"But this will do for me." Her father lowered his paper and asked harshly: "What did you buy that thing for ?" Kate gripped the handle and braced herself.
"To pack my clothes in when I go to my school next week," she said simply.
"What ?" he shouted.

"What ?" cried her mother.
"I don't know why you seem surprised," said Kate.

"Surely you knew I went to Normal to prepare myself to teach.

Did you think I couldn't find a school ?" "Now look here, young woman," shouted Adam Bates, "you are done taking the bit in your teeth.

Nancy Ellen is not going to teach this winter.
I have taken the home school for you; you will teach it.