She gained her end, but the boy, in rummaging for the hidden articles, had made her half an hour's extra work, in putting things to rights again.
As Oscar stepped out of the closet, after his solitary supper, he moved towards the youngest of the other boys, saying: "Here, George, open your mouth and shut your eyes, and I 'll give you something to make you wise." George declined the gift, but Oscar insisted, and tried to force it upon him.

A struggle ensued, and both rolled upon the floor, the one crying and screaming with anger, and the other laughing as though he considered it good fun.

George shut his teeth firmly together, but Oscar succeeded in rubbing enough of the mysterious article upon his lips to enable him to tell what it was.

It proved to be a piece of pepper, a plate of which Oscar had found in the closet.
This little experiment, however, did not leave George in a very pleasant frame of mind.

It was some time before he got over his blubbering and pouting.