Five Little Peppers at School

Joel jumped up and slammed the door hard, whirled around in vexation, sprang over and thrust the tennis racket under the bed, seized a dog-eared book, and plunged off, taking the precaution, despite his hurry, to shut the door fast behind him. Jenkins stole out of his room three doors beyond, and as the hall was almost deserted about this hour, so many boys being in recitation, he had nothing to do but tiptoe down to Joel's room and go softly in. "Hullo!" A voice behind made him skip. "Oh, Berry,"-it was a tone of relief, -"it's you." "Um," said Berry, "what's up now, Jenk?" He tossed back his head, while a smile of delight ran all over his face. "Hush-come here." Jenk had him now within Joel's room and the door shut.