I shall write to my father and tell him the full particulars." "It will not be necessary to do so, Richard." The captain caught Dick by the shoulder.

"I have investigated this affair, and while I find that Sam was to blame, and Tom and you, too, yet I am convinced that Mr.
Grinder exceeded his authority here.

He had no business to put Sam in the storeroom and Master Tubbs in the stone cell in this freezing weather.

More than that, something happened after you left that shows plainly Mr.Grinder is not the proper person to be a teacher here, and from to-day I intend to dispense with his services." Dick knew what the captain referred to, the falling of the teacher into his passionate fit on the floor, but he said nothing on that point, for in a way he felt sorry for one who could control himself so little.
"I am glad we won't have to put up with him, sir, any longer.

In one way, he is worse than Mr.Crabtree was." "Let us drop the whole subject, Richard.