New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-17


lie, in Sunday school requested the
. .. ,srtrbuton Penrod' fumblins honestly (at
~ -rone rockets. managed 70 look so
go that the gentle lady told him not to
49, said she was often forgetful herself
81 30 sweet about IL that, looking into the
F. "a - began 90 feel confident OF small
regular income.
!, close Of the afternoon services he did
p b,t proceeded TO squander the funds
.,t.l3 from China upon an orgy OF the
-.,.rr forbidden description. In drug
r. y near the church he purchased five
So. ~ candy consisting for the most part
"t..,,lv favored hoofs Of horned cattle,
".-,.biy substantial, and so generously
-, o. resisting solution that the purchase
-. be atoucious beyond reason who did
live his nor,'s worth
- With this collation. Penrod contrib
rersirinc nickel 20 a picture show,
- mon the seventh day by the legal
-. moral authorities Here in eosey
T.. rlsc.6lv insulted his liver with jaw
amor. isw.bresker from the paper sack.
,,vfe,t or content watched the silent
81. on che screen.
r- made a lasting impression upon him.
.,4 v..h relentless psthos the drunkards
b,r;-rirr with his conversion 10 beer
..-rs~v OF loose travelling men; pur-
a. .,rourh an inexplcsble lapse into
.,,.bes and the society Of some remark
.,fri ladies'. next. exhibiting the effects
- q, The victims domestic disposition,
Inmate man was seen in the act of striS-
-.;fe and. subsequently,, his pleading baby
With an abnormally heavy walking stick.
~ 49,. through the snow-to seek the pro
- relative was shown, and, finally, the
~. ,..-gresoue behavior a. the portals Of
-,aoase. ,,..
! i. s,.ira,ed was Penrod that he postponed his
-, until this film came around again by
..-s he had finished his unnatural repss'
80. hut not quite decided against follow
i ...foss,or of a drunkard when he grew up.
80 sstiatcd. from the theatre. public
-. before jewellers shop confronted him
~ r7evpec,ed dial and imminent perpleX'-
u,u was he 70 explain at home these hours
4 ,r;,,,s, There vas a stesdfast rule that he
-, direct from Sunday school, and SUNDAY
! -.-s imrortart. because on that day ther'
.t. fs.bsr. always al home and at hand, peril
...3y for action. One Of the hardest con
~ bovbood is the almost continuous strain
i !. uron the powers OF invention by the cons'an'
! y t.,,,sir- necessity for explanations Of every
r--sl act
,.,...5ipr romevsrd through the deepening
.,rys q, rspidly as possible at a gait half skip
.l,,r esnter. Penrod made up his mind IN what
,.-s- he could account for his long delay ana
i, drew nearer rehearsed in words the opening
-gs., Of his defence.
.ysr see here" he determined to begin; Il DO
| pa, wish 10 be blamed for things ] couldn't help
other boy. ] was going along the street by
,,rsrs and lady put her head out OF the win
NJ ,,5 said her husband was drunk and whipping
,sr3 her little girl. and she asked me wouldn't
m-, i, and help hold him. So I went in and
I'd 70 get hold Of this drunken lady's husband
s.-, bs was whipping their baby daughter, but he
r,5rt nav any attention, and told her l ought
5, getting home, but she KEEP on askin' me TO
AZ
4, this point he reached the corner Of his own
a,s. where coincidence not only checked the
sssr,sl Of his eloquence but happily Obviated all
-ason for To- A cab from the station drew up
front OF the gate, and there descended
-s5s3 LADY in black and a fragile little gr
bout three Mrs Schofeld rushed from the
..,s and EMBODIED both IN hospitable arms.
Ties were Periods Aunt Clara and cousin
o., Clara. from DAYTON. Illinois and in the furry
q their arrival everybody forgot TO put Penrod
% the question It is doubtful, however, # he
si any relief; there may have been even a slight
l,o,scious Disappointment not altogether dis
'nlsr 70 that Of an actor deprived Of good
lm
Next morning. when he had once more resumed
he dreadful burden Of education, il seemed IN
,nI's,y duer And yet what pleasanter slgnt is
here ,hin a schoolroom we'll filed with children
Il those sproutinr years just before the teens?
l's casual visitor, gazing from the teachers
i'forn upon these busy little heads, needs only
oan'sd memory 20 experience the most agree
NE and celebrating sensations. Stlii' LOT inc
rsater part, the children are unconscious OF 'he
ipplness Of their condition; for nothing Is more
aheiicslly true than that we never know "heh
are well off," The boys in public scnool are
20 ssare Of their happy state than are the
,ts and Of all the boys in his room, probably
'iiot himself had the least appreciation Oh MS
asy.
a' sal staring OF an open page OF teHIDooA'
y hoi studying; not even reading; not even
liking Nor was he lost in a reverle' ms
ms eye was shut. as his physical eye might
''- have been for the optic nerve, faced WIN
@''+ conveyed nothing whatever OF the printed
"s' upon which the orb Of vision was partially
's''sd Penrod was doing something very un-
"a and rare, something almost never accom-
seed except by oolored people or by boy IN
s'''l on spring day. He was doing really
q all *
A'''ed from perfect apathy, the boy cast ABOUT
= "hoolroom an eye wearied 20 nausea oy the
Sp''na! vision Of the neat teacher upon 'he
s'1''u' the backs Of the heads Of the pupils IN
w Of him, and the monotonous stretches OF
.'''ooard threateningly defaced by arithmetleai
-'-sS ;22 other insignia Of torture Above tne