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The Wingham Times, 1916-04-20, Page 7April loth, 1g16 THE. WINGUAM TIMES ' e7 �����,��',��iil►lt►Jl'J�a�lilltitl`'i1 NI I► Fob. TARKIrtcTo SYNOPSIS. ' Penrod, fearing the ordeal of playln>tA 'Abe pert of the Child Sir Lancelot, seeks irergetfulness In the composition of a dime *oval. Penrod's mother and sister dress him in his costume for the "Childrer;'e Pageant et the Round Table," Penrod 1.s ashamed to wear it. Hb' breaks"'tip 5-6' whole Pa -02M 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 react er reri ovrshim `Sia seeks to ,distract attention from himself by alleg- ing loss of sleep because of a drunken uncle. 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 -dhow to entertain the town. "Neiman makes' aZlecided hit, but Red. Brick Magsworth Setts. 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. Roderick's mother finds him pos- Ing as a nephew of the murderer and stoops the circus. i'enroa gots very musical and buys an accordion, with whist, he makes a great bit with beautiful Mteriorie Jones. At the dogpod pony show Penrod eats so many differ! -it varieties of indigestible things that be is taken violently ill. Rupe Collins, a very tough boy, bullies Penrod and at once becomes a great hero in Penrod's eyes. Penrod tries to be a tough boy himself. He arouses fear in the hearts of Sam Williams, Herman and Verman by de- scribing Rupe's bullying tactics. stupe trice to intimidate Herman and Verman, and the two litie eotored boys speedily drive him oft the place. Mitchy-Mitch, Marjorie's little brother, infuriates Penrod by calling him "little gentleman," and a g:eat tar fight starts. Penrod is punished. The Rev. Mr. lCinos- lltng calls and unwisely refers to Penrod several times as "little gentleman." Penrod flis Kinosling's hat with tar and the minister departs, never to return. Georgie Bassett says that be is going to be a minister. Georgie tries to prove his qualifications by imitating a colored revivalist. whose ,pore climbing is described Jay Herman. "Despite all anguish, contumely, tar rind Maurice Levy, he still secretly thought of Marjorie, with pathetie ;constancy, as his "beau," though that Sas not how he would have spelled it. Marjorie was beautiful; her curls were long and the color of amber; her nose awes straight, and her freckles were bonest; she was much prettier than !this accomplished visitor. But beanie tis not all. "I' do!" breathed Fanchon softly. She seemed to him a fairy creature 'from some rosier world than this. So ibumble is the human heart it glori- fies and makes glamorous almost ann moor thing that says to it, "1 like foul" Penrod was enslaved. Be tiwallow- ed, coughed, scratched the back of his .-neck and said disjointedly: z"Well-I don't care -if yon wart to lt_ jtiat asegiQn." CONSTIPATION As Productive- Of Mere 111 Health Than Anything Else. '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 into ft constipated condition, and the sole rause of constipation is an inactive ,. diver, and finless the liver is kept active ;you may rest assured that headaches, ,jaundice, heartburn, piles, floating specks befofe the eyes, n feeling as if you were tieing `til faint, or catarrhs of 'the stomach will follow the wrong action of this, one ref the most important organs of the sbodyf. Itecp the liver active and working ?properly by the use of Ivii).bern's Lame ;Liver Pii!s. Miss Rose Babineau, Amherst, INS.. e'test "Having beef troubled fot ars with constipation, and trying •vari its, so-calikd remedies, which .riid .me no good Whatever, I was persuaded to etry Milburn's Laza-Liver Pills. I have S found theta most beneficial, for they are :indeed a einendid wilt. 1; can heartily 'recommend them to ell Who suer from . cdnetipaiion." Milburti's Laxa-x iver'Pilts ere 25e p. dal, '5 viale for $1.00, it ell dealem, or mailed direct on -receipt ofirice by The T. Milburn CO., ]` united, Tdteatar Oat. —"We'll' -d-ance together," said Fan* ehon, "at your party." "I guess so. 1 just as soon." "Don't you want to, Penrod2"• "Well, I'm wilting to." "No. Say you want tol" Well He used his toe as a gimlet, boring into the ground, his wide open eyes staring with intense vacancy at a but- ton on his sleeve,. His mother appear- ed upon the perch in departure, call- ing farewells over ber abonider to Mrs. Gelbraith, who stood in the doorway. "Say it!" whispered Fanchon. "Well, f just as soon." She seemed satisfied. A date ing floor bad been laid upon a platform in tbe yard when Mrs. Scho- field and her son arrived at their own abode, and a white and scarlet striped canopy was in process of erection over - bead to shelter the dancers from the sun. Workmen were busy everywhere under the direction of Margaret, and the smitten heart of Penrod began to beat rapidly. All this was for him. IIB was twelve! After lunch he underwent an elab- orate toilet and murmured not. For the first time in his life he knew the wish to be sandpapered, waxed. and polished to the highest possible degree. And when the operation was over he stood before the mirror in new bloom, feeling encoureged to hope that his re- sert ihinnee to his father was not so strong as Amit It:trnh seemed to thinie. The white gloves upon his hands had . a pleasant smell, he found, anti as be came down the stairs he bad great content in the twinkling of his new dancing slippers. He stepped twice on each step the better to enjoy their effect, and at the same time be deeply inhaled the odor of the gloves. In spite of everything Penrod bad his social ca- pacities. Already it is to be perceived that there were in him the makings of a cotillion leader. Then came from the yard a sound of tuning instruments, squeak of fiddle, croon of cello, a falling triangle ring- ing and tinkling to the floor. and he turned pale. Chosen guests began to arrive, while L'enrod, suffering from stage fight and pershiratlon, stood beside his mother, in the "drawing room," to receive them. He greeted unfamiliar acquaintances and intimate fellow -criminals with the same frigidity, murmuring "'M glad to see y'" to all alike, largely increas- ing the embarrassment which always prevails at the beginning of children's festivities. His unnatural pomp and circumstance had so thoroughly upset flim, in truth, that Marjorie Jones re- ceived a distinct shock, now to be re. fated. Dr. Tbrope, the very kind old clergyman who bad baptized Penrod, came in for a moment to congratulate the boy and had fust moved away when it was Marjorie's turn, In the Line of children, to speak to Penrod. Sbe gave him what she considered a forgiving look and, because of•the oc- casion, addressed him in a perfectly courteous manner. "I wish you many happy returns of the day, Penrod." "Thank 'You, site' be returned, fol lowing Dr. Thorpe with a glassy stare In which tbere was absolutely no rec- ognition of Marjorie. Then he greeted Maurice Levy, who was next to Mar- jorie, "'M glad to see y'!" Dumfounded, Marjorie turned aside and stood near, observing Penrod with gravity, It was the first great surprise of her life. Customarily she had seem- ed to place his character somewhere between that of the professional rioter and that of the prang ontang. Never- theless her Manner at times just hint- ed a conacionsness that this Caliban was het property, wherefore she stared at him incredulously as bis bead bob- bed up and down in the dancing school !sow, greeting his guests. Then She beard an fidult voice ueatt her exclaim: "What nn ergeleite child!" Marjorie glanced 'ennea 'little con. odiously, thougk she Was need to naturally etiriotIs to ascel talo wbo WAS speaking of ber. It wee Sana Wil- liams' mother. addressing Mrs, Bassett, • both being present to help Mrs. Soho. geld make the festivities festive. eRiguisifei'' Sere was a second heat,' stni!prlee 'tor Marjorie, They were not lookiaa at her. They Were looking with beam. Ing• approt its at a *Irl She hell never seen,, ti dark and inlidlsli ager of ahlasttlat'ly flolmplia.d And Yet Modest aspect. Her downcast eyes, becoming in Ob 'CM eafr a erto*dela rt+ot a, were all that piodv o! >lt benrtening to the other gifil. If was of a knowing Picturesqueness wholly unfamiliar to tbem, There was a del. ieate trace of powder upon the lobe of Panchen's left ear, and the outlines of her eyelids, if very Closely a ronnized. would have revealed successful e.fiper- imentatton with a burned match. edarjorie'a lovely eyes iflatede She learned the meaning of hatred at first sight. Observing the stranger with M. stinctive suspicion, ail at once she seemed, to herself, awkward. Poor Marjorie underwent that experience welch hearty, healthy little girls and big girls undergo at one time or an. other -'from beets to bead she felt her- self, somehow, too thick Fanchon leaned close to Penrod and whispered in his ear; "Don't you forget!" Penrod blushed. Marjorie saw the blush. Ser lovely eyes opened even wider, and in them there began to grow a light. It watt the tight at indi t ation-at.least people whose eyes glow with that light alwayei Call it indignation. Roderick Mageworth Bitts, Jr., ap. preached Fanchon when she bad made her courtesy to Mrs. Schofield. Fan. chon whispered in Roderick's ear also. "Your hair is pretty, Roddy!, Don't forget what you said yesterday!" Roderick likewise blushed. Maurice Levy, captivated by the new- comer's appearance. pressed close to Roderick. "Give tis an intaduction, Roddy?" Roddy being either reluctant or un- able to perform the rite, Fanchon took matters into her own bands and was presently favorably impressed with Maurice, reeeiving•the information that his tie had been brought to him by his papa from Shoone's, whereupon she privately informed him that she liked wavy hair and arranged to dance with him. Fanehou also thought that sandy hair was attractive, Sam Williams discover- ed a few minutes later, and so catholic was her taste that a ring of boys quite encircled her before the musicians in the yard struck up their thrilling mareb, and Mrs. Schofield brought Penrod to escort the lady from out of town to the dancing pavilion. Headed by this pair, the children sought partners and paraded solemnly out of the front door and round a cor- ner of the house, There they found the gay marquee, the small orchestra seated on the lawn et one side of it and a punch bowl of lemonade invite ing attention under a tree, Decorous- ly the small couples stepped upon the platform, one after another, and began to dance. "It's not much like a children's party in our day," Mrs. Williams said to Penrod's mother. "We'd have been playing Quaker meeting, clap in, clap out or going to Jerusalem, I suppose." "Yes, or postofnce and drop the hand- kerchief," said Mrs. Schofield. "'Things change so quickly. Imagine asking lit- tle Fanchon Gelbraith to play London bridge! Penrod seems to be having a difficult time with her, poor boy. He wasn't a shining light in the dancing class." However, Penrod's difficulty was not precisely of the, kind his mother sup- posed. Fanchon was soon showing him a new step, which she taught ber next partner In turn, continuing fnstruc- tions during the dancing. The children crowded the floor, and in the kaleido- scopic jumble of bobbing heads and in- termingling figures her extremely dif- ferent style of motion was unobserved by the older people, who looked on, nodding time benevolently. Fanchon fascinated girls as well as boys. Many of the former eagerly sought her acquaintance and thronged about ber between the dances, when, accepting the deference due a cosmo- politan and an oracle of the mode, she gave demonstrations of the new step to succeeding groups, professing as- tonishment to find it unknown. It bad been "all the go," she explained, at the Long Shore Casino for fully two seasons. She pronouneed very "slow" a "fan- cy dance" executed during an in- termission by Baby Rennsdale and Georgie Bassett, giving it as her opin- ion that Miss Rennsdale and Mr. Bas- sett were "dead ones," and she ex- pressed surprise that the punch bowl contained Iemonade and not cham- pa8`ne. • The dancing continued, the new step gaining instantly in popularity, fresh couples adventuring with every num- ber. The word "step" is somewhat misleading, nothing done with the feet being vital to the evolutions intro - ducted by Fanchon. Fanchon's dance came front the orient by a roundabout way. Pausing in;, old Spain, taking on a Gallic frankness in gallantry at the Dai Rattier in Paris, combining with a relative from the south seas encoun- tered In San Francisco, flavoring itself with a care free negrold abandon in New Orleans and accumulating, too, something inexpressible from Mexico and South Amerlea, it kept throughout its travels to the underworld or to cir- cles itcles where natere is extremely frank and tank, until at last it reached the <liges off New York, when•it immediate. ly broke out its what is called civilized -society. Thereafter it soon spread in vara only: modified torms--some of thein disinfected -to watering places 'and thence, carried by hundreds of older Male and feraale Panchen§ over the country, being eagerly adopted every - 'Where end' Made Wholly Mire lhltd re- spectable by the supreme mored axiom Old 60311316g le 'ate right if enough petiole do It. T'�tv 'erlbody 'watt doing it. Not quite everybody. It teas per - hal nowt-, test of tithe Mabee that Mirth could furnish no more grotesque t - 1F1► itiat.0..010311111 gleltX VA. Heart Was So Weak Could Net Go Up Stairs Without belle. When the heart becomes weals and does mot do its Work properly the nerves become unstrung anct the whole system seems to go "all to pieces." When this happens yon need ii tonic to build up both the heart and nerves, and Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills will accomplish this for yell, providing you to not let your tease riot too long and allow it to become chronic. Mrs, l;vangiliste Loverdure, Port Coulonge, Que., writes: "bast summer my her -rt and nerves were so bad I could not sleep at night, and my heart was so weak I could not go up stairs without help, My doctor said he Gould do no more for me as my heart was completely done. A cousin of mine came in one day and told me that Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills cured her completely. I immediately gave her 50 cents to bring me a box, and since that day there is a box always on my sideboard. I am now well, and my heart and nerves are stronger than when I was a little school girl. I advise anyone with heart trouble to try theta. No doctor Can beat them." Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills are 500 per box, 3 boxes for $1.25; for sale at all dealers; mailed direct on receipt or price by The T. Milburn Co., Limited,! Toronto, Ont. 'Earth, asslsted'by"Panchen, vas fur- nishing this sight at Penrod's party, B3,v the time ice cream and cake arriv- ed about half the guests bad either been Initiated into the mysteries by Fanchon or were learning by imita- tion, and the education of the other half was resumed with the dancing when the attendant ladies, uncon- scious of what was happening, with- drew into the house for tea and a bit or gossip. ' "That orchestra's a dead ape." Fan - thou remarked to Penrod. "We ougbt to liven them up a tittle." Site approached the musicians, "Don't you know," she asked the leader, "the 'Slingo Sligo Slide?' " The leader giggled, nodded. rapped with his bow upon his violin, and Pen- t•od, following 1'anchon back upon the lancing floor, blindly brushed with his albow a solitary little figure standing einof on the lawn at the edge of the platform. It was Marione. -__ CHAPTER XXIII.___ — Over the Fence. IN no mood to approve of anything introduced by Fanchon she had scornfully refused from the first to dance the new "step" and be- cause of its bonfire popularity found herself neglected in a society where she had reigned as beauty and belle. Faithless Penrod, dazed by the sweep- ing Fanchon, had utterly forgotten the amber curls. Be had not once asked Marjorie to dance. 11.11 afternoon the light of indignation had been growing brighter in her eyes, though Maurice Levy's defection to the lady from New York had not fanned this flame. Prom the moment Fanchon bad whispered familiarly in Penrod's ear and Penrod had blushed Marjorie had been occu- pied exclusively with resentment against that guilty pair. it seemed to her that Penrod bad no right to allow a strange girl to whisper in his ear, that his blushing when the strange girl did it was atrocious and that the strange gird herself ought to be ar- rested. Forgotten by the merrymakers, Mar- jorie stood alone upon the lawn, clinch- ing her small fists, watching the new dance at its high tide and hating it with a hatred that made every inch of her tremble. And, perhaps because jealousy is a great awakener of the virtues, she had a perception of some- thing in it worse than lack of dignity - something vaguely but outrageously reprehensible.' Finally when Penrod brushed by her, touched her with his elbow and did not even see tier, Marjo- rie's state of mind (not unmingled with emotion) became dangerous. In fact, a trained nurse chancing to observe her at this juncture would probably have advised thnt she be taken home and put to bed. Marjorie was on the verge of hysterics. .She saw Panchen and Penrod assume the double embrace required by the dance. The "Mingo Sligo Slide" burst from the . orehestra like the lunatic 161.111141111114401141111111411111111111.11 Your Liver is Clogged up That'. Wlby You're i'fnrd--Out Serra --law to Appals. CARTER'S LIYILV. LIVER PILLS will put you night is *kW day-. The,/ aw their duty. Care kolleolerh, abet Aid t?tataa. 1 killWSmall pooh Suva PrIee„ domino seem We Signature sizriek of a' girl niaaaeneu negro, a dip all the and litttosway: uples began to bob and co Marjorie made a scene. She sprang upon the platform and statxlped tier foot. "Penrod Schofleldl" she shouted. "You liBIIIAVE ym:1113 lfi" The remarkable gill took Penrod by the ear. By his ear sbe Swung Min away from Fa. lei ga and faced him to ward the lawn, "You ;na eb. straight out of herein she commanded, t'earod matched. He was stunned; obeyed automatical Iy without question and had very little realization of what was happening to him. Altogether and without reasons be was In precisely tate condition of an elderly spouse detected in flagrant rats* behavior. Marjorie similarly was In precisely the condition of the party who detects such misbehavior. It may be added that the had acted with a promptness, a decision and a disregard of social consequences alt to be com- mended to the attention of ladies in like predicament. "You ought to be ashamed of your- self!" she raged when they reached the lawn. "Aren't you ashamed of your- self?" "What for?' he inquired helplessly. "you be quiet!" "But what'd I de, Marjorie? 1 haven't done anything to you," be pleaded. "I haven't even seen you all afters" -- "You be quiet!" she cried, tears fll• ing her eyes. "Beep still, you ugly boy! Shut up!" Sbe slapped him. He should have understood from this bow much she cared for him, but he rubbed !its cheek and declared rue- fully; "I'll never speak to you again!" "You will tool" she sobbed passion- ately. "I will not!" lie turned to leave her, but paused. His mother, his sister 1llargaret and their grownup friends had finished their tea and were approaching from the house. Other parents and guar- dians uardians were with them, coming for their children, and there were carriages and automobiles waiting in the street. But the "Slingo Slide" went on regard- less. The group of grown up people best• tared and;,came to a halt, gazing at the pavilion, "What are they doing?" gasped Mrs. Williams, blushing deeply. "What is it? What is it?" "What is it?" Mrs. Gelbraith echoed in a frightened whisper. "What" -- "They're tangoing!" cried Margaret Schofield, "or bunny hugging or grizzly bearing or" - "They're only turkey trotting," said Robert Williams. With fearful outcries the mothers, aunts and sisters rushed upon the pa- vilion. "Of course it was dreadful," said Mrs. Schofield an hour later, rendering her lord an account of the day, "but it was every bit the fault of that one extraordinary child. And of all the quiet, demure little things -that is, 1 mean when she first came. We all spoke of how exquisite she seemed -so well trained, so finished! Eleven years old! I never saw anything like her in my life!" "I suppose it's the New Chiid," her husband grunted. "And to thiol: of her saying there ought to have been champagne in the lemonade!" "Probably she'd forgotten to bring her pocket flask." he suggested mus- ingly. "But aren't you proud of Penrbd?" cried Penrod's mother. "It was just as I told you. He was standing clear outside the pavilion" - "I never thought to see the day. And Penrod was the only boy not do - lag it, the only one to refuse. All the others were" - "Every one!" she returned trims-. phantly. "Even Georgie Bassett!" "Well," said Mr. Schofield, patting her on the shoulder, "I guess we can hold up our heads. at last." Penrod was out in the yard staring at the empty marquee. The sun was on the horizon line, so far behind the back fence, and it western window of the house blazed in gold unbearable to the eye. His day was nearly over. Ele sighed and took from the inside pocket of his new jacket the "sling- shot" Aunt Sarah Crim bad given him that morning. 13e snapped the rubbers absently. They held fast. and bis next impulse was entirely irresistible. 13e found a shapely stone, fitted it to the leather and drew back the ancient catapult for a shot. A sparrow hopped upon a braneh between him and the house, and he aimed at the sparrow, but the reflection from the dazzling window struck In his eyes as he loosed the leather. Ile missed the sparrow, but not the window. There was n loud crash, and to his horror he caught a glimpse of his father, stricken in midshaving, ducking a shower of broken glass, glittering razor flourisbins wildly, Words crashed with the •glass, sten. Wien words, fragmentary, but coI- lossai. Penrod stood petrified, a broken sting in his band. He could..bear his parent's booming descent of the back stairs, instant and Curious, and then. red lint above white lather, ?fir. Soho• field burst nut of the kitchen door and hurled forth talon his son. ,'iYbat de you mean?" he delnabded, Blanking Penrod by the shoulder, "'Ten minutes ago, for the very first tine in our lives, your mother end 1 were laying we Were proud of you, and here you go and threw a reek at me thronglt•. the tl►tudOW when 1 n2 abrivint xor dIDfes'1" The proprielaryor Patent iledicinekt AVefetable Preparation forAs.• stmilating IheFood andRe�gi,las• ,JingiheStomachsandBowelsof INPA'NTS;CSifiLDIt Nf Promotes Digesh Cheerful': MSS Jinnitest,Containslleither. 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"Aunt Sarah Crim gave it to me this morning and told me to give it back to you. She said She took it away from you thirty-8ve years ago. You killed her hen, she said. She told me some more to tell you. but Poe for- gotten." "Oh!" said Mr. Schofield. IIe took the broken sling in his hand, looked at it Iong and thoughtfully, and he looked longer, and quite as thougbt- fully, at Penrod, Then he turned away and walked toward the house. •'I'm sorry, Papa," said Penrod. Mr. Schofield coughed, and as he reached the door called back, but with- out turning his bead. "Never mind, little boy. A broken window isn't much harm." When he had gone In Penrod wan- dered down the yard to the back fence, climbed upon it and sat in reverie there. A slight figure appeared, 1ikeveirte upon a fence, beyond two neighboring yards. "Tay, Penrod!" called comrade Sam Will lams. "Tay!" returned Penrod Meehan. ieaily. "I caught Bine Blue 101111" shouted Sam, describing retribution Ina man- tier perfectly clear to his friend. "Yon were mighty lucky to get out of it." "1 know that?" "You wouldn't of, it It bedn't been for Marjorie." 'Well, don't I know hat?' Penrod -shouted. with heat. "Wen. so long!" called Sam, drop. RIne.trom da .:ence. and the fxiend1 voice came then, more faint y, "Many happy returns of the day, Penrod!" And now a plaintive little whine sounded from below Penrod's feet, and, looking down, he saw that Duke, his wistful, old, scraggly dog, sat in tha grass, gazing seekingly up at him, The last shaft of sunshine of that day fell graciously and iik.e a blessing upon the boy sitting on the fence: years afterward a quiet sunset would recall to him sometimes the gentle evening of his twelfth birthday and bring him the picture of his bey self' sitting in rosy life upon the feaee, gaz- ing pensively down upon bit wistful, scraggly, little old dog »uite, Bunt something else, surpassing. he would' remember of that hoar; for iuthe side street close by if pink skirt flickered from behind a shade tree to the 'seeder of the fence. There was a gleam or amber curls, and Penrod started ase something Like a tiny white wing flut- tered by his head, and there came to his ears the sound of a light laugh and of light footsteps departing, tbe laugh-• ter tremulous, the footsteps fleet. In the grass between Duke's fore, paws there lay a white note folded 1i the shape of a cocked hat, and the inns sent forth a final amazing glory as: Penrod opened it and read, "Your my; bow." THE END. COLORS OF METEORS. Three Stages Through Which They, Pass to Reach the Earth. An article by Alfred Wegener in the Scientific American offers an explana-e tion of the marked difference of color observed in meteors. "Lip to an a14- tude of about forty-five miles the prints - cipal constituent of the earth's atmos, phere is nitrogen. A second stratum of the atmosphere, extending up to. about 125 miles, consists mainly of hy: drogen. Still higher, Wegener himself has sought to prove the existence of a stratum consisting of an excessively light gas which he calls "geocoroni um." When entering the atmosphere from. outer space meteors do not becomes luminous in the very tenuous "geocoroe alum sphere," but only when they en- ter the "hydrogen sphere," and most of them are dissipated before reaching the nitrogen atmosphere. The largest fireballs, however, penetrate deeper - and may reach the earth or explode not far above it. Dr. Wegener Ands that the meteors that penetrate deep enough pass through three color stages -viz, yellowy white, green and deep red. The great majority exhibit only the first stager in which the color (white, yellow,. sometimes reddish) is that of the in- candescent meteor itself. The green stage Wegener believes to be due to the incandescence of the hydrogen through which the meteor is passing, while the deep red etage is due to the, incandescence of nitrogen in the lower atmosphere. Thrill of Being Wet. There is something rudimentary and fundamental about having water splashed down upon one and getting completely and tleliciotlsis' wet -not damp, not moist, but wet, wringing Wet You yourself wben a child never enjoyed anything iso tnueh as gout first drenching in an unforeseen and un- avoidable rainstor'na--tile thrill of be. . inn wet, the Coot Brite of the water on your hose, into your sleeves and down your neck, and the joyous slush of soaked, water logged. bootP . *ten the tedium of being rubbed with alcohol, bundled up sad learned • you .would. Catch ,your deetb did not ditnanialt the event. You toted it better , than: the Ube yott inn off the heath dotht lash Iotlt'er.`"Atlaatla