The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-12-12
THE MADNESS OF PHILIP
p A r T
BY JOSEPHINE DODGE DASKAM
Copyrighted, 1908, By Josephine DQsam
In Three Parts

His mother, being a woman of per-
ception, realized early that something
was wrong. Even before breakfast
she found Philip trying to put his sis
ter into bolster case, checking her
vivid denunciations by a judicious ap-
plication Of the pillow. After break
fast it was impossible to get him
ready in time, as his rubbers had
been hidden by revengeful sister,
and the bus was kept waiting fully
five minutes, to the irritation of the
driver, who made up the lost interval
| by a rapid pace. This jolted the
children about and frightened the
| youngest ones, SO that they arrived at
the kindergarten bumped and breath
less and only too disposed to take Of
Tense at the first opportunity. This
opportunity Philip supplied. AS they
swarmed out of the bus he irritated
Joseph Zukoffsky by fiat contradic-
ton of his pleased statement that he
was to lead the line into the house.
"Oh, no, you amt" said Philip.
Joseph stared and reiterated his as
sertion. Philip again denied it. He
did nothing to prevent Joseph from
assuming the head of the line, but his
tone was most exasperating. and Jo-
seph sat down on the lower step OF
the bus and burst into angry tears
he was not person of strong char
acter.
Some of the more sympathetic chill
dren joined their tears to his and the
others disputed violently, if vaguely:
they lacked a clear idea OF the diff
Guilty, but that fact did not prevent
eager partisanship. Two perplexed
marshale1 a wavering line, one limo
Gently upholding Philip to the dis
gusted group, "bcccause he walks along
so quietly"; the other supporting Jo-
seph, whose shoulders heaved con-
vulsiyely as he burst out into irregular
and startling sobs. 1t was felt that
the day had begun inauspiciously.
They sat down on the hall floor and
began to pull off their rubbers and
muftiers. AS Philips eye fell to the
level of his feet a disagreeable associ-
alton stirred his thoughts, and in
moment it had taken definite form
his rubbers had been stolen and hid
den! His under lip crept slowly out;
a distinctly dangerous expression
grew in his eyes; he looked banefullly
about him. Marantha Judd pirouetted
across his field of vision, vain-glorious
In new plaid apron with impractic-
able pockets. Her pigtails bobbed be-
hind ner. She had just placed her
diminutive rubbers neatly paralleled
and was attaching the one TO the
other with a tight little lothespin
provided for the purpose.
Casually, and as if unconscious that
Marantha was curiosity incarnate,
Philip took his own clothespin and
adjusted it to his nose. 1t gave him
an odd and, to Marantha, a distin-
guished appearance. and she inquired
of him if the sensations he experienced
were pleasurable. His answer ex-
pressed unconditional affirmation, and,
unclasping her clothespin, Marantha
snapped it vigorously over her own
tip-tilted little feature. A sharp and
uncompromising tweak was the result,
and Marantha, shrieking, tore off the
clothespin with jerk that sent little
Richard Willetts Keeling against his
neighbor. Out of the confusion--Rich-
ard was a timorous creature and fully
convinced that the entire kindergar-
ten meditated continual assault upon