Somehow all desire to fight had been taken away.
"I guess we'll go in now," said Brown.
"I'm with you," said Jones, and Garfield entered the school-room, meekly followed by the two refractory pupils.

There was not much use in resisting the authority of a teacher who could handle them with such ease.
James did not trouble them with any moral lecture.

He was too sensible.
He felt that all had been said and done that was required.
But how did he spend his time at the new seminary, and how was he regarded?
Fortunately we have the testimony of a lady, now residing in Illinois, who was one of the first students at Hiram.
"When he first entered the school," she writes, "he paid for his schooling by doing janitor's work, sweeping the floor and ringing the bell.

I can see him even now standing in the morning with his hand on the bell-rope, ready to give the signal, calling teachers and scholars to engage in the duties of the day.

As we passed by, entering the school-room, he had a cheerful word for every one.