The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-31
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tsDan kills the rats. See2" hissed the fat faced boy, maintaining the horrible 5ukaposzkion-
 .sEYeM. all rigEt,'' said PenFod, swaI 1mwranG. aT don t.Want lem mUch- And when .f4le pose had been relaxed he esaratasat his new friend for moment, a8Siost4svith reverence. Then he bright aned
 Agome on, Rupe9' he cried enthpsias- Ssrzlfy, as he climbed the fence. well give our dogs a little live a1neat-'bOE Y
 AEttaae dinner table that evening Pen rod surprised his family by rRmarking ina voice they had never heard him ektelzr,t-a lazVgiving voice of interna- tzonM1 gruHness.
 .aAny man ttatsss ma9xin. a hundexd aozIax.s . month is naaAzln' good money 's AEH Sslfonaza. sEaring. fur EEae previous eonyersaEIOn had con ce4ned the Illness of am infant relative. MCOunc5I Bluffs,
 Amy man that's maxim a hunderd daIlzrssa month is maxim good money 2
 Kmat IS he talking abontg Manga zehapEseaEedst ito the 1nvAssEae
 Wen said Renrod, froUning. that's what f0naznen at the ladder works get ? s1EfOw in the world do yOu know ?'' an1zsd hzs naotaaer
 -Weal. know it. A hzInderd dollars 8 z13osash is good money, teI1 youzs'
 wen, what Of it s'' said the father, lnntienfIy-
 srzct7an,- only said il was good HlDney
 11r. Schofeld shook his head, dismiss fnk the subject, and here he made a nzata71es he should have followed up his snn:s singular contribution to the cDnvexa91Dn-
 ThAt would have pialpIy revealed the fact that there was a certain Rupe Collins whose father was fore man at the ladder works. All cleWs are important when a boy makes his first remark in A new zzey-
 Good moneyRe repeated Margaret car1ousiy. EsEEhaf is egood' 1n0ney?'s
 Penred turned upon her stern glance Say, wcu1dn't you be just as happy if you had some gense2s'
 -sPenrods' shouted his father But PenrOds mother gazed with dismay at her sons he had never before spoken like that to his sister.
 Mrs Schofield might have been more disInaBed than she wassif she had re alized that it was the. beginning of an epoch After dinner Penrod was slightly scalded in the back as a re- suz& of telling Della, the cook, that theDe was wart on the middle finger of her right hand Della thus proving poor material for his new manner to work upon, he approached Duke in the back yard, and. bending double, seized the lo9vly animal by the forepaws.
 IT let you know nay naness PenEOd Schodeld,y hfssed the boy. He pro trzaad his under]zp feEoeleasly, scow9- ed and thrust forward his head s1nfdl his nose touched the dogs. And you better look out when Penrod Sclao- deSzss around, CT yousn get in big troubges You 91ndefstans that, boz
 The next day, and the nex&, the in creasfng change in Penrod pnzz1ed and d1stzessed his family, who had no idea oT its source. How might they gness tlRat herO worship takes such for7ns2 They were vaguely conscious that a rather shabby boy, not of the neigh boE&o1d came to play with Penrod seeEag times, bat they failed to con mee% 1aaas circumstance with the pc ctaaMr ksezlaxfor Of the son of the house, wAases 1deaIs Chls father retnarFed EAeezned to have suddenly become
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 6kSEA9SAFHILE. for Penroa hfna-
 aseRf, life had taken on new meaning. nev fiehness. He
 aAd become a fighting man ia enEz zSafden at least. Do yen want to kHOW how I do when they try to slip ID aa.Ane from behind?' he asked Delsas Azsd he enacted for her un- apDEaefatzEe eye scene of hstic ma neMEexs wherein he held an imaginary anEAG6sa3s4 helpless in q net of strata gems
 FEeaHenEzT. when he was alone, he WotIsA SHtwit and pHnImel this same enemy, and, after a cunning feint, land g d010Eous stroke full upon face of AfKs .-There4 I guess you'll know better next time. That's the way we do up at the Thirdt''
 S6zaet1mes in solitary panto1ninhe he ene6anEefed more than one 0pBonert at a time, for numbers were apt to come upon him tEeacheFously, especial ly at a little after his rising hour, when he might be caught at disad- vantage perhaps staAding on one leg e6 5nease the other in his kniekeRl es5ckeFs. Like lightning he would Turl the trapping garment from him, and, ddcK1Hg and p1V0f1Hg, deaf great sweeping blows among the circle of saeaking devils. (Tf1at was he5F he broke the clock in his bedE90m,1 And while these battles were occupying his attention, it was a waste of voice te call him to breakfast, though F his mother, losing patience, came te his r65az She would ffd hina seated on fHzs beh p1f1ing at q Sticking: .eWeii, ain,t coming as fast as I can ?''
 At the table and about the house generally he was BumptieHe, loud with fatuous misinfeT matiea and asszzaed 3 demlneerina tszse, iehzaslfher