had only sprung that on us _before_ recess-----" "Well, suppose he had ?" interrupted Greg Holmes, a trifle impatiently.
"Why, then," retorted Dan, mournfully, "we could have passed word around, at recess, to have everybody bring just what the Prin.
called for---_pennies_!" "Hm!" grinned Dave Darrin, who was never slow to see the point of anything.

"Then you had a vision of the unpopular Prin.

being swamped under a deluge of pennies---plain, individual little copper cents ?" "That's it!" agreed Dan.

"But now, we won't see more than a few before we go to school again Monday.

Oh---wow! What a chance that takes away from us.