And the pupils not in the secret canvassed the question of who moved the board.

Bill Means said he'd bet Hank did it, which set Betsey Short off in an uncontrollable giggle.

And Shocky listened innocently.
But that night Bud said slyly: "Thunder and lightning! what a manager you _air_, Mr.Hartsook!" To which Ralph returned no reply except a friendly smile.

Muscle paid tribute to brains that time.
But Ralph had no time for exultation; for just here came the spelling-school.
FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 11: This word _plunder_ is probably from Pennsylvania, as it is exactly equivalent to the German word _plunder_, in the sense of household effects, the original meaning of the word in German.

Any kind of baggage may be called _plunder_, but the most accepted sense is household goods.