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A CREDIT TO THE SCHOOL 39
Oh, how Mr. Lind and his wife scolded as
they seized the astounded boys! Mr. Lind held
two of them and Mrs. Lind two — she had a
remarkably strong grip—while Nils flew after
a policeman. The frightened boys cried and
begged to be set free. A crowd gathered on the
wharf in no time.
Soon the policeman came. "You will have
to go with me to the police station," said he
to the boys. They tried to explain that Nils
had invited them on board, but it availed
nothing. "You go with me to the police station,"
was the only reply the policeman made to
anything they said.
Oh, but it was horrid, having to go along the
streets with him! Nils should have his pay for
getting them into this trouble! At the police
station their names were recorded and then the
boys were allowed to go. Johnny Blossom,
shamefaced and troubled, ran straight home.
In the afternoon the policeman called to talk
with Father. Father was very serious and
Mother looked frightfully worried. Sister Asta
stared with open mouth. John had a bitter
time of it while the matter was being settled,
and afterward Asta’s teasing voice followed
him everywhere as she kept calling out:
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