They didn’t see her, but she saw them. She pointed her quivering finger in their direction and whispered, “God will punish you!”
There were no telephones, but word spread quickly through the small town.
By the end of the day, everyone in Green Lake had heard that the schoolteacher had kissed the onion picker.
Not one child showed up for school the next morning. Miss Katherine sat alone in the classroom
and wondered if she had lost track of the day of the week. Perhaps it was Saturday.
It wouldn’t have surprised her. Her brain and heart had been spinning ever since Sam kissed her.
She heard a noise outside the door, then suddenly a mob of men and women came storming into the school building.
They were led by Trout Walker. “There she is!” Trout shouted. “The Devil Woman!”
The mob was turning over desks and ripping down bulletin boards.
“She’s been poisoning your children’s brains with books,” Trout declared.
They began piling all the books in the center of the room. “Think about what you are doing!” cried Miss Katherine.
Someone made a grab for her, tearing her dress, but she managed to get out of the building.
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