Publisher's Synopsis
"Boy, are there any schools in these parts?" "Crawford's." "And who, my boy, is Crawford?" "The schoolmaster, don't yer know? He's great on thrashing-on thrashing-and-and he knows everything. Everybody in these parts has heard of Crawford. He's great." "That is all very extraordinary. 'Great on thrashing, and knows everything.' Very extraordinary! Do you raise much wheat in these parts?" "He don't thrash wheat, mister. Old Dennis and young Dennis do that with their thrashing-flails." "But what does he thrash, my boy-what does he thrash?" "He just thrashes boys, don't you know." "Extraordinary-very extraordinary. He thrashes boys."
