The Fourth Man (3)

A Story from the Time of the Afscheiding Translated by Rev. Cornelius Hanko Chapter 3 Toon as a Beggar-by-the-Sea All hands in your desks…. Slates on the desk!” One hundred slates came out of the desks and were noisily laid on top. Teacher De Liefde waved his hand and everything was quiet. “Clean your slates.” That started a loud rustling in the class. The children of the first and some of the middle rows took out their sponge boxes, took out the little sponge, and began to wipe out the...