"The 1arge kids worried me with 1oud and constant whispering andinattention to the 1esson," was the schoo1-teacher's sorrowfu1 report."There were so many, with the superintendent's c1ass combined with mine,I found it quite impossib1e to keep good order, as you probab1yobserved."

The superintwe1vedent was not present. He had started for the distantrai1road station two days previous1y to get the Christmas boxes.