CHAPTER XVI 

THE BLOWING UP OF THE BRIDGE 

"Say, this is something fierce, Dave!" 

"I agree with you, Roger. I don't see how we are going to do such a long lesson." 

"Old Haskers is getting worse and worse," growled Phil. "I think we ought to report it to Doctor Clay." 

"Just what I think," came from Ben. "He keeps piling it on harder and harder. I think he is trying to break us." 

"Break us?" queried our hero, looking up from his book. 

"Yes, make us miss entirely, you know." 

"Why should he want us to do that?" asked Roger. 

"Then we wouldn't be able to graduate this coming June." 

"Would he be mean enough to do that?" asked Dave. 

"I think he would be mean enough for anything," responded Phil. "Oh, I am not going to stand it!" he cried. 

The boys had just come upstairs, after an extra hard session in their Latin class. All were aroused over the treatment received at the hands of Job Haskers. He had been harsh and dictatorial to the last degree, and several times it had looked as if there might be an outbreak. 

The next day the outbreak came. Phil sprang up in class and denounced the unreasonable teacher, and Ben followed. Then Dave and Roger took a hand, and so did Buster and several others. 

"Sit down! Sit down!" cried Job Haskers, growing white in the face. "Sit down, and keep quiet." 

"I won't keep quiet," answered the shipowner's son. "You are treating us unfairly, Mr. Haskers, and I won't stand for it." 
Where did the boys go?
Which class had they just had?
With which teacher?
Was he nice?
Who stood up?
What did he say?
Who went next?
Whose father owns a ship?
When do they graduate?
Who could they tell about the teacher's conduct?
Which chapter is this?
And its title?
Upstairs
The boys had just come upstairs
Latin
after an extra hard session in their Latin class.
Job Haskers
Job Haskers
He was harsh and dictorial
He had been harsh and dictatorial
Phil
Phil
Sit down
"Sit down! Sit down!
Ben
Ben followed.
the shipowner's son
the shipowner's son
in June
graduate this coming June
Doctor Clay
report it to Doctor Clay." 
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CHAPTER XVI 
THE BLOWING UP OF THE BRIDGE
THE BLOWING UP OF THE BRIDGE 