He danced around the floor, reaching toward the rear of his pants, yelling: "Pull it out! pull it out! pull it out!" The children hid their faces behind their books and chuckled most gleefully.

Billy Smith was struck dumb with terror.

Abe was rolling on the floor, bellowing with uncontrollable laughter.
The teacher finally succeeded in extricating the offending steel and stood scratching his head in chagrin at the spectacle he had made of himself before his charming visitor.

He took an internal oath to get his revenge out of Mrs.Piedmont and her son, who had been the innocent means of his double downfall that day.
His desk was arranged in a proper manner and the teacher took his pen and wrote two names, now famous the world over.
"Bernard Belgrave, age 9 years." "Belton Piedmont, age 8 years." Under such circumstances Belton began his school career..