noon
It happened to Hedrick that he was late leaving home the next morning . His entrance into his classroom was an undeniable sensation , and within ten minutes the teacher had lost all control of the school . It became necessary to send for the principal . Recess was a frantic nightmare for Hedrick , and his homeward progress at noon a procession of such uproarious screamers as were his equals in speed . The nethermost depths were reached when an ignoble pigtailed person he had always trodden upon flat-footed screamed across the fence from next door , as he reached fancied sanctuary in his own backyard : `` Kiss me some _ more _ , darling little boy ! '' This worm , established upon the fence opposite the conservatory windows , and in direct view from the table in the dining-room , shrieked the accursed request at short intervals throughout the luncheon hour . The humour of childhood is sometimes almost intrusive .