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SYNAPSIS.
Sam, Williams }roved a little nearer
Prod, tearing the ordeal of playing the door leading int° the yard,
Ab.ef t
p2et# 0 he Chll
di
S r Lancelot, lot, seeke
;n�etfutness in the compgsitIon of a dime
above!.
Penrod's mother and slater dress him
ib his
costume
for'the t e " C t
b !d
ten's Pageant
,O the Round Table." Penrod Is ashamed
to wear it,
&Ib breaks -tip die whole pakeatii by
rutting
on
a pair
of !
he i an
iter'aoveralls
over his costume.
A. visit to a moving picture show gives
flim an idea and he loafs away his time
in school, dreaming dreams.
The teacher rep uv)s him. X tieejtis to
distract attention from himself by alleg-
ing loss or sleep because of a drunken
uncle.
The teacher aympathizes with Penrod'e
aunt because of her wayward husband,
and it then develops that Penrod has been
lying.
Penrod, Sam Williams and two colored
'boys, Herman and Verman, get up a big
4t
how to entertain the town.
Verman "makes a'iie'cided bit, but Red..
crick Maesworth B1tts, Jr., says the show
is a failure. Penrod asks him if he is a
relation of Rena Magsworth, a murderer,
Roderick, seeking fame, says she Is his
aunt, Rodet'ick's mother finds him pos-
ing as a nephew of the murderer and
stops the circus.
Penroa gets very musical and buys an
accordion, with which he makes a great
hit with beautiful Ma, forme ,ions.
At the dog,•nd pony si Penrod eats
so many dilfe,nt varieties t,r indigestible
'things that he is taken violently 10.
• "He's liable to be here :1 ny time," an•
-swered Penrod. "You be) ter look out.
Tou')! be lucky if you get ho'rne alive
if you stay till he comes"
"I ain;t afraid of him," Stu) returned
•conventionally,
"You are too." 'there was scene truth
*n the retort. "There t'in't any boy in
'this part of town but me that wouldn't
be afraid of hitt'. Yott'd be afraid to
o tatk„to him. „You yvoulan't,get a worn
out of your mouth before old Rupie'd
have you where you'd wished you neve
er come around him, lettin' on tike you
was so mach. You wouldn't run home
Yellin' 'mom•muh' or. nothin', Oh, no!"
"Who Rupe Collins?" asked Herman.
"'Who Rnpe Collins?'" Pentad
mocked and used his rasping Laugh,
but Instead of showing fight Merman
appeared to think tie was meant to
laugh, too, and so he did, echoed by
;Vertnan. "You just hang around here
a little while longer." Penrod added
grittily, "and you'll find out wbo Rupe
Collins is, and I pity you when you
da."
"'What he go' do?"
"You'll see; that's all. You just wait
'and" -
At this moment n brown hound ran
into the stable through the alley door,
wagged a greeting to Penrod and fra-
ternized with Duke. The fat
faced
•boy appeared Upon the threshold and
gazed eotdly about the little company
in the earrtage house, whereupon the
eolored brethren,, ceasing from merri-
ment, Were instantly impassive, and
CONSTIPATION
Ill Productive Of More HI Health
Than Anything Etse.
If the truth was only known you would
'find that aver one half of the ills of life
are caused by allowing the bowels to get
Mkt a constipated condition, and the
sole cause of constipation is an inactive
liver, Arid unless the liver is kept active
you May rest assured that headaches
.jaundice, heartburn, piles, floating specks
before the eyes, a feeling as if you were
going to faint, or catarrh of the stomach
will follow the Wrong action of this, one
of the most important, organs of the
body.
Keep the liveractive and Working
reel! •.
bythe use o 3\i:rlburn s a -
'p P Y f ]; �a
J.ivef rills.
!lilies Tures ilabitteati, Atilherst, N,S,,.
Writes; "Having been troubled for
years With constipation, and trying
various se -balled remedies, which laid
ire no good aivliatevcr, I ivarlpersuaded tt'r
try Milburtae taxa -Liver rills. I have
lowed them-rrtest beneficial, for they are
indeed h splendid pill. I tan lieartilyr
Teconitnend then) to all Who sutler from
Const patioli,"
' 11'Iilbut•ti's /AM -laver Pills are .asat
vial, fi rims fol' $1.00, et all dealer*, tie
Mailed direct Oft rene~ipt of pride by The
a 1\iilLittn.C'i°.Y.I,ettteted, TorGntb,'Ont.
Obviously Sam regarded the near:
comer asa redoubtable if not ominous
figure. He Was a head taller than
eit
ier Sam or Penrod, d, bead and
o
sh ui
ders taller than Herman. who was
short for bis.age, and Verman could
`hardly
be used for purposes es of co
parison a
t all, being
a mere
squat
brown. , spot, not yet quite nine years
On this planet.. • And to Sam's mind the
aspect of Mit: Collins realized Penrod's
portentous foreshadowings. 'Upon the
fat face there was an expression of
truculent intolerance which bad been
cultivated by careful habit to such per -
lection that Sam's heart sank at sight
of it. A somewhat enfeebled twin to
this expression had of late often deco.
rated the visage of Penrod and ap-
Peared upon that ingenuous surface
now as he advanced to welcome the
'eminent v
fritar
The )dost swaggered toward the door
with a great deal of shoulder move-
ment, carelessly feinting a slap at Ver.
'man in passing and creating by vari-
ous means the atmosphere of a man
who has contemptuously amused him-
self with underlings while awaiting an
equal.
"Hello, bot" Penrod said in the deep -
cat voice possible to him.
"Who you cailln"'bo?" was the un-
gracious response. tweet/nulled by int -
mediate action of a similar nature:
Rupe held Penrod's head in the crook
of no elbow and massaged his temples
with a hard pressing knuckle.
"I was only in fun, Ruple," pleaded
the sufferer, and then, being set free.
„Come here, Sam," be said.
"What for?"
Penrod laughed pityingly. "Paha w.
! ain't goin' to hurt you. Come on."
Sam, maintaining his position near the
utlter door, Penrod went to him and
i•aught him round. the neck.
"Watch me, Ratple," Penrod called,
and performed upon Sam the knuckle
nperntion which he had blmself just
undergone. Sam submitting mechan•
teauy, his eyes fixed with increasing
uneasiness upon !lupe Collins. Salo
had n premonition that something even
wore pa mut than Penrod's knuckle
was grang to be inflicted upon flim.
"'That don't burt," said Penrod. push=
Ing Wm away.
"Yes. it does. too!" Sam rubbed his
temple.
"P11111 It didn't hurt me, did it,
Itupte? Caine on in, Rupe; show this
baby wherehe's got a wart on his
Huger."
"Yon showed me that trick," Sam
objectee!. "You already did that to me.
You tried it twice this afternoon and
1 don't know how many times before,
only you weren't strong enough after
the first time Anyway, i know what
it is. and 1 don't" -
"Come ou, Rupe." said Penrod. "Make
the baby lick dirt,"
At this bidding. Rnpe approached;
while Sam, still protesting, moved to
the tbresbotd of the outer door, but
Penrod seized him by the shoulders
ands swung n frim indoors r'
a0
s swih)
t a shout.
"Little baby wants to run home to
its mom-muhl Here he is, Rime." ,
Thereupon was Penrod's treachery
to an old comrade properly rewarded,
for as the two struggled, Rupe caught
each by the baek'of the neck, shill!,
aneously, and, with creditable impar•
tialitj', forced both boys to their knees,
"Tack dirt!" he commended, forcing
tbete still forward, until their rarev
were close to the stable liner
At this nlotnent he t'poetved a rear
tirprise. With a loud What'll sortie.
Mug struck the !Hack or his head.
and. turtling, he beheld Verrnati in the
tat of lifting a piece or lath to strike)
gain. '
"Etn moys omet" said Venetia. tee
!tint Jotter.
"HO townie
,"
e tanr .ire tie0'ELert»ai _captained."
u
Ere sfiy, jet 'eat boys alone,'
Repo fdtit'eased has host briefly:
"Chase them Ria out 0' 1101•ei"
"Dolt call tee utr " said Hlerinan,
1 ntine my owls Melrose. Yon let 'ein
aye atone.
iiti strode b.
Roe tad 7 a r s the ,till tsrostrate
aha, stepped tipoit t'em'ud land, egltfip•
1ngltis trouutenatree With the teri'lfy-
g ;tcoh''i and pratrndt'd JAW, Towered
1a bend to the levet of herniates,
"Nig, you'll be Way if yaw lea11e
here elit'ei" And be trolled fortvard
tilt lits nose Wftat Within less than nn'
irlelt Of iieftilehat hose.
It multi be felt that Iiarrtetbing awful
lt'As about tai hopper, rand Penrod its
he rose froth the (loot" ail1ere'tt alt on.
expected Mingo oi' nopeelleusinn end
t'¢lnotee, bio+Imes 1 Mit ttanty ii'tiiilda"t t
THE WOTGRAM TIMES
Tr1li burl german- 'A su4'deu'"dieli
of Rupe and ttupe'a ways Are with
Itinai air be 1oQke4 at the big boy o .
whelming the little darker with th
rereelell { acetyl. Penrod e2i' at on
Mt sorry about smoothing: 1adefl
ble, and with equal Taktleness ire t..
,toolkit- ''(owe pp, !lupe." he .suggest -
ad feebly" 't ,et Hoi'man go, and let'a:
as !stake obit btllit s: out of the MIN
i,lanWe,n
The, rake handle. however, was net
eviliiable ifi !lupe had ineilned to tavar
the euggestlela Vermap had discarded
hitt lath for the rake, which be. wan. at
this Moment lifting in: the air.
"YOU ole black plggoe.". the rat tacetf
boy said venomously to german. "I'!n
a•goin' to" -
But he pad allowed his nose to re.
male too lops near Herman's, Pen-
rod's familiar nese. had been as close
With. only a ttek11sb spina( effect upon
the net vent remote descendant of Eon.
go roan eaters. The result produced.
by the glare of Rope's unfamiliar eyes
and Hy the dreadfully suggestive era,
Unity of Taupe's unfamiliar nose watt.
altogether ' different lfermap's ang
Verman's Range's great•granclfathers,
never considered people of their own
.jungle neighborhood proper material
for a meal, but they looked upon etrag*
gets. espeelally truenient strangers, tie
distinctly edible,
Penrod and a beard Sam be d !lupe sudden-
ly squawk and bellow, saw hitt} writhe
and twist and ding out his amts like
dads, though- without removing his
face from its, juxtaposition. Indeed,
for a moment the two beads seemed.
even closer.
h
`�'e theye
s rated
Then,II
Pa Intl a battle
_, ill
tt1
was on!
• DOAK' KIDNEY PILL
ver* Rstkye The ittdnleys and. Redder
at I.�k.Ordtnary MsdlcInell
c.4 Do The Pow*,
na" � --•n.r-.
ell' i'ihen the kidneys get out of order tit
beak. is sure to become affected, and du
pans, share pains, quick twinges all
point to the fact that the kidneys
attention.
Plasters a and liniments Will not
tate kidneys,. for they Cermet get to ill
seat of the trouble, but r'oan's Kidu.
Pills: do, and cure the kidneys quic d
and: permanently.
CHAPTER XVI.
Colored Troops In Action.
ffW
neat and pure is the las
of the ebronicler wbo bas th
tale
to tell: of "good d cousin
g
fight" between boys or m
who light in the "good old Englis
way," according to a model set fo in books long before 'Tom Brow
went to Rugby.
There are seconds and rounds an
rules l s of fair la andi
aw.
P•t s
Ythere
y
great good feeling in the end -thong
sometimes, to vary the model, "th
butcher" defeats the hero -and th
chronicler who stencils this tine old
pattern on his page is certain of ap-
plause as the .stirrer of "red blood."
..There is no surer recipe.
But when Berman and Verman se
to't the record must he no more than
a few fragments left by the expurga it has been perhaps sufficiently
suggested that the altercation in M
Schofield's stable opened with mayhem
in respect to the aggressor's nose. 1•;s
pressing vocally his indignation and
tbe extremity of his -pained surprise,
Mr. Collins stepped backward, bolding
bis left hand over his nose and strik-
ing at Herman with his right. Then
Verman bit him with the rake.
Ver�tnstruck from behind. He struck
ns hafd as be could. And be struck
with the tines down. For, In bis sim-
ple. direct African way be wished to
kill his enemy, and he wisbed to ki1l
him ars soon as possible. That was his
single, earnest purpose.
On this account, Rupe Collins was
peculiarly unfortunate. He was plucky
and he enjoyed conflict, but neither his
ambitions nor his anticipations bad
ever included murder•.' He bad not
learned that an habitually aggressive
person runs the danger of colliding
with beings in one of those lower
Stages of evolution wherein theories
about "hitting below the belt" have
not yet made their appearance.
The rake glanced from the back of
dupe's head to his shoulder, but It fell-
ed him. Both darkies jumped full upon
him Instantly, and the three rolled and
twisted upon the stable floor, uuloostng
upon the air sincere maledictions close-
ly connected witb complaints of eruel
and unusual treatment. while certain
expressions of feeling presently ema-
nating from Herman and Verman indi-
cated that Rupe Colifns, in this ex-
tremity, Was proving himself not too
slavishly addicted t0 fighting by rule.
Dan and Duke, mistaking all for mirth,
barked gayly.
Prom the panting, pounding. yelling
heap issued words and phrases hither-
to quite unknown to Penrod and Sam;
also a hoarse repetition In the voted
of Rupe concerning his ear lett it not
10 be doubted that additional mayhetlt
was taking place. Appalled. the two
spectators retreated to the doorway
nearest tbe yard, wbere they . stood
dumbly watching the cataclysm.
The struggle inereased to primitive
simplicity, 'rime and Again the bowl.
ibg taupe got to Ws knees, only to go
down again as the earnest brothers in
then' owu tvay assisted him to a more
reclining position. Priatat forces op-
erated here, and the two blanehed,
slightly higher products of evolattlen.
Sant and Penrod, no more thought of
interfering than they would bave
thought of interfering with an earth,
quake.
At last otit of the ruck rose bertnatr,
dist) r
gat ed and maniacal. With a wild'
eye he looked about hitt far his trusty
rake, but Penrod In horror had long
since thrown the take tint into the
yard. Naturally it bird hot Seethed
necessary to remove the lawn mowelr.
The treittie eytt of Vertnan tett upon
the !Awn mower, and tnstitntly' he
leaped to its handle. Shrilling a world,
leas *Ahoy, be charged, propelling h,y_
whirling, deafening knives straight
upon the"prone legs of Rope Collins.
Abe left nr0Wer Wag sincerely intend-
ed to pass longitudinally over tile bedj
Of tar, Collins freta beef to bend, and
It vie g
Athe m'
tithe tor a death tat sn.
!flask Valkyrie hovered in to shriek -
Ing nilr
"Cut IA giztnd out!" shrieked Beit. 1
nom urging on the whirling ittlivee.
tyrieded and x et anited .the
k
e Man seetned discontented with their
g work. Verman was swinging tbe grass
en • cutter about for a new charge, appar-
b eptly still wising to snow him, and
or Herman had made a quite plausible
n statement about whin he Intended to
do with the scythe.
d Rnpe paused but for an extremely
s condensed surveyof
the e horrib
e ad -
la wince n
sof the e b•o h
t tet
s
1 and then, ten, utter
e ing a blood curdled scream of fear,
e ran out of the stable and up the alley
nt a speed be had never before at-
tained, so that even Dan had hard
work to keep within barking distance.
And n cross shoulder glance at the tor-
t Her revealing Verman and Herman in
pursuit, the latter waving his scythe
overbena, Mr. Collins slackened not his
trait, but rather, out or Great anguish.
Mr
he them;Ut t meant ft f'11t tet way Ile
tucks an ten,. lly l Roelcolq be
tbpugbt Pie idermaa bad M.au. N0„sub:
f nz fleas talitln�' 'cause I nev' wtield
elft nobody. 1.uirr' Ulla' alt. in pot: Pitt
.'no, sabi'R
Peered looked, at the scythe, belook•
1 ed at liferntan, be looked at the lawn
mower, snot be Melted at Verman.
nevi !then, be igo1 ed mit to the yard. at the
rake" So. did Salt'. WWlams.
�'n
Cp oo Y
np+ rl eTnl p $
Slate •� ) a) aId iderII4At1.
g• t -We On' got 'at stave wood t' supper
el+ n
MY Goggling reminiscently, the brothers
Mrs. Lizzie Melanson, PlYtn ton, N,S
writes: "1 am sending this t�estintoni
telling yott what a wonderful cure Doan
Kidney Pills made for tile. For yea
'had suffered so with my kidneys I coul
hardly do my housework, I used sever
kinds of Pills, but Rorie of them seemed
be doing me any good. At last I We
advised to try a box of Doan's ISidne
Pllis, When T had taker) the first b
I found relief. I have used five box°
and to -day I feel like a new woman,
°a•tliot recommend them too highly."
Doan's Kidney Pills are 50c, per l;o
3 boxes for 411,25, at all dealers er mafle
direct on receipt of price by The
Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont,
When arcicring direct specify "Doan's,
disappeared,, leaving silence behind
them in tbe carriage batise. Penrod
a and Sam retired slowly into tine sturd-
rs owy interior, each glancing;. now and
d then. with a pr'eoccupled'air., at the
al open, empty doorway where tbe late
to afternoon Snlishine WAS growing Pea
$ sly. At intervals one or the other
0Y eeraped the floor reflectively with she
s, side of his shoe. finally, still with -
1 out either baying made any *tient at
t•onversation, they event out lute. the
x, sera end steud, eorttiniltfl their si•
d Ietree. .
i•• "Well," said Ream' at 1a1St, "I ghees
„ We time 1 better he nettle' tonne, do
lona. Penrod."
"$o lura., Stan." salt! 'retiree fealty.
e With suinlet gaze he watahea has.
tat friend out •of sight, Then be went
slowly trw .
m !t n o
i t thens
ll. a and after to a tn-
uf r n
terve) oecitltied in a unique manner up-
peered In the 111u'u1y holding ti Mair 0t
e brilliantly gleaming shoes 10 his bland.
1
Il. Schofield,
reading the evening
paper, glanced frorwuiugly' over it at
his utlsprbtg,
"Look, ,. ,
)
papa," saki r
t t Penrod; . '• foiledu
d, !
your shoes where you'd taken 'em off
In your room to put on your slippers,
t and they were 1111 dusty. So i took*
e '0x1 out on the bark porch and gave
'cru a good blacking. They shine up
• It nn
Otte, don't
t "
"Well, I'll be it d-dnd•dummed!" said
the startled Mr. Scltl)tield,
Penrod was zigzaggieg back to nor
'01141.
Stan of Tory as, wail? tial surreal
Agony oe effort. a crimb4re in mile
peril 1
pots '
1 1 Yy }tu•th !repute succumbing, he
tote himself free of [Iertut1a and go
upon ohs fee,
Herman • was up to; ctulcely. EI
leaped c
r.
! tbc• tv
t ..111 and seized the gar
Glen scythe that hone there,
"ria go' 0041 Yell gleam] opt," he an
nouuced (etinliely, "nu' eat it!"
Rupe lin)+
! 'Collins had never run from
anybody (except his In1hsl't in itis life
Lie wrtS not a coward, but the preset'
situation was very, very unusual ii
was already in a badly dismantled
condition, and yet Herman and Ver
increased 1t, the while a rapidly (level-
. oplug purpose became firm in his mind
and ever -after so remained not ouly
to refrain from "visiting tbat nelghbor-
'bood again, but never by any chance
to come within a mile of it.
From the alley door Penrod and Sam
watched the flight and were without
I words. When the pursuit rounded the
corner the two looped wanly at each
other, but neither spoke until the re-
turn of the brothers from the chase.
Herman and Lerman came back
laughing Itud chuckling.
"IIlyi T• cackled Ciei•man to Verman
Os they came. "See 'at ole boy run!"
"Who -eel" Yemen shouted in ec-
stasy.
"Nev' did see boy run so fes'!" Her-
man continued, tossing the settle into
the wheelbarrow. "I bet be home to
bed by diss time!"
Verman roared witb delight, appear-
ing to be wholly unconscious that the
lids of his right eye were swollen shut
and that his attire, not too finical be-
fore the struggle, now entitled him to
unquestioned rant: as a sansculotte.
Herman was a similar ruin and gave
as little heed to his condition.
Penrod looked dazedly from Berman
to Verman and back again. So did
Sam Williams.
"Herman," said Penrod in a weak
voice, "you wouldn't honest of cut his
gizzard out, would you?"
"Who? Ale? 1 don't know. Be
mighty mean tile boys' Herman shook
his head gravely and then, observing
that Verman was again convulsed with
unctuous merriment, joined laughter
with his brother. "Shot I guess 1 us
;less ,tnikin' =lens I said 'sat .Reckon
Th"Wr
efchechiess
of Constipation
Cas •quickly lira tareationte lar
CARTER'S LITTLE
LIVER PILLS.
Purelyvegetable
gala6lr
=--let natty end
gently on the
liver. Cute
Billowed*
Head
nth%
5izzi-
Ritter, tenet tediteetios. They ie theh shalt.
amen PW, Small beta. milli i►el.«.
Gemlike neaten Signature
* * a * a * *
The midsummer sun was stinging hot
outside the little barber shun next to
the cur �•
)ter drug store,. and Penrod, um
d,r„o
at
1 t toilet t p(sliira c to his
very slowly 11ppronvhing twelfth birth.
day, was adhesive enough to retain
upon his face much hair as it fell front
the shears.
There is a mystery here. The ton-
sorial processes ore not nnagreca1110 to
ml)rth(od-ti) truth, they are soothing -
hot the hairs d(tnlh0d tram a hay's
bend get into his (',yes. his cut's, bis
nose, his )month and clown tris 110(11.
and he does everywhere itch excrutiat
ingly. Wherefore he )links. winks,
weeps. twitches, condenses bis counte-
nance and sgnirnlx, :utd pet'eh:illee the
bar'ber's scissors clip more than intend
ed---be111t4' an outlying Ilan,ge of en r.
"17111-Willa--tlw1" said Penrod, this
thing having happened.
"1)' I touch ,v' up n little?" Inquired
the harbor, smiling falsely.
••(los-nh.'" The hay In the 0hntir of-
fered ivartle•ulate p04)081, as 411P
wound )vas rultbetl with a0101.
"That don't hart." said the ()artier.
"You will get it. though. ii' you don't
:!St stiller." he continued. nipping in. tit -
any attempt on the hart or his pa
tent ie ((1)0)1 t13:it he nWeedy II:1(1 "It."
"1'fnit':" said Penrod, meaning nn01ik
respect. IRU )0(1('awot?mg 1)) dislodge
temporary mustaette from his lip.
"You o ,;ht 0, see how Mill that lit
tic a;wnr it 17:1..••4'(1 sits." the b:trl'.v
went on reprovin:;l)' "1 hear every
holly $:FVs he's the bca Ili}' 114 town
"!'fur: l'lrirr!" 'There w:ls a tau'•!,
cif intr)t)mn) contemt!)t to this.
"i hnyeii t 0.'nrd nobody nt•onn)i the
neighborhood ma1110' nnsuch remark....
added the barber, "about nobody of
the woo. of 1',vo' 0 lrlt.•tlt•lal."
'\\'ell.' .•ii;) 1'enro:l. ••lo:u•ln¢ tom
room) af'a'r n .;rng;;le, "who warm.
rut ), " (4le.he,
"1 bon 3)••e esti e
luta aqui, Haus"'
het r,row, ';)tiwelw.
dant 'l)r"o'�
-They bet ter 1R't
n,tlost Pcnr•ol tree
to hem anybody tri'
:U1: 1 bet ;Mas'I
c i a•ti "
Joon;"ie Rasreit 1 b
ventured the ht'(•
nn•ct14_ ))tr1) In
can rue that." re
nlontly "I'll 1!!:r
.10st once, (h•)i'+
0,001('(' try It t'1
lS
sal
esstseles
ga'o'er as
yl
iiia ..t:•r•', ,,111. t.•.
1
1,
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"it's all right what: I'd dot 1 bet
they wouldn't waut to dal) me that
ngaf'n long as tbey lived!"
" 11'b:tfd you do if it was a little
girl? You wouldn't hit her, would
you?"
"Well. I'd- Ouch!"
"Yin wouldn't flit o little glri, would
you?" the barber persisted, gathering
into his pnwerful fingers a mop el' hair
from the lop of Peurud's bead and
pulling that snfferIng head into an 00.
natural position. "Doesn't the Bible
stay it ain't never right to bit the weak
sect"
"Ow! Say, look nnt!"
you'd go and pa11014 1104'44. weak,"1it11e girl, would yet)'
reprovingly.
swell.. who solid i
monde• the r)i%flrmn
1 a
rsaid the barber
'd MI heti" de-
little
"E bet
1'd tix hirr, aluui;li, all right. She'll
see!"
"You wouldn't cat) her names, wens!
you?"
"No, 1 womidn't! What hart Is it to
call anybody names?"
•'is that so!" exclaimed the barber.
:"1'ben you was !weeding what t heard
you hollering at F'isher's grocery (14-
•-
1 ", 'ry wagon driver for a favor the
other day when 1 w:is guilt' by your
house, was y'ou'r 1 re000m 1 bt'fter tell
Mtn. he0)Wse he says to ole afterwersa
Ii' be ever lays eyes on yen when you
ain't In your own yard be's guilt' to do
a whole lot o' things you ain't guru'
to like! Yessir, that's whoa he says
to Ire!"
"Lie better catch me first, 1 guess
before he lulus so march," `
"Well," resumed the barber, "that
t'in't sayin' what you'd do if a young
lady ever walked up and called yon s
little gentleman. 1 iwaut to bear wbat
you'd do to ber. I guess I know
though, come to thin!. of !t."
"What?" demanded Penrod.
"You'd sick th:rt pore ole dog o:
yours on her cat if she had one. 1 ex
port,' guessed the barber derisively.
"No, 1 would nut!"
"Well. what would you do?"
"I'd do enough. Don t worry abets
that!"
"Well, suppose it was a boy, then
What'd you do if n boy come up t<
you and says, 'Hello, little gentle
man?' "
"He'd be lucky,' said Penrod, )vitt
a sinister frown "If he got home alive,'
"Suppose it was a boy twice yon)
size?"
"Just let Wim ay," said leered 0101
nousiy. "You just tet him try ile`e
never see daylight trait; Ibat's nil!"
)l'be barber dug ten active tinger1
into the helpless setup before !tint ma
did his best to displace it. while tht
anguished Penrod, becoming Instant!!
a seething crucible of emotion, rnisdi
rested his natural reseutinent into mad
defied brooding npoo what be )won't
(10 to a boy "twice itis site" who shine))
dare
him "little e
cntletnaat
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Tbe barber t l.
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allin:as
his I
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bud never shaken him: the barber but
feted idm, melted hint !Nu -ideally It
and fro: the barber seemed to be le
ing to write his met'!:, mal Penrod sow
himself in staggering, Ague, enemas
T
sat1n in�large, , sit
tndu
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f ,t
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try boys Who
had insulted 1118.
The lartere Stopped $11dd01113, anti
chnc'hent, weeping arta 1)03)1)) to tle1
again. while the bal'Lt'r applied vonitile
Jotinne t%hleil Made Penrod s1110I1 110E
a colored huneetneid`s Watt
"Nowt• Whet." neked the barb4r,r'minb
Mg alar' reeking Melte Beatty, "what
Would 11 !mile pin sat mad ter to !lava
tt tnehmdy §'atll you n little g01ltitilrtnnl
it's A kind of e'oh)plhnefit, as 11 ware
you talent ena Whitt would y044 wain
Id !tit ens body for theft ref?"
Tee, !Kite tame!! of Penrod Bile sei eelloir
1
was 14Ifbnnf meaining*'or reitW is )
a t le•
4.
ness. It was withal neither his power
nor his desire to nnelyre the process
by which the phrase had become of-
fensive to tlirir and wt's now rapidly
assuming the proportions of an 0111 -
rage. Ile knew only that 1118 1;0r1e
rote nt the thntlght of 11..
"You fust let 'Om tr,v It)" be' Snict
threnteti11141y as he slid clown' from
the 011a1r. And its he went (salt of .tact
deur. after fln•riu'r (unier'::atlon on rhe
name subject, lie called bark those
warning words once more; "Just let
'em try it -just oneel That's all I ask
'em to! They'll find out what tiley
get!"
The barber chuckled. Then a ria lit
on the barber's nose, and he slapped
at it, and the slap missed thefly, but
did not miss ,the nose. Tbe barber
was irritated. At this moment his
birdlike eye gleamed a gleam as it'fen
upon costumers approaching -the pre)-
tiest little girl in the world, leading
by the band her baby brother, 'Mitchy-
bitch. Doming to have Mitchy-Match's
'hair clipped against tbe heat,
It was a bot day and idle, with little
to feed the mind, lad the barber Was
a mischievous man with an irritated
nose. Ile did his worst,
CHAPTER XVII.
"Little Gentleman."
lir\N\VLIit. t' the brnudiug ren+
rod pu'sned his homeward
way: no great distance, beat
long enuti.4) 1'or several one
sided 0outilets with mallaa insulters
01)m10 of thin ab•. "You better 'not calf
100 that!" he muttered. "lou just try-;
it, uud you'll Ret what other people
got when they tried U. You better
n'.1 ay 14 fresh wta.`. ore (h, you will,
1)111 you?" 11e dt'lit•ere41 it vicious
01.•14 11)11 upon the s1Nns 4)f an iron
f(')ace post, whit•) sntTerce little,
moue() Penrod 11stautly regretted 11 is
Indis't•etion. "4lo4!" Ile• stunted, hop-
ping, and wept 00 1)1441)' nest0wir11; a
and; of awful hostility 1)1)40 the fence
post. "1 guess you'll ktlot1' better next
1)130," he said in parting to this an-
lagonist. "You just let ole rv)14'tt you
around d h c again 1
and
ill"-
alis
voice sante to inarticulate but ominotts
mnrnlurings. Fie ryas in a dangerous-
tnuud
Ee:n inn home, however, his belliger-
ent spirit was diverted to happier in-
torests by the dlst•urety that settle
worktneti had left a (-attire!) of tar In
the tress street el0se by Ills'tather'o
stabler, fie tested 1t, blit found it in-
0dilrle: also as a substitute for protest
sional chewing Ruta it was nfSatiSfae*
400;y, being in.1)(1O'tently boiled downs
anti a 1 tura tido. thuurtu of n pleasant,
411kewarut tellipe('alnre. Rol it )ad rill
excess o1 ant' (111:1111,Y -11 Was sticy.
11 was the stit•lclest 'ant' l'(.ttrud half
ever lased for atny ptrposes whatsoever..
soul nothing 1113011 which he wiped his
Hands .erred to rid !hent of it, neither
Q )
Ii. r
i alt
e\ee !Ihu1r0t
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ng
ly. h•La )1 6 v• tomato tC tenet,nor
dottet �tirtnafrt ten' ais
wagging tuat to grel•t tont 01:1 retired
a• isn't
Nevertheless ter is 181. $1nw11 Can
be dour* ait11 tG ne owe 1 what 111*
(4)11)1010n. So Penrod hla rreti by this
'•aldrou, t))11alt from n m"i11illroring
3 aid enl)lcl be li4011411ili' te'a's 4)1' 00101'
ratios, tneindlug tllttt r)l' Salm \t'illlntus,
till The R)'niltid :Mont the 4'8,I1,004 were -
:weltered 4•ilips and 'etleks 1(4ttt tete Of
wood to the 0)111iber of 31 gt'e:tl nittlti-
thee. Penrod mired'gtintttitie's or this
retest* lent the tar and interested bltti-
self in Seeing how 1).1101) of it fie tout+& -
keep `4114)1111114 ih sloW swirls Alien tile;-
etn7lt Sttrl j}r p,
1 (i' 1111t tjOEtfl'T1t1tJt;Itj