Shall mamma spread another piece ?" "No, no, naughty mamma! I'll jus' frow it on the floor if you do," cried the child, bursting into angry sobs.
"Shall mamma have some toast made for her ?" (coaxingly).
"No, no! waffles! and butter on waffles, and 'lasses on butter, and sugar on 'lasses!" The mother laughed.

It seemed to irritate the child still further; and she screamed louder than ever, slid down from her chair and stamped her foot with rage.
Mrs.Ross was deeply mortified at the exhibition.

"Pick her up and carry her to the nursery," she said to a servant.
Sophie kicked and struggled, but the girl,--a strong and determined one--carried her away by main force.
"I'm dreadfully ashamed of her, Elsie," Lucy said, turning to her friend; "but she's a nervous little creature and we must try to excuse her." "A few hearty slaps would reverse the nervous currents and do her an immense amount of good, Mrs.Ross," remarked the governess in her slow, precise way.
"Slaps, Miss Fisk," returned Lucy reddening, "_I_ don't approve of corporal punishment, as _I_ have told you more than once.

I was never whipped, and I don't intend that any of my children shall be." "Most assuredly not, madam; but I was recommending it not as a punishment for disobedience or ill temper, but simply as a remedial agent.

I have never experienced anything of the kind myself, Mrs.Ross, but have heard it remarked that nervousness occasions greater suffering than what is generally understood by the term pain; therefore I suggested it as I should the amputation of a diseased member when necessary in order to preserve life." "Permit me to remark," returned Lucy, "that unmasked advice is seldom acceptable, and now a truce to discussion, if you please.