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• Penrod, fearing the ordeal of playing
*be partof the Child Sir Lancelot, seeks
• lorgetfulness in the composition of a dime
!bevel. \
Penrotrs mother and sister dress him
,In Ins costume for the "Children's Pageant
•of the Round Tables' Penrod is ashamed
lo wear it.
—
•
To Lint these familiar things were
not disguised at all. Thereseemed no
• possibility that the whole world would
Lot know them at a glance. The stock-
ings were worse than the bodice. He
Lad been assured that these could not
' be recognized, but, seeing them fat the
'mirror, be was sure that no human'
...eye could fail at first glance to detect
'the difference between himself and the
former purposes of these stockings.
• Mold. wrinkle, and void shrieked their
e 'history with a hundred tongues, invok-
.,.. ing earthquake, eclipse and blue ruin.
-; 'The frantic youth's final submission
was obtained only after a painful tele-
phonic conversation between himself
stuti bis father, the latter having been,
•called up and upon by the exhausted
Mrs. Schofield, to subjugate his off-
-spring by wire. ,
The two ladies •made all possible
-baste after this to deliver Penrod into
the hands of Mrs. Loel Rewbush.
evertheless, they found ,,.opimrtunity
to exchange earnest • congratulations
upon, his not having recognized the
(humble Out seterieeable Paternal gr -
4
. ment now brilliant about the Lance-
' 1...lotish middle. Altogether, they felt'
*that the costume wag a success. Pen -
•rod looked like nothing ever remotely
-Imagined by Sit Thomas Malory or
eilfeed Tennyson—for that matter he
-*looked like nothing ever before seen
•-en earth—but 'as Mrs. Schofield and
Margaret took their places in the and!.
.unee at the Women's Arts and Guild
'ball, the anxiety they felt concerning.
Penrod's elocutionary and gesticular
powers so soon to be put to public
'test was pleasantly tempered by their
-satisfaction that, owing to their ef-
'farts, his outward appearance would
'be a credit to the fam119.
The Child Sir Lancelot found him-
• self in a large anteroom behind the
-stage—a room crowded with excited
ebildren, all about equally medieval
and artistic. Penrod was less con-
-ordetrous than lie thought himself, but
be was so preoccupied with his own
• Shan*, steeling Ws nerves to meet
• the Bret inevitable tweeting refetence
to bis sister's stockings, 'that he failed
to -perceive there were others present
• in Much of his own unmanned
Atom Retiring to a cornerebnmediate-
ly epee Ms entrance, be managed te
unfasten the mantle at the shoulders
and, drawing 1j rotind him, pinned it
eats% at Ws throat so that it concealed
the rest of.his coitnine. Thb Pernik'
ted a tenaporatee relief; but increased
ids berm of the moment. ,Wheteeln
•pursuance of the action of the "Palt•
• .lient'e the sheltering garment must Ise
Cue aside.
Some a the other child !MOM
leen also keeping their mantles des.
. about them. A. few ot the envied ogee
Ilent swung brilliant fabrics trenetbeir
edioulders, airily showing se Mesa
,ssiendors from a profeastonai &atn.
otookormie one or tWo Pete in.
▪ ••. exams« oft parental hasp
once, particularly little Maurice Len'.
the Child Sir Galahad. This sluinking
person went clamorously about, mak-
ing it known 'everywhere that the best
tailor In town had been dazzled by a
great sum into constructing his cos-
tume. It consisted of blue velvet'
knickerbockers, a -white satin waist-
coat and a beautifully cut little swal-
low tailed coat with pearl buttons.
The medieval and artistic triumph
was completed by a mantle of yellow
•velvet and little white boots spprting
gold tassels.
All this radiance paused in a bril-
liant career and addressed the Child
Sir Lancelot, gathering meimmediate-
ly formed semieircular audience of lit-
tle girls. Woman was ever the trailer
of magnificence.
"What you got on?" inquired Mr.
Levy after dispensing information.
"What you got on under that ole golf
cape?"
Penrod looked upon him coldly. At
other times his questioner would have
approached him with deference, even
with apprehension. But today the
Child Sir Galahad was somewhat In-
toxicated with the power of his own
beauty.
1 "What you got on?" he repeated.
"Oh. nothine" said Peered, with an
indiderence as umed *at great cost to
lite nervous. sy tem. s
The elate- Maurice wns inepired to
set al ns ;I wit. -Then you've uttkidr
he sbouted exultantly. "Penrod Scho-
field say's he hasn't got nothin' on un-
der tbat ole golf cape! ile's nakid!
ties nukid!" •
The audience of little girls giggled ir-
ritatingly.' and a javelin pierced` the
inwards of Penrod when he saw that
the Child Elaine, amber curled and
benefited Marjorie Jones, lifted golden
laughter to the horrid jest '
Other boys and 'girls came flocking
to the uproar. "He's nalad, he's': na-
kid!" shrieked the Child Sir Galahad.
"Penrod Schofield's nakid! He's nala-a-
kid!"
'Bush, hush!" said Mrs. Lora Rm.
bush, pushing her Way into the group.
"Remember, we are all little knights
and ladles today. Little knights and
ladies of the Table Round would not
make so much noise. Now, children,
we must begin tti take our places on
the stage. Is everybody here?"
Penrod made his escape under cover
of this diversion. He slid behind Mrs.
Lora Rewbush and, being near a door,
opened it unnoticed and went out
milekly, closing it behind him. He
found himself in a narrow and vaeant,
hallway which led to a door marked
"Janitor's Room." ,
Burning with outrage, heartsick at
the sweet, told blooded laughter of
• Meddle Jonee, Penrod rested his el-
bows upon, a , window sill and specie'
Intel tinen'the etfeets, of a leap from
the Second sterye One of the reasons
he gave, It up was his desire to live on
Maurice Levy's account; already he
was forming educational plans for the
Child Sir Galahad.
L stoat man in blue overalls passed
through the hahway, muttering to him-
self petulantly. "I reckon they'll find
that hill hot enough now!" ' he said.
conveying to Penrod alti impression
that sotne too feminine women had
Setit him upon an unreiteonable errand
to the furnace. Ile went iuto the put.
tor's roots and, emerging a moment
!Etter Minus the overalle, linseed Penrod
again with n bass ruMble--"Dern 'titer
it seemed be said—tied made a gloottiy
exit by tbe door at the upper end' of
the hallway.
The eenglometate and delicate rustle
of a Itir,ge. seittmerly alidience Was
beard as the janitor tolled and dosed
the door, and stage Weld seized the
boy. The orchestrn began an overture.
ritid at that Penrod, tremblieg violent-
ly tiptoed doten the bell into the an
itor's room. It was a eel ile-stic; thee
wtte he outlet saee by the way be had
tome.
OeSpairingly 'he doffed les mitutle tuid
looked down' epee hinieelf for a lest
tirkeeing essurenee that the stockings
Were as °byroads, mai (mgt. -florally
Margaretei as they, bed seeited in the
Witter at bottle. Pot a moment he Was
enederaged; White§ he wits tin Worse
then' seine Of the other boys, Thee lie
totieed BM e Safety pin Wel opened:
ono of those tOtteeetine the etockings
With his traithe. Ile Ant &Mb to 'fatten
It, and hit eye fell for the first thee
wIth pertioular attention tipon the
trenks. Iintil this IMAM he had boa
preoeurded With the ethekinge.
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pool in of the Neely apparel. on Mon- ;
!bee bed often beep painful to fienrod, '
for Nits have 4 peculiar sensitiveeeSS
in these 'matters. A plain,. Metter •of
fact Washerwoman, eMpleyed be Mrs.
Seholleid, never left anything to the
htleginatlen o tbe paseerby. and of MI
be eelm •display the scarlet onautata
or Ws father's winter wear heti PieSt
abashed Penrod One doe' eta:eerie
eonee, 4111 gold and sterch, bedpassed
when the dreadful thine.g. were (inthe
line. Penile], bee itideen himself, effect,
dering Tile whole •town, ee wits eon -
Owed, knew these garmeuts iptimete-
ly pnd derielvely.
And pow, as he set in the janitor's
chair. the !terrible nue pareleeing
recognition eame. He bed not au in-
stant's doubt that every fellow actor,
as well as every soul in the eudieeee,
wined recognize what his mother and
Pieter had put upon him. For as the
awfoi truth beettme pieln to himself
it seemed blazoned to the world, and
far. far •fonder than the stoekings. the
Mules d11 tah.ly eellow the grisly
eecret: whose they we're ond whet
rept' were,
1Ioet people have suffered in it dream
the experience of' finding themselves
eled , Ili the midst
ef a erewd of well dressed people, and
•such dreamers' sensations are compar-
able to Penrod's, though faintly, be-
cause Peered yeas awake and in much
too full possession of the, most active
capacities for anguish.
A human male whose dress bas been
damaged. Or reveals some vital lack,
suffers from a hideous and shameful
loneliness which makes every second
absolutely unbearable until he is agate
as others of Ids sex and species, mid
there is no act or Ain whatever too
desperate for him in bis struggle to at-
tain that condition. Also, there is ab-
solutely no embarrassment possible to
a woman WWI) Is comparable to that
of a man =der corresponding cir-
cumstances, and 'en this a boy is a
man.Gazing upon the ghastlytrunks,
the stricken Penrod felt that be was
a degree worse than nude, .and,a great
horror of himself filled his soul.
"Penrod Schofield!"
The door into the hallway Opened,
and a voice demanded him. Be could
not be seen froth the hallway, but the
hue and cry was up, and he knew he
must be taken. It was only A ques-
tion of seconds. Be huddled in his
chair.
"Penrod Schofield!" creed Mrs. Lora
Rewbush angrily.
The distracted boy rose, and as he
did so a long pin sank deep into his
back. He extracted it frenziedly,
which brought to his ears a protracted
and sonorous ripping, too easily lo-
cated by a final gesture of horror.
"Penrod Schofield!" Mrs. Lora Rew-
bush had come out into the hallway.
And now in this extremity, when all
seemed lost indeed, particularly in-
cluding honor, the dilating eye of the
outlaw fell upon the blue overalls
which the janitor had left hanging
upon a peg.
Inspiration and action were almoet
simultaneous.
tfl hia
fields" beilee eacidd MI a
nt the intereeeilott ef two sib
i eraeteeteetreete. eke :Dale tat Jtbit
The
CHAPTER III.
Pageant Of the Table Round.
ENRODI" Mrs. Lora Rewbush
stood in the doorway, indig-
nantly gazing upon a Child Sir
Lancelot mantled to the heels.
"Do you know that you have kept an
audience of 500 people waiting for ten
minutes?" She also. detained the 500
while she sake further.
"Well," said Penrod contentedly, as
he followed her tweed the buzzing
stage, "1 was just sitting there think-
• Inge,
Two minutes later the curtain rose
on a medieval castle hall richly done
in the new stage craft made In Ger-
Many and consisting Of pink and bine
cheesecloth. The Child King Arthur
and the Child Queen Guinevere were
disclosed upon thrones, with the Child
•Elaine and many other celebrities in
attendance, while about fifteen Child
Knights were seated at a dining room
Table Round, which was covered with
a large oriental rug, and displayed (for
the knights' refreshment) a banquet
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In addition to this splendor, potted
Planta and palms have seldom been
more lavishly used in any castle on the
'stage or off. The footlights were aide'
eel by a "spot -light" from the rear of
the hall, nue the cialdrenewere reveal-
ed in e blaze of glory,
A Wished, pahltitudinoes "O -oh" of
:Omer/aloe ,CfiMO frem istei •decorous
and delighted onaienee. Then'tbe chil-
dren sang feelily:
"Chuidrun. of the Tobui Round,
Lit-tul Itnignts and ladies We;
Let our voseseie rill iesound •
Faith and hope and chariteer '
'late Child King Arthur rose. eetend-
ed his scepter wide the deeisive• gesture
of 11 semaphore en4.1 sinew:
; eeaeh !Mut knight and lady born
Has noble deeds to perform
'In thee child -world of shivuuree.
No• matter bow small his share may be.
.Let each advance and tell in turn
What claim has eachdo kntehthciod earn.'
The Child Sii,elordred, the villain of
this piece, rose in his place at the Table
Bound and piped the only lines ever
written by Mre, Lora Rewbush which
Penrod Schoeeld could have pronounc-
ed without loathing. Georgie Bassett,
a really angelic boy, had been select-
ed for the role of Mordred. His per-
fect eonduct had earned for him the
sardonic sobriquet "The Little Gentle -
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',riot boy: ne'S trnpinpe blot Man-
tle and fixed it to CaVer hi! WO:40CW
tm4apluee, Aftecotvininwegrwoopur so bard t9
"Weyer naiad, balm to take the
cape off In a minute," returned Marga-
ret, She warted rorward Saddeple.
ItarrwtAg her 072s to Pee the better,
"What is that Oleg lienging about hs
left ankle?" she whispered uneasily,
“aow queerl Hp must have got tan,
gled sehlethlag,"
"Where?" asked Mrs. Schofield in
41a"rmIS
Hleft foot. It makes him stoM•
ele. Don't you see? It leeks—It leolta
like an elephant's foot!"
The Child Sir Lancelot and the
Child Sir Galahad &sped bands be-
fore their child king, Period was eon -
scions of a great uplift: in a moment
be week] have tO throw aside Itis man -
tie,' bin even so he was protePteci and
Aieltered iu the human 'garment ol' a •
man. His stage fright end vassed, for.,
theaudiettee was but an inalstifigniste
able blur of darkness beeopd the daz-
zling lights. Els most repulsive seeech
•(that177 which be proclaimed himself a
"ton Wila over and done with, and
now at last the small. midst lined of •
the Child. Sir Gal:teed lay ivithin, Ole
own. Craftily bis brown fingers stele
'from Maurice's palm to the wrist rim
two boys declaimed in concert:
we are twe chthdrun of toe'rabui Round
Strewing kindness all around,
with love and 'good deeds striving ever
for the best '
May wit Must efforts e'er be btest. •
Two littui .hearts we offer. See,
'United in love, faith, hope and char—own •
The conclusion of the duet Was'mer-
red. • The' Child Sir Galahad suddenly
•etiffened and, utterIng 80 ireeihessible
shriek of anguish, gave a brief eshibi7
floe of the coptortioulses art.
teestin' my wrist! Dern 'you, leggol")
The voice of Mrs. Lora 'Itewinish whit
igilu heard froni the -wings, 'It sound-
ed bleodthirsty. Penrod released his
victim, and the Child King" Arthur,
iomewhat disconcerted, extended els
scepter mid, with the assistance -of the ,
enraged prompter, aid: '
"Sweet child friends Of the !rebut Round.
In brotherly love and kindness abound:
Sir Lancelot, You have spoken wen,
Sir Galahad, too, ns clear as bell:- ,
So now pray doff your mantles gay, •
You shall be knighted this very
And Peered doffed his mantle. ,
Simultaneously a thick and vasty .
gasp eame from the audience, as from
500 bathers in a wholly uuexpected
surf. This gasp was punctuated irreg-
ularly over tbe auditorium by imper-
fectly subdued screams both of dismay
and•incredulcnis joy and by two (Bernal
shrieks. Altogether it was an extraor-
dinary sound, a sound never to be for-
gotten by any oue who heard' it. It
was almost as unforgetable as the
sight which caused it, the word "sight"
being here used in its vernacular sense,
for Penrod, stantliug unmantled: and
revealed in all the medieval and artis-
tic glory of the janitor's blue overalls,
falls within its meaning. •
The janitor was a heavy man, and
his overalls upon Penrod were merely
oceanic. The boy was at once swad-
dled and lost Within tbeir blue gulfs.
and vast seggings. and the left leg,
too beefily rolled up, had descended
with a distinctively elephantine effect.
as Margaret had observed. Certainly
the Child Sir Lancelot was at least a
sight. •
It is probable that a great many in
that hall must have had even then a
consciousness that they were looking
oti at history in the making. ' A sus.
prone aet is recognizable at sight; it
heath the birthmark of Immortality,
But Penrod. that marvelous boy, had
begun to declaim. even with the ges-
ture of flinging off his mantle for the
aeeolede:
"I first, the chile sir Lancelot dh Lake,
Will volunteer to knighthood take,
And kneeling here before your throne
vow to"-..
man." among his boy acquaintances.
(Naturally he had no friends.) Hence
the other bays supposed that he had
been selected for the wicked Mordred
as a reward ot virtue. 'He declaimed
serenely:
"I bight sir Mordred the child, and I teach
Lessons of seinshest evil, and reach
Out into darkness. 'Fhoughtless, unkind,
And ruthless is Mordred and unreaned."
The Child Mordred was properly re-
buked and denied the accolade'though,
like the others, he seelned to have as-
sumed the title already. He made a
plotter's exit, whereupon Maurice Levy
rose, bowed, announced that he bighted the Child. Sir Galahad and contin-
ued with perfect sang froid:
"I am the purest of the pure,
I have but kindest thoughts each day.
I give my riches to the poor
And follow in the master's way."
This elicited tokens of approval from
the- Child King Arthur, and he bade
Maurice "stand forth" and come near
the throne, a command obeyed 'with
• the easy grace of conscious merit
It was Penrod's turn.' He stepped
back from his chair, the table between
him and the audience, and began in a
high, breathless monOtene: ;
"1 bight Sir Lancelot da Lake, the Child,
Gentul-hearted, meek and mild.
What though I'm but a littal child,
, Gentul-hearted, meek and mild,
I do My share. though, but—though
, but"—
Penrod paused and gulped. Tho
voice of Mrs. Lora Rewbush Was heard
from the -Wings, prompting irritably,
'and the Child Sir Lancelot repeated:
• "I do my share, though, but—though but
a tot. •
' I prey you knight #ir Lancelot:"
This also met the roYel favor, and
Penrod was bidden to join Sir Gala-
had Isesehesehrone. .As he croesed the
'fib° you loiOW that you have loot an
audienee �f 500 people waiting for
tan enintitoilfli
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He finished Ills speech unheard. The
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anclieuee ltd recovered breath. but
had lost self control, and there ensued
something later described by a partici-
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'She actors in the "pagenht" were not •
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these were profoundly impressed.
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admiration of young and ambitleas
criminal§ for a jail mate 'about to lie
distinguished by hanging, But Most
ot the children simply took it to be the
case (a little strange, 'but stdrtling)
that Penrod's mother had dressed him
like that—which is pathetic. They
tried, to go ott with the "pageant,"
They made a brief, manful effort.
But the irrepressible outbursts from
the toldienee bewileere.d them. Beery
time Sir Lancelot du Lake tbe child
(veiled his inotith the great. Shadosey
belise fell into an uproar and the del
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end brave girls in the audience went
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Tinting thibefie-pageed his fingers gent- '
lY up and down the backs of his legs,
and then something seemed; to decide
him pot to sit anywhere. He leaned
again* the fence, sighed profoupely
and gazed.at Duke, his wistful dog.
The sigh was reminiscent lipisodes.
„of simple pathos Were passing 'before
his inward eye. About the most pain-
ful was the vision of lovely Marjorie
Jones, weeping with rage as the Child
Sir Lancelot was dragged, insatiate,
from the prostrate and howling Cliild
Sir Galahad, after an onslaught deliv-
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eant." And then—oh, pangs! oh, we-
metal—she slapped at tbe ruffian's
cheek, as he was led past her by a re-
• sentful janitor, and turning. flung her
arms round the Child Sir- Galahad's
neck.
"Penrod Schofield, don't you dare
ever speak to Inc again as long as you
liver Maurice's little white booth and
gold tassels had done their work.
At home the late Child Sir Lancelot
was consigned to a locked clothes clos-
et pending the arrival of his father.
Mr. Schofield tame, and shortly after
there was put into practice an old
patriarchal custom. It is a cuetona
'of inconceivable antiquity — probably
certainly prehistoric, but
still in vogue in some remaining cite -
deb of the ancient simplicities of the
republic. .‘•
And now, therefore,* in the dusk,
Penrod leaned against the fence and
sighed.
His case is comparable to that of an
adult who could have survived a simi-
lar experience: Looking ha& to the;
sawdust box, fancy pictures tide com-
parable adult a serious and inventive
Writer engaged in congenial literary
activities in a private retreat. We see
this,period marked by the creation of
some of the Most virile passages of a
work dealing exclusively Sit red cor-
puscles and huge primal impulses. We
see this thoughaul man dragged from
his calm seclusion to a horrifying pub-
licity; forced to adopt the stage and,
himself a writers aorapelted to exploit
the repuleve sentiments Of an anther
not only personelly'distasteful to him,
but whose whole•method and school in
belles-lettres he despises.
We See him -reduced by desperation
enchraodesty to stealing a pair of over-
alls. We conceive him to have ruin-
ed,. then, his own reputation and to
have utterly disgraced his family;
• next, to have engaged' in the duello and
to have been spurned by his ladylove,
thus lost to him (according to her Own
deelaration) forever. Finally, we must
behold Imprisonment by the authori-
lies, the third degree and flagellation.
We conceive Our man deciding that
Ole career had been perhaps too event-
ful. Yet Peetod had tondeesed all of
it into eight hours.
It appears that he had at least some
shadowy perceptiOa sof a recent f
tess a life, fen as he lean
the fenee gazing
Duke, he sI
tithe
d,
"Well. heen't this beett a day"
fully a • But in e 'little While a stet cathe ont.
Maher went freshly ligleted. front the highest Ott;
enes and encountered a of the sky, raid Penrod, Ittokleg ue,
o eliknoteii Obese or hiretom noticed it casually anda little (trews',
IlecebIlsb. They said efterrefitd. that .1,e, Ie ys,whed, Taos he sighed (Awe
she hardiy eeented tO knoW whet the teeth, bet not teinitilseently. Evening
was doing She begged to be tett eltitie bad eeMe; the da' • was ovet.
SoMetthere With Petted teliefield, for It is ti 'Sigh of pure &Met
Nett dee Peered tlequited a (lithe by
O siteple antlette petitees. which
, WAS Withent denbt sebietitileS praetie-
ed be the bele of Baby tee. Witte the
teteehet of hit el:let titelueday 'Sabot
regtteeted the weekly eenteliintiell Pen-
rod; fainbling honestly (at first) in the
wrong pockets, managed te look SO cera-
herr:We(1 that the gentle lady teed Win
bet te Mind and lima she was often
forgetful herself. She watt so sweet
Abaft. t4,1Vit.JtvZti4; Into tbe future,
d agetinst
epee his wietful
g ed ngain find mei-muted
jtitt it little While.
They led her away.
CHAPTER INi.
Evening.
'ttE ten was Setting behind the
1 bath fence lthetigh At a Ole - siderable dietetiee) as Peered
SchoneldapproaChed thattento
. tied leeked thoughtfully be At the tee
of it, opototist hating in Mind softie
tturtinNo.tA ilialtt ills Ited tit theft, tee
PenTod begait fo feet eonGdent or a
small but regular income.
• At. the close of the afternoon serv-
ices he del not go home, but proeeed-
ed to squander the funde lust with-
held from China' upon an"orgy of the
most pungently forbidden description.
In a dreg emporium near the church
'tie purchased a live cent sack of candy
'consisting': for the most part of the
heavily flavored hoofs of horned cat-
tle, hutfundeniably substantial, and sO
generously capable of resisting solu-
tion that the purebaser must needs be
avaricious beyofeteereason who did not
realize his money's Worth.
Equipped with this collation Penrod
contributed Ws remaining nickel to a
• picture show, countenanced upon the
seventh day by the legal but not the
moral 'authorities. Here, in cozy dark-
ness, he placidly insulted his liver
with jawbreaker upon jawbreaker
from the papersack and in a surfeit
of content watched the silent actors
on the screen.
One fllm made a lasting impreszion
Upon him. It depleted with relentless
pathos the drunkard's progress, begin-
ning with hiscouversion to beer in the
company of loose treveling men, pur-
suing bite ;through an inexplicable
lapse into' eVening clotbee and the soe
ciety of some remarkably painful la-
dies. Next, exhibiting tbe effects of
alcohol on the victim's domestic dis-
position, the unfortunate man was
seen in the act of striking his wife
and, subsequently, his pleading baby,
• daughter with an abnormally heavy
walking stick. Their flight through
the snow to seek the protection of a
4teele jeele-ti
E quipped With This Collation Penrod
Contributed His Stentairiing Nickel to
a Picture Show.
relative was shotert and, filially, the
dettekard'e eletereetem behavior at the
pertain of a niedbette,
' So fascinated Watt Peered that be
eetteotted his detiarbite Until thie tire
t ante roma againby wild& time hei
had 'finished his unnatural repast awl -
its:theiii:esttet.zotpt:teo ,decided against
towing the profession of a driinkard
(Tel Int OXThettis