some false whiskers, and one night about eleven o'clock I crept down the
back-stairs to the kitchen, where she was. She had turned down the gas, and
was in her chair by the fire fast asleep, as I could tell by her breathing,
but the moment I struck a match she awoke.

I expected a great yelling and screaming, but nothing of the sort took
place. She bounced out of her seat with a "You villain!" on her lips,
seized a chair by the back, and before I had made a move she hit me over
the head, forcing me to my knees. I tried to get up, tried to explain who I
was, but in vain. Before I could get out of the room she struck me again,
and it was only after I had tumbled up the back-stairs that she gave
the alarm. Then she came up to my room, rapped at the door, and coolly
announced:

"Mr. ----, please get up. I've killed a burglar."


44. MORAL SUASION

"What are your usual modes of punishment?" was among the questions
submitted to a teacher in rural district in Ohio. Her answer was, "I try
moral suasion first, and if that does not work I use capital punishment."

As it was a neighborhood where moral suasion had not been a success, and
the children were scarce the committee took no risks.


45. CUTE BOY

The teacher in geography was putting the class through a few simple tests: