Mostly Boys: Short Stories —— Short Stories

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ISBN: 9781331267355 出版年：2018 页码：242 Francis J Finn Forgotten Books

It was five minutes after nine on the morning of December 23d, when a small boy, with an expression akin to the pathetic upon his smug features, entered the Second Academic classroom of Marquette College, Milwaukee, and handed his teacher this note:

Mr. Lawton read this communication with a frown. He was impatient of late-comers, as are all earnest teachers. His frown quickly disappeared, however, as a grin at once cheerful and deprecating came upon Gerald's upturned face.