Her deep brown eyes
looked squarely into the eyes of the principal.
In spite of himself Mr. Tetlow was compelled to smile. He knew something
of how the Bobbsey twins were devoted to each other.
"So you think you ought to be punished," he said slowly.
"Yes, if Bert is, for you see, he did it mostly for me."
"You are a brave sister to come in his behalf, Nan. I shall not punish
him very severely."
"Oh, thank you for saying that, Mr. Tetlow."
"It was very wrong for him to fight----"
"Yes, I told him that."
"But Danny Rugg did wrong to provoke him. I sincerely trust that both
boys forgive each other for what was done. Now you can go."
With a lighter heart Nan left the office. She felt that Bert would not
be expelled. And he was not. Instead, Mr. Tetlow made him stay in an
hour after school each day that week and write on his slate the
sentence, "Fighting is wrong," a hundred times. Danny was also kept in
and was made to write the sentence just twice as many times. Then Mr.
Tetlow made the two boys shake hands and promise to do better in the
future.
The punishment was nothing to what Bert had expected, and he stayed in
after school willingly.
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