Bobby and Sallie remembered seeing Nellie in school during the forenoon
and afternoon, but, while the boy insisted that she came along the road
with them after dismissal, Sallie was just as positive that the missing
girl was not with them.

The party of school children which usually went over the highway was so
small in number that it is hard to understand how such a mistake could
be made, but the difference between Bobby and Sallie was irreconcilable.

"I _know_ she didn't come home with us," said Sallie, stamping her foot
to give emphasis to the words.

"And I _know_ she did," declared Bobby, equally emphatically, "for me
and her played tag."

"Why don't you say she and I played tag?" asked Nick, impatient with
both the children.

"'Cause it was me and her," insisted Bobby.

"What a dunce-head!" exclaimed his sister; "that was _last_ night when
you played tag, and you tumbled over into the ditch and bellered like
the big baby you are."

"I remember that he did that last night," said Nick, hoping to help the
two to settle the dispute.

"I know I done that last night, but this afternoon I done it too. I fall
into the ditch every night and beller; I do it on purpose to fool them