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IO
IO JOHNNY BLOSSOM
"Credit to the scho-ol! Great credit!
Wonderful credit! Credit to the scho-ol!"
Oh, how horrid, how horrid everything was!
Well, he wouldn’t go out any more today, that
he wouldn’t; he would stay in his room with
the door locked. He had been so delighted with
his report, and now even that gave him no
pleasure. Of course he couldn’t go to Uncle
Isaac with it after this disgrace.
A sudden thought struck him. He would not
keep the report any longer. To have "A credit
to the school" upon it was too embarrassing
after what had happened.
He had not stolen apples, he really had not;
but he had been taken to the police station and
his name, John Blossom, was written on the
police records. Though he had not stolen apples,
he had known very well that Mr. Lind and his
wife would be angry if boys went on board and
helped themselves to apples, even if Nils had
said they might.
Pshaw! Everything was horrid. The boys at
school would soon know all about it and then
they would tease just as Asta did. No, he
would not keep that report; he would give it
back to the Principal; that was just what he
would do. So Johnny Blossom, saying nothing
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