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The next morning he came to Jack 's house with his face scratched and his eye bruised . `` What 's the matter ? '' asked Jack . `` Well , you see , yesterday I was at the school-house at noon , and Pewee , egged on by Riley , said something he ought n't to , about Susan , and I could n't stand there and hear that girl made fun of , and so I up and downed him , and made him take it back . I ca n't go till my face looks better , you know , for I would n't want her to know anything about it . '' But the professor heard all about it from Joanna , who had it from one of the school-boys . Susan sent Columbus to tell Bob that she knew all about it , and that he must come back to school .