The Wingham Times, 1916-03-30, Page 7(
March aothi, 1916,.
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SYNOPSIS.,
Penrod, fearing the ordeal of playing
.the part of the Child Sir Lancelot, seeks
'forgetfulness in the composition of a dime
taovel.
Penrod's mother and sister dress hint
in his costume for the "Children's Pageant
-of the Round .Table." Penrod is ashamed'
'to wear It.
He. breasts `tip t'ir'e' whole pakeari> by
putting on a pair of the janitor's overalls
over his costume.
A Visit to a moving picture show gives
him an idea and he loafs away his time
in school. dreaming dreams.
The teacfiirr ret rtivi's him. Helsei1 to
,distract attention from himself by alleg-
ing loss of sleep because of a drunken
uncle. . s
The teacher sympathizes with Penrod's
•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
.show to entertain the town.
Vt`rrnan mattes -it 'dicided hit, but Red-
erick Magsworth Bitts, Jr., says the show
is a failure. 1 enrod asks him if he is a
relation of Rena Magsworth, a murderer.
Roderick, seeking fame, says she is his
aunt. Rodr•tick's mother finds him pos-
ing as a nephew of the murderer and
stops the circus.
t'enroc gots very musical and buys an
accordion, with which he makes a great
hit with beautiful :Marjorie Jones.
At the don,'nd pony :r .w Penrod eats
so many ditreetnt varieties tat indigestible
things that he :ti taken violently i11.
Rupe Collins, a very tough boy, bullies
Penrod and at once becomes a great hero
3n Pelirod's eyes."
Penrod tries to be a tough boy himself.
He arouAes fear in the hearts of Sam
Williams, Herman and Verman by de-
•soribing Rupe's bullying tactics.
Other surprises were arranged for
the absent workmen, The ouldrun was
almost full tend the •surthee or tit' lar
near the rim. Penrod endeavored to
ascertain how many pebbles and Meek -
bats dropped in would cause au over-
flow. Laboring heartily to this end.
he had almost aceompiisbed it when
ne received the suggestion for an ex-
periment on a much larger scale. Em-
bedded at the corner of a grass plot
across the street was a whitewashed
stone the size of a small watermelon
and serving no purpose whatever save
the questionable one or decoration. It
was easily pried up with, a stick,
though getting it to the caldron tested
the full strength of the ardent laborer.
Instructed to perform such a task, he
would into sincerely maintained its
impossibility. but now, as it was unbid-
den and promised rather destructive
results. he set about it with uncon-
querable energy, feeling certain that
be would be rewarded with a mighty
splash, Perspiring, grunting vehem-
ently, his back aching and all muscles
strained, he progressed in short stages
a of
uni
thestone
layat the base ti
big
the caldron. Be rested a moment,
panting. then lifted the stone and was
'bending his shoulders for the heave
that would lift it over the rim when a
sweet, taunting voice erose behind him
ettertled..ilim..eisielly.
dad Dyspepsia.
,rets; HE NEARLY TURNED
UP HIS TOES.
BtArdock Blood Bitters
CURED HIM.
Mr. II. t , Iviarldersan, Stettler, Alta.,
writes: "About tv+renty-five years ago,
in the Province of Quet.ec, I able pretty
near turning up my toe„ with dyspepsia,
A cousin of mine persuaded the te, try
Burdock Blood I3ltters. In about two
weeks I could eat 'anything from raw fat.
pork to unleavened bowl. Three botttet
slid the job, and Ili, ve never been
1i'0111/led with my s'to .'.ach since. Yost
wo•tld say, that ti is r nntlerful if you
o 11;1 oily sec 'WV11at we sometimes have
t , Civ: on its this country; buttock, 'half
Cooked beans, etc."
I;urdoek V&A Hitters itis been oft
the n atket for the past ftrty years, and
emitiot be excelled as a ttuedieitte for all
ttisc:t!cs fir diriorders of the stoiriaeli.
Ii,.:I,f. i.; r....anfacture,l' only by The
�i'. ;s .:ll,atu Co., 1 iliYitcd, T6torito, Ont.
"HOW de you dd, little gentleman?"
Penrod squawked, dropped the stone
and shouted, "Shut up, you dere fooll"
purely from instinct, even before bis
about face made him aware who had
so spitefully addressed him.
It was Marjorie Jones: Always dain-
ty, and prettily dressed, she was in
speckless and starchy white today, and
a refreshing picture she made, with
the new shorn and powerfully scented
Mitchy-Mitch clinging to her hand.
They had stolen up behind the toiler
and now stood laughing together in
sweet merriment. Since the passing
of Penrod's' Rupe Collins period he had
experienced some severe qualms at the
recollection of bis last meeting with
Marjorie and his 'Apache behavior—in
truth, ht, heart. instantly became as
wax at right of her and he would have
offered her fair speech. But, alas, in
Marjorie'e wonderful eyes there shone
a consciousness of new powers for his
undoing, and she denied him oppor-
tunity!
"Oh, ohs" she cried, mocking his
pained oiitcry. "What n way for a
little gentleman to tnikI Little gentle-
men don't shy wielced" —
" Marjorie!" Penrod, enrnged`•and dis-
mayed. felt himself' stung beyond all
endurance. Insult from her was bitter-
er to endure limn from any other.
-Dena ym,l (011 me that lignin!"
,\;'hv nut. Iltt'' collticntan?" •
!l,• st•:rt:l'ed les fent. "You isossr.
-:us:"
Marjorie sent into his furious face
her lovely, spiteful Inughter.
"Little gentleman, little gentletnnn•
tittle gentleman!" she said deliberately.
"bow's the little gentleman this after-
noon? Bello, little gentleman!"
Penrod, quite beside himself, danced
eccentrically. "Dry up!" he howled.
"Dry up, dry up, dry up, dry upI"
Mfitehy-Mitch shouted with delight
and applied a finger, to the side of the
caldron—a finger immediately snatch-
ed away and wiped upon a handker-
taller by his fastidious sister.
•"lttle gottamuu!" said Mitchy-
' 1 1 c'lt,
"You better look out!" Penrod whirl -
al upon this shine offender with grim
satisfaction. here was at least some•
thing male that could without dishou-
or be held responsible.. "Yon say that
:Main au(1 I'll give you the worst"—
"You will not!" snapped Marjorie, in•
stantly vitriolic. "He'll say just what-'
e0or he wants to, and he'll say It just
els timet as he wants to. Say it
:IgnIn, NIitehy-Mitch!"
"'tttle geltamunl" said Mitchy-Mitch
promptly.
"Ow -yah!" Penrod's tone production
wns becoming affected by his mental
condition. "You say that again and
"Go on, on, Mitchy-Mltch," cried Marjo -
vie. '`He can't do a thing. He don't
dare! Say it some more. Mitchy-Mitch
—say it a whole loft"
Mitehy-Mitch, with his small, fat face
shining with confidence to his immu-
nity, complied.
„
Tttle geilamnn! be squeaked
ma-
levolently.
"'Ittle gellamnnt 'tttle
gellamunl 'lttle gellamunl"
The desperate Penrod bent over the
whitewnshed rock, lifted it and then—
outdoing Pathos', John Ridd and tJr•
sus in one miraculous burst of strength
—heaved It into the air
Marjorie screamed.
But It was too late The big stone
descended Into the precise midst of he
caldron and Penrod gut Itis mighty
splastl. I.t was Par. for beyond his ex
pectatiotis.
Spontaneously there were grand and
awful effects-•vole:title speetaeles of
nightmare and eruption A black sheet
of eccentric shape rose out of the eat
droi and desceutle,t npnn the, three
r'bildrenn, who harm no time to evade it
After it tell, Mitten Mitch, Who 510 )11
nearest the caldron. est5 the thIckes i.
though there was eio:'•'0 for alt..lie'r
Rabbit would have tit•,! from tiny'rtt
them.
When Marjorie and Mitchy-Mitch got
"thea breutb, they used it vocally, and
'J
seido>h lmMore ye - pefn•I1'ittilng sounds
leaned froth bunian throats. Coibr'i.
Sebtally Marjot"te, Irate berserit, told
hands 'Upon the lnr•gest Rtick within
reach acid fell upon 1'eti'od with blind
fury, tie had tine t)t•esenee of mind to
flee, t ild they went round and roitbtl
the caldron: while :tiitehv•Miteb feebly
endeavored to follow his appear:ttiee.
lei this Versant, being pathetically like
that of n bug fished out Of an lblt%veli.
nll`fe Blit discoiraged.
Attetcted by the flet, .,Sanittel Wit -
DAMS AMC big anneartillee. t?ittlltlU$,.17. ,
.ewe 4Th..raa i .. ne4I f I 'f i11t W� 4
by Maurice T.evy and Georgie Bassett.
obey stared. incredulously at the ex•
traordinary spectacle before thee..,
jori"'Attie
, with ea-twildthat ustroke tadianded.
full upon l?enrod'lstarry cap,. ,
"oogehr bleated Pentad, •
"WS, Peerodr shouted Sate Williams,
rinsecogtantnizingbehad hintb. byeen tinhesomedvoice,oubt. b'or all
"Penrod SeboB Id
exclaimed _Geor-
gie Bassett. "What does this WOW"
Tilat Was Georgle's style, and had
helped to win him his titlee
Marjorie leaned, panth?g upon her
stick, "I cu-called—uh—him-,o131" ehe
sobbed—"I called him a Int-little—Oh--
gentleman! And oh—luldookl—oh, lul
look at my du -dress! Lul-look at. Mum.
itchy—oh—Mitch--oh l"
TJnexpectedly she emote again—witsi
results—and then, seizing the indistlin
guishable hand of Mitchy-Miteh, she
ran wailing homeward down the street.
"'Little gentleman?'" said Georgie
Bassett, with some evidences of dis,
turbed complacency. "Why, that'e
what they call mel"
"Yes,, and you are one, tool" shouted
the maddened Penrod. "But you bet-
ter
etter not let anybody call me thatl rye
stood enough around here for ope day,
and you can't run over me, Georgie
Bassett. Just you put that in your giro
zard and smoke its"
"Anybody bas a perfect right," said
Georgie, with dignity, "to call a per-
son a little gentleman. There's lots of
names nobody ought to call, but this
one's a nice"—
"You better look out!"
Unavenged bruises were distributed
all over Penrod, both upon his body
and upon his spirit. Driven by subtle
forces he had dipped bis hands in
catastrophe and disaster. It was not
for a Georgie Bassett to beard him.
Penrod was about to run amuck.
"1 haven't called you a little gentle-
man, yet," said Georgie. "I only said
it, Anybody's got a right to say it."
"Not around me! You just try it
again and"—
"I shall say it," returned Georgie,
"all i please. Anybody in this town
has a right to say 'little gentleman' "—
Bellowing insanely, Penrod plunged
his right hand into the caldron, rushed
upon Georgie and made awful work
of his hair and features.
Alas, it was but the beginning! Saul
Williams and Maurice Levy screamed
with delight and, simultaneously in-
fected, danced about the struggling
pair, shouting frantically:
"Little gentleman! Little gentleman,
Slat Min, Georgie'. Sick him, little
gentlemnn! Little gentleman! Little
gentleman!"
The Infuriated outlaw turned upon
them with blows and more tar, which
gitve Georgie Bassett his opportunity
and Iater seriously impaired the purity
of his tame. Feeling himself hopeless-
ly tarred, he Clipped both hands repeat-
edly into the caldron and applied his
gatherings to Penrod. It was bringing
coals to Newcastle, but it helped to
assuage the just wrath of Georgie.
The four boys gave a tine imitation
ot; the Laocoon group complicated by
an extra figure—frantic splutterings
and (Molting:, strange cries and stran-
ger words issued from this tangle;
bands dipped lavishly into the inex-
haustible reservoir of tar, with more
and more picturesque results. The cal-
dron had been elevated upon bricks
and was not perfectly balanced, and
under a beavy impact of the struggliug
group it lurched and went partly over,
pouring forth a Stygiau tide which
formed a deep pool in the glitter.
It was the fate of Master Roderick
Bites, that exclusive and immaculate
Demote to make his appearance upon
the chaotic scene at this juncture. All
in the cool of.a white "sailor suit," be
turned aside from the path of duty—
which led straight to the house of a
maiden aunt—suet paused to bop with
joy upon the sidewalk. A repeated
epithet. continuously half panted. half
squawked: somewhere in the nest of
gladiators, caught his ear, and he took
it up excitedly, not knowing why.
"Little gentleman!" shouted Roder-
ick jutl1j tug up and don.0 its childish
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ileutatt! Lit"—
A frightful iigIre tore itself tree
frosti the group, encircled this innocent
bystander with a Meek arm and hurl-
ed pini headlong. Full length and tint
on lits ince went itodot'iek into the
Styglnn pool. The fI'igetful figure was
Penrod, instantly the pack flung
themselves upon him again, and, ear•
rying them with him, he went over
upon Roderick, wbo from that instant
Was as active a belligerent as any
there.
Thus began the great tar fight, tile
origin of which proved afterward so
difficult for parents to trace owing to
the opposing aecouuts of the com-
batants. Marjorie sold Penrod began
it; Penrod said Miteby•Mitel began
it; Sam „Williams said Georgie 13assett
began it; Georgie and Maurice Levy
said Penrod began it; Roderick Bitts,
who bad not recognized his first assail-
ant, said Sam Williams began
Nobody thought of itemising the bar-
ber. But the barber did not begin it.
It was the fly on the barber's uose that
began it. though, of course, something
else began the fly. Somehow we nev-
er manage to hang the real offender.
The end came only with the arrival
of Penrod's mother, who had been hav-
ing a painful conversation by tele-
phone with Airs. Sones, the mother of
Marjorie. cane forth to seek her er-
rant son. It• is a mystery how she
was able to pick out her own, for by
the time she got there his voice was
too hoarse to be recognizable.
CHAPTER XVIII.
The New Rector.
R. SCHOFIELD'S version of
things tons that Penrod was
Insane. "IIe's a stark, raving
lunatic!" (teetered the father,
descending to the lihrnry from a before
dinner interview with the outlaw that
evening. "rd send him to a military
school, but !.don't believe they'd take
Mw. Do yon know why he says all
that nwfulness happened?"
"When Margaret and I were trying
to scrub him," responded Mrs. Scho-
field wearily, "he said 'everybody' had
been calling hint names."
"Names!" snorted her husband. "'Lit-
tle gentleman!' That's the vile epithet
they called him! And because of it
he wrecks the peace of six homes!"
"Sh! Yes. He told us about
said Mrs. Schofield, moaning. "IIe told
us several hundred times, I sbould
guess, though I didn't count. He's got
it fixed in his head, and we couldn't
get it out. All we could do was to put
him in the closet. He'd him, gone out
again after those boys if we hadn't I
don't know what to make of him."
"He's tr mystery to me." said her hus-
band. "And he refuses to explain why
he objects to being called little gentle-
man: Says he'd do the same thing—
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and wore •-it aaybo4y dared to+ 1.
Mtn that again, He *Wald if the presi,
dent. ,of the United States called film
that he'd try to whip :Wm, $ow long
did you have hint lopped up in.. the:
elosetr'
"Slit'' said Mrs, Sehodeld warningly,
"About two hours. put 1 don't think
It softened his spirit At ail, - because
when: 4 Volt him to the harber's to get
ilia hair clipped again on account of
the tar in it Sammy Williams and
'Maurice Lev were
there tor thesame
reason, and they just whispered little
gentleman' so low you could hardly hear
them—and Penrod: began fighting with.
theta right before nue, and it was real,
ly all the barber and l :could do to drag,
pin► away from them. The barber was.
very kind about it, but Penrod"--
"T tell you tie's a Meatier Mr. Scho,
field would have said the same thing
of a Frenchman infuriated. .by tate
epithet "camel.," The philosophy of in -
stilt. needs expounding,
"Slit" seta Mrs, Sehofjeld, "It does
seetn a kind'of frenzy."
"Why oil earth should any sane per.
sou mind being calied"=-
"Sit!" said Mrs, Schofield. "It's be,
youd me!"
"1i'bat are you `Sit-ing' me for?" de-
manded Mr. Schofield explusively.
"Sill" sales Mrs, Seitotield. "it's Mr,
hinosling, the new rector of St, .lo -
septa's."
"Where?"
"S11! On the front porch with Mar-
garet. Ile's going to stay for dinner, t
du [tope"—
"Bachelor, isn't he?"
" 1' es,' •
"Our old minister was speaking of
elm the other day," said Air, Schaticid,
"11nt1 he didn't seem so terribly int-
pl:essed,"
"SE! Yes; about thirty and. of
eonrse, so superior to most of Marga-
ret's ft'icnds=-boys home from college.
She thinks she likes young Robert \Vil-
11>1lns, 1 know, blit lie laughs 50 much.
01' course thele isn't auy comparison.
Mr I' Ir osliu:g talks so inteilectua1ly.
It's a good thing for Mnrglmet to Clear
that kind ot thing for a change. And.
or course. he's very spiritual. He
wools very mutat interested in her."
Site paused to mise. "1 think Marga-
ret likes hila. lie's so different too.
It's the third time Ice's dropped in this
week, and 1"—
"•\\'ell." said Mr. Sc•honeld grimly, "if
yon and 3l111.ga ret want item to come
Minto you'd Metter nut tet tutu see 1'en-
-hitt hp's asked t0 see 111(11. Ile
st'erus interested in meeting all the
family. And Vented nearly always he.
!mops fairly well Ic1 tittle." She pante
0t1 and then put to nor husband tlmasa
flan 114('r1.i11a to itis interview with
Penrod upstalrs. "Did you --dot %ou—
,tct It?"
"No," he ans'vered gloomily. "No,
1 (Toni t; hut"-- 11e was interrupted
by t1 violent crash of cheat :Ind metal
in the kitchen, a shriek tram 1/ells and
thf• outrageous 0))!rp of i'emsid. 'L'he
well iufo'tuod IDeltit, ill lm:imam to set
111> fol' :1 wit, li:lel 'seamed to address
the scion of the house rogoisloy as
little gentleman, :11;11 Penrod by moony
of the 1:11,1>1 ol,•vntinn of IIIA ristitt toot
II:111 rt•nluvotl ttotu nor supporting'
iouais a talion tray. MAI) IIm', nes slatt-
ed for lit, Nitrites. Jif, Schofield ("m•
p ,'ting his interrupted sontt•nee u1> the
way.
"But 1 w;11 tory!"
The tit+ Ihmt. promi,itl %v'ls hastily
1110. ,it-t•Itra:, ,. performed in that :Il.:m11'
neat most '!h0:ant frena the from.
noreh, :aril IN%onty umnutes htor Poll
rod (les'•('ude(I to tl!uno*. '('hp Rev. Sir.
i'iuosiilr; 11a41 t>s!t(•ai for the ploasmre
of timeline !hitt, incl it had liven dct•t,l-
rel that the only etiliise pns.ii,ie wits to
1.0001' lip rho :•'•n11(10! fol rho i.resout.
Olid to o:';'or illi um,i!stu:•hc,; :ntd said.
fog 01111;13 surhioo to the gnzo or the
vfaiot•.
St'of,•hl,l hot not 01M, 0. the slttider-
I tt i'out•oti was !o,1 forward 1i a' the so-
cial formulae :.it: n'1:>l:>'ol,sIy %%till the
t'n:;x•R lett nh•:ih tle;r,o•inro tit ll,•hert
Willi::n:.. who tt'',t If. guitar with
him. this tina•, and we1:t in Forlorn
an>(llt ftansnos. (It the powerli(l forces
unready vet in sect•,t >1'.t(0> to be Vs
antes..
The !l Its shincla lust ,ma!'i ,'.>m' I::1.1
nut haute the It:t10111ty and 11113 lidding
soul of Penrod more stalwart in rt'voit..
Ile was unconquered. Lvelg' Unto the
one Intolerable insult had teamoffered
him his resentment 11n(1 1.(4.1111t, the
hotter, his Vengeance tate more instant
and furious. And. still burning with
outrage. but upheld by the conviction
of right. he was determined to condone
to the last (trop of his blood the de-
foast' of his honor. whenever it should
be assailed. no 011ttot• !tow mighty or
august the powers 111a1 attacked 11. in
all ways, he wns a very sore boy.
During the brief ceremony ilf presen-
tation his usually Inscrutable (somata
noisy wore an expression interl,rt•tod
by his fnther ns one of invnto' 11>stina-
cy, while Mrs. Schofield found It an in -
1001 tire
n'(('011re i0 inward prayer The (iuc• gra-
ciousness of Mr. K1nuslircg. however.
was unimpaired by the gltlre of vitae
lent 51151>1('11)11 given hiin by Mk little
brother; Mr. Kinost1itg mistook it for
A entire! eltri0sity tvmoei'ututt one who
might po55101y hist( n+, its time. n 011011
her of the flintily. Ite patted Peul•o(1
niton the Itend, which was, for many
retic))n5, in no cnnditinn to he patted
with any pleasure to the pntt»e•, Pen•
rod reit himself in the ilrescttre or a
twit, ehethy.
"How do ;roll do, my little lad?" said
311' tfittosling. "1 trust we shall be=
"one hist friends."
1'o the der of hio little lad it aeera.
rd he 'geld, "A trost we alliin biek-
dome farvat fraibds." Mt. ttitieeliag"
proliiirititttibtt 'tufts. it1 feet, slight(
preeiotts, rind the little hid, silnplr
mistaking it for sonic tryiltie 'fortis of
tliorkery' of h'ittiself„ Assn -tried A MO titles
rind 'exts1'essioti which:argued so 111 rot
the p"retraged trlendship that AU*
Children Cry
or Fletcher's
The Kind *ou Ilavo A1waye ]ortg,its d 'which: has 'beef
in use norover 30 years, Las borne the signature of
au4 ba,s. peen blade under his per• 1
Sella Su ervision since its infancy,
Tai >}fa . F+
. � ., .t1llU�v no one t0 deceive 0ll its this,..
All Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just -as -good" are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the stealth of
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Schofield hastily interposed the sug-
gestion of dinner, and the small pro-
cession went in to the dining room.
"It has been a delicious day," said
Mr. Kinosiing presently; "warm. but
balmy." With a benevolent smile he
addressed Penrod. who sot opposite
him. "I suppose, little geulleman, you
have been indulging in the usual out-
door sports of vacation?"
Penrod laid down his fork and glar-
ed open mouthed at Air. Kiuosting.
"You'll have another slice of breast
of the chicken?" Mr. Schofield inquir-
ed loudly and quickly.
"A lovely day!" exclaimed Margaret.
with equal promptitude and emphasis,
"Lovely; oh, lonely, lovely!"
"Beautiful. beautiful, beautiful!" saki
Airs. Schofield, and after a glanee at
Penrod whieb confirmed her impres-
sion that he intended to say some-
thing she continued, "Yes, beautiful:
beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beauti-
ful, beautiful!"
Penrod closed his month nisi Sante
hack in his chair, and his relatives
funk brh.
\it', liieatnosling looked pleased This
res,tonsit'o family, with its ready en
thlr iasm, made tate kind of audience
he liked. IIe passed n deli. -ate white
hued gracefully over his tall, pale
forehead and smiled indulgently.
"Youth relaxes 111 summer," he said.
"Boyhood is the :use of relaxation: one
le playful, light, free. unfettered. One
reins and leaps and enjoys one's self
with one's t•ompnninn.. It Is goad for
lite little lads to play with their friends
—they jostle, push and wrestle and
simulate little. lumpy straggles rvitb
one another in htu•tuloss conflict. The
young muscles are toughening. 'It la
good. Boyish chkvalry develops, en
larges, expands. The you ng lett 011
quiet:1y, intuitively, spontaneously
They perceive the obligtttlons of no-
blesse oblige. They begin to eolepre•
lend the necessity of caste and its re-
gni'enlents. They learn toilet birth
gleans—ah—that Is. they leant what it
means to be well Baru. They learn
c'our'tesy i 1 their ,'tunes: they letem
politeness, consideration for one :moth
er in their pastimes, aalusements, light-
er occupations. I make it my itleasare
to join them often. for [ sympathize1t11zo
with them in all their wholesome joys
as well as in their little hotht'rs and
perplexities. I understand theta. you
see; and let me tell yon it is 00 easy
matter to understand the little Inds null
lassies." Ile sent to each listener his
beaming glance and, permitting it to
come to rest upon Penrod, inquired;
"Anti what do you say to that, little
gentleman?"
Mr. Schofield tittered n stentorian
cough. "More? You'd better hail.
some more eblekenl Morel Dol"
"More chicken!" urged Margaret si
multaneously, "Do please! Please!
More! Doi Morel"
"fleantifnl, beautiful," began Mrs.
Schofield. "Beautiful. beautiful. bean•
tiful, benutiful"—
It is not known its what light Mr.
tiinosling viewed the expression of
Penrod's face. Perhaps he mistook it
for awe; perhaps he received no im-
pl•esslou at all of its estraordinney
quality, He was a rather self engross-
ed young than. just then engaged In a
double occupation, for he not only talk-
ed, but supplied from his urvn eon-
sdoltsness a critical though favorable
auditor its well, which, of coarse, kept
him quite busy, Besides, it is oftener
than is sustteeted the rinse that ex,
treihely peculiar expressions upon the
countenances of boys are entirely over.
looked and suggest ttothing to the
itiitids
thein. Gertpieloiplyle 1eutartoi esitprnrellgssihitntlnt
which
to the perception, sin' his family
was perfectly horrible--catise'd not llie
faiutest_.11erttitbation in the breililt et
Mr. 1Mr. labloqinga
Mr. Kinosling waited the chicken
and continued to take. "yes, 1 think
1 may claim to understand boys." he
said, smiling thoughtfully. "One has
been a boy oneself. Ah, ,t Is all play,
time! I hope our young scholar here
does not overwork himself at his Latin,
at his classics. as I dict, so that at the
age of eight years 1 wns compelled to
wear glasses. He must be careful not
to strain the little eyes at lits scholar's
tasks, not to let the little shoulders
grow round over his sc'holar's desk
Youth is golden. We should keep it
golden, bright, glistening. Youth should.
frolic, should be sprightly. It sbould
play its cricket, its tennis, its hand-
ball. It should run and leap; it should
laugh, should sing madrigals and
glees, carol with the lark, ring out in
Chanties. folk songs, ballads, rounde-
lays"—
He tented on. At any instant 1.fr.
Schofield held himself ready to cough
vehemently and shout. "Marc chicken,"
to drown out retired in case the fatal
words again fell from those eloquent
lips, and Airs. Schofield and Margaret
kept themselves prepared at nil times
to assist him. So passed a threatening
meal, which Airs. Schofield hurried by
every means within decent', to its con-
clusion. She felt that sonebon' they
would be safer our in the cork of the
front poreh anti led the way thither as
soots a5 possible.
"No chair, I titanic yon." Mr. Kinos-
ling, establishing himself in a wicker
^hair beside Margaret. waved away het.
father's pruner. '•i do not smoke. I
have 10'001' . tactt'(i 10101('(')) in itny
form." Airs. S:•holield was eonfiftned
in her opinion that this w•,mld be all
ideal atet Its is was
not so .ore
"No" .••i,1 )h' I:het-ewe "''o to -
(.4 -0 fol• 01P N. 11:2"1 en pipe. na
:•!garotte, nn o'l,•r„•'t. 1'"" 0u' a hook
—a ytllltit>p ))f pnetr•s, pt•r!1 n'.. Verses.
rinic5, 1fuos n>otrl+•:tl :t'el r:trlouee,t1
those are 1110 tiissi;,ntinll ! .•ilnp.on by
prcferen"e- 'Moine or '1 ! of the
King.' emery of t1"' ssmad riic•torian
Joys. Thoro is 1
"1.r 1 Ctrl '0 L0tt7-
feltow will rest toe u1 n t'('d limit;
Yes, for me a book—n volume u e in the
stand, held lightly between the fingers."
Mr. Iiinosling looked pleasantly at
his finger's as he spoke, waving his
hand in a curving, gesture whieb-
brought it into the light of a window
faintly illumined from the interior of
the house. Then he passed those grace -
TM lingers over his hair end turned ton
ward peered, %she was perched upon:
the tailing hi 0 dark corner.
-Tito 0vt'1:11 g is touched with a slight.
cu"itt(•ss." sa1(l Mr. Kneeling. "Per -
!pipe l may request the little, gentle”
moo" --
•'J3'J(1•-r >at,tl" coughed \ir, Seboneld.
.v,or,i hetlel change your taiitd.about
a oigar "
"No I thank you 1 was about to
r,•tte•I Igo lit" --
-I a' try tete" Mart_nret urti (L "twit
Clue i1::i1t,'4 are nitre tans 1St try"..:
"No, I thank tam 1 rt'•m,lrtted ti
satttai enohnrss in rine tiir. 01>1 mny fiat
to its the hallway. I tins -''•'>1t to re,
quest"
1:0 0 for Vets" X11:1 retired
soddenly
k
"11' ynn wtti be to n i•1 ' %Ala Mr.
Inflating, "It is tl 10.014 ' ,:'% ter hat,
11'1'...,,.tllnanatt, Mid iii:r,„r rap tt n,ta'
11: ,1> 0': bun"
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