w-i-n-d-e-r

Updated: May 5, 2025

When the spelling class was up, Squeers says to Smike, the big, helpless dunce, 'Spell window," And Smike says, 'W-i-n-d-e-r, 'All right, Squeers says, 'now go out and wash 'em, Well, I hope I got the spelling a little nearer right, but I came home and began washing my windows. That's all. J.W. said "Huh!" and that stood for understanding, and approval, and confidence.

Dan B. Brummitt - John Wesley, Jr.: The Story of an Experiment