose-but three! You must have taken them out of the classroom and left them somewhere. You must hunt for them well, and if you cannot find them you must come to me a nd buy new ones."
"Oh, bother!" thought Elizabeth in dismay. "They are threepenee each. That's ninepence out of my precious two shillings. It's too bad! If Robert has hidden my books I'll pull all the hairs out of his head!"
She said this to Joan. "No, yo u won't do anything of the sort," said Joan. "You'll report him at the Meeting and let the School judge him, After all, that's what the Meeting is for, Elizabeth-for all of us to help to untangle the difficulties of a few of us.
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It's much better, too, to let the Jury and the Judges decide for us, because we have chosen them as being the wisest among us. Don't take matters into your own hands, Elizabeth, You're such an impatient person-you'll only do something silly!"
"I wish you wouldn't keep talking to me like that," said Elizabeth, taking her arm from Joan's, "You might back me up!"
"I am backing you up, if you only knew it," said Joan with a sigh. "I would be a poor friend to you if I said, 'Go to Robert and pull his hair out,' even before you really know for certain whether he is playing these horrid tricks, or not."
"Well, you've only got to see how pleased he is when I get into trouble to know that he's at the bottom of it all!" cried Elizabeth. "Oh, if only I could catch him bullying someone again. Wouldn't I love to report him at the very next Meeting!"
Elizabeth hadn't long to wait, She caught Robert the very next day!
MORE TROUBLE.
For some time now Robert had not bullied anyone or been unkind, because he really had been afraid of being seen by Elizabeth, He knew that she was watching to catch him and he did not mean to give her any chance to report him again.
But two or three weeks had now gone by and he
thought that she no longer bothered to watch, He did not know that she thought he had played the tricks on her and was watching very carefully indeed, Robert had to go and get some water for his painting after tea, Elizabeth saw him go out of the
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