"Well, I think your fright has been punishment enough for you," said
Miss Bradley kindly, "and we will say nothing more about it. But if any
of you go near that hole again he or she will be kept in after school.
It isn't that I mind your seeing what the workmen are doing, it is just
that it would be dangerous for even grown folks to go too near the edge
of the trench, and much more so for you little folk. So keep away from
the hole. I hope the pipes will be in this week, and the hole closed up.
Now do you all promise to keep away?" she asked. "Raise your hands!"
Every hand went up, for the boys and girls were fond of their teacher
and did not want to cause her worry.
It was a solemn moment, for they all felt that something dreadful might
have happened to Helen had the dirt caved in on her.
"Hands down," said Miss Bradley, and down they went.
Just then the bell rang. Recess was over, and the lines of boys and
girls marched into the schoolhouse once again.
Charlie Star reached for his handkerchief, which he had again stuffed
over his toy automobile after he had crowded that toy into his pocket
when going back into school after recess.
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