He rushed at me with his cane, and gave me one
with all his might, and I threw an inkstand at him, and it caught
him on the shoulder, and he says it has broken it, and that he would
send for a constable. So I told him to do so if he dared, and here
I am."
"This is a very serious business, Ned," his father said gravely.
"In the first place, there is something like a rebellion in the
school, of which, I suppose, you were one of the leaders or he would
not have singled you out. In the second place, you threw a missile
at him, which has broken his shoulder, and might have killed him
had it struck him on the head. I have warned you, my boy, over and
over again against giving way to that passionate temper of yours,
and have told you that it would lead you into serious trouble."
"I can't help it, sir," Ned said doggedly. "I've put up with
a tremendous lot there, and have said nothing about it, because
I did not wish to give you trouble; but when it came to downright
tyranny like this I would rather be killed than put up with it. I
warned him fairly that if he struck me I would throw the inkstand
at him, and he brought it on himself."
Captain Sankey seeing that in his son's present state of mind talking
would be useless to him, ordered him to remain in his study till
his return, and putting on his hat went toward the school. Ned's
temper had always been a source of anxiety to him.
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