"He just likes to wander round alone.

I see him a-comin' out of the sugar camp just now.

He's been in there half an hour." And Betsey giggled again; for Betsey Short could giggle on slighter provocation than any other girl on Flat Creek.
When Ralph Hartsook, with the quiet, dogged tread that he was cultivating, walked into the school-room, he took great care not to seem to see the trap set for him; but he carelessly stepped over the board that had been so nicely adjusted.

The boys who were Hank's confidants in the plot were very busy over their slates, and took pains not to show their disappointment.
The morning session wore on without incident.

Ralph several times caught two people looking at him.