She's been kept after school." "Yes; and she's got to write fifty lines of copy," added Bailey.
Captain Cy was highly indignant.
"Get out!" he cried.

"She ain't neither." "Yes, she has, too.

One of the Salters young ones told me.

I knew you'd be mad, though I s'pose folks that didn't know her's well's we do would say she's no different from other children." This was close to heresy, according to the captain's opinion.
"She ain't!" he cried.

"I'd like to know why not! If she ain't twice as smart as the run of young ones 'round here then--Humph! And she's kept after school! Well, now; I won't have it! There's enough time for studyin' without wearin' out her brains after hours.