. The town and people; a chronological compilation of contributed writings from present and past residents of the town of Woodbury, Connecticut;. 104 Tin-: TOWN AXD PKOlLE tis always calm before a storm. Just then Sarah Warner raised herhand and asked leave to get a drink. The request was granted andSarah tripped lightly out of the room. Hardly a minute had passedbefore the occupants of the room were startled by a sharp feminineshriek coming from the entry and Sarah rushed in bringing the in-formation that Something alive was in Susies dinner pail. Dontbe foolish, Sarah, said the teacher. Stil
. The town and people; a chronological compilation of contributed writings from present and past residents of the town of Woodbury, Connecticut;. 104 Tin-: TOWN AXD PKOlLE tis always calm before a storm. Just then Sarah Warner raised herhand and asked leave to get a drink. The request was granted andSarah tripped lightly out of the room. Hardly a minute had passedbefore the occupants of the room were startled by a sharp feminineshriek coming from the entry and Sarah rushed in bringing the in-formation that Something alive was in Susies dinner pail. Dontbe foolish, Sarah, said the teacher. Still Sarah insisted on the truthot her statement. Ben knew the exact cause of Sarahs alarm,but pretending not to notice it, he kept his eyes on the book open be-fore him. With Tommy Jones the effect was quite different. He snickeredonce, twice, then laughed, laughed until the tears trickled in streams. dow^n his cheeks and all efforts to check his hilarity failed. Sarahwas ordered to bring the mysterious ])ail, and most reluctantly sheobeyed. Holding the pail at arms length before her she half ran,half danced across the floor, stopping at regular intervals to screamto an accom])animent of thumps and l)umps from within the the pail on the teachers desk she backed away and stood WOODl!LK\, C()X X KCTlCIT 105 trcmblin,^- with fear. The cover was removed and the innocent toadjumped out. At this the whole school joined in uncontrollablelauo;hter; even the teacher turned her head and bit her lips to sup-press a .smile. Thomas Jones, come here, said the arose from his seat, glanced at Ben and advanced slowdy tothe teachers desk. Thomas, who put the toad in Susies pail ?she asked. I—I dont know, stammered Tommy. The teacherpicked up her rule and again repeated the question. The strain wastoo much for Tommy and he broke down. Between sobs he mut-tered, I guess Ue
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