"Yes, ma'am; and I am very much obliged. Grandma Elsie, do you know where
Gracie is?"
"I think you will find her in the playroom."
Lulu immediately resorted thither, and found Grace playing happily with
her dolls.
"Oh, Lu, I'm so glad you have come!" she cried, glancing up at her sister
as she entered.
"I do miss you so all day long while you are at school! But what's the
matter with your hand?" she asked with concern.
"Nothing very serious," Lulu answered carelessly. "That villain of a
music-teacher snapped his pointer on my fingers and blistered them;
that's all."
"Oh, Lu, what a shame! Did it hurt you very much?"
"Quite a good deal; but of course it was the insult, not the pain, that I
cared for."
She went on to give the details of the occurrence to this new listener,
who heard them with tears of sympathy and indignation.
"I think somebody ought to whip him," she said; "and I hope he'll never
have a chance to strike you again."
"I don't intend he shall. I've said I won't take another lesson from him,
and I don't intend to.
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