And YOU too--you're always snoopin' and snoodgin'.

Oh, yes, you want to know WHY I've got an extry copy-book and another 'Rithmetic, Miss Curiosity.

Well, what would you give to know?
Want to see if they're PRETTY" (with infinite scorn at the adjective).

"No, they ain't PRETTY.

That's all you girls think about--what's PRETTY and what's curious! Quit now! Come! Don't ye see teacher lookin' at you?
Ain't you ashamed ?" He caught the master's beckoning eye and came forward, slightly abashed, with a flush of irritation still on his handsome face, and his chestnut curls slightly rumpled.