[Sidenote: Eating Oranges]
Georgiana Luitivieder’s parents sent her occasional express packages of
fruit from Florida during the mid-winter months. She was the only child
in her grade whose parents spent the winter south; hence she could not
resist the temptation to take fruit to school the next day after a case
of lovely oranges came fresh from the trees.
A whole dozen was scattered among the members of her grade. The first
signs were the yellow adornments that bedecked a few desks; one or two
fell to the floor and rolled away. At the same time Abigail was seen
eating an orange on the sly. Miss Galdsworthy was much annoyed by the
troublesome oranges. Here are her orders:
“Abigail, bring your orange and lay it on my desk.”... “All in this row,
who have oranges, bring them to me.”... “And in this row.”... “The one
who brought these oranges to school may stand.” “Very well, Georgiana, I
want to see you at recess. Now, Henry, you may call the janitor for me.”
When the janitor came he received orders to take the oranges away and
not to give them back to the children. He marched off with a basket full
amid groans and protesting exclamations from all over the room. (After
his departure), “I should think you would know better than to bring all
those oranges into the school-room. I don’t want this ever to happen
again.”