Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-11-04
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platform in the yard when Mrs. Soho
aeld and her son arrived at their own
abode, and white and scarlet striped
canopy was In process OF erection over
head 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.
He was twelve!
After lunch he underwent an elab-
~orategtoffet and murmured moi. For
fhe first time in his life he knew the.
visa to be sandpapered, waxed, and
polished to the highest possible degree.
And when the operation was over he
stood beforest the mirror In new bloom,
feeling encouraged to hope that his re-
semblance to his father was not so
strong as Aunt Sarah seemed to think.
The white gloves upon his hands had
g pleasant smell, he found, and as he
came down the stairs he had 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 he deeply
inhaled the odor of the gloves. In spite
Of everything Penrod had his social ca
pacities. Already 1t Is to be perceived
that there We're In him the markings
OF a cotillion leader.
chen 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
Penrod, suffering from stage fright and
perspiration, stood beside his mother,
In the drawing ROOM to receive them.
he greeted unfamiliar a~cquaintances
and intimate fellow criminals with the
same frigidity. murmuring "'M glad
to see 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
him, ! y truth. that Marjorie Jones re-
celyed a distinct shock, now to be re-
lated. DE. Thrope, the very kind old,
clergyman who had baptized Penred,
came in for a moment to congratulate
the boy and had just moved away
when it was Marjorie's turn, in the
line OF children. to speak to Penred,
She gave him what she considered a
forgiying look and. because of the oc-
casion, addressed him in a perfectly
courteous manner.
Il wish you many happy returns of
the day, Penrod.'
Thank You, sirr, he returned. fol-
lowing DR.. Thorpe with a CLASSY stare
In which there was absolutely no rec
ognition OF Marjorie. Then he greeted
Maurice Levy, who was next to Mar
jorie, I'M glad to see y'T
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 orang outang. Never
theless her manner ut times Just hint
ed a consciousness that this Caliban
was her property, wherefore she stared
at him ~incredulously as his head bob
bed up and down in the dancing school
bow, greeting his guests. Then she
heard an adult voice neal her exclaim:
What an exquisite child"
Marjorie glanced up-a little com
sciously, though she was used to it,
naturally curious to ascertain who was
speaking OF her. It was Sam VIII
liams' mother addressing Mrs. Bassett,
both being present to help Mrs. Scho-
field make the festivities festive.
"ExquisiteP'
Here was q second heavy surprise
for Marjorie. They were not looking
at her. They were looking with beam
Ing approval at a girl she had never
seen, q dark and modish stranger of
singularly composed and yet modest
aspect Her downcast eyes, becoming
In one thus entering q crowded room.
We're all that produced the effect
OF modesty, counteracting something
about her which might have seemed
too assured. She was very slender,
very dainty. and her apparel war dis
h~earten1ng to the orner girls. It was
Of a knowing picturesqueness wholly
unfamiliar to them. There was a del
icate trace of powder upon the lobe OF
Fanchon's left ear, and the outlines OF
her eyelids, IL very closely scrutinized.
would have revealed successful exper-
imentation with a burned match.
Marjorfe's lovely eyes dilated. She
learned the meaning of hatred at first
sight. Observing the stranger with In
stinctiye suspicion, all at once she
seemed, to herself. awkward. Poor
Marjorie underwent that experience
which hearty. healthy little girls and
big girls undergo at n time or an
other-from heels to head she felt her.
self. somehow, too thick.
Fanchon leaned close to Penrod and
whispered in his ear:
Don't you forgetla
Penrod bIushed.
Marjorie saw the blush. Her lovely
eyes opened even wider. and In them
there began to grow a light. 1t was