Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-10-07
Marjnris' sent 4ntos his furious face
her lovely, spiteful laughtan

little gentleIuanls said bliberateiy.
aHow's the little gentleman this after
noon? HallD, little gentiemanvs
Penrod. quite beside himself. danced
eccentricaily. .Dry upl.s he howled.
Dry up. dry ispfFury up. dry upa'
Mitchy-Mitch ssouEe with delight
and applied a finger to the side OF the
caldron--a finger Immediately snatch
ed away and wiped upon q handker-
chief by his fastidious sister.
Title gellamnnP said Mitchy-
Mitch.
.You better look ontrs Penrod whirt
ed upon this small offender with grim
satisfaction. Here was ut least ONT
thing male that could without dishon-
or be held responsible: .Youl say that
again and I'll give you the worst
You viii not, snapped Marjorie, In
stantly y~itriolic. @HeM say just what
ever he wants to, and he'll say 1t just
as much as he wants to. Say 1t
again, Mttchy-Mitch!'
little gellamunly said Mitchy-Miteh
promptly.
4ow-yahr Penrod's tone production
was becoming affected by his mental
condition. "You say that again and.
PIP
G. on, Mitchy-Mitch,. cried Mario.
rie. HE can'tsdo q thing. He don't
darel Say 1t some more. Mltchy-Mitch.
SAY It'll whole lotlp
Mitchy-Mitch. with his small, fat face,
shining with confidence In his immus
nifty, compiled.
little geliamunF" he saueaked ma.
levolently. little gellamunl title,
gellamun! little 3gellamuni'
The desperate Penrod bent over the
whitewashed rock, lifted it and then
outdotng Porthos, John Ridd and Or
sus in one miraculous burst OF strength.
-heavedli 1t Into the air.
Marjorie screamed.
But It was too late. The big stone
descended into the precise midst Of the
caldron and Penrod got his mighty
splash. It was far. far beyond his X
pectations.
Spontaneously there were grand and
awful effects-yolcanic s~pectacles Of
nightmare and eruption. A black sheet
of eccentric shape rose out of the cal
dron and descended upon the three
children. who had no time to evade it.
After 1t fell. Mitchy-Mitch, whostoodt
nearest the6caldron, was the thickest,
though there was enough for all. Bre'r
Rabbit would have fed from any Of
them.
When Marjorie and Mitchy-Mitch got
their breath. they used 1t vocally, and
seldom. have more penetrating sounds
issued from human threats. Comet
dentally Marjorie. quite berserk, laid
hands upon the largest stick within
reach and fell upon Penrod with blind
fury. He had the presence OF mind to
flee, and they went round and round
the .caldron, while Mitchy- Mitch feebly
endsavored to follow-his appearance.
in this pursuit, being pathetically like
that Of a bug fished out Of an inkwell,
alive but discouraged.
Attracted BY the riot, Samuel vii
liams made his appearance, vaulting q
fence and was Immediately followed
BY Maurice Levy and George Bassett
They stared incredulously Mt the ex-
traordinary spectacle before them.
Little gen-tfl-munr' shrieked Mar
jorie, with a wild stroke that landed
full upon Penrod's tarry cap.
"Ooochrs bleated Penrod.
sits PenrodW shouted Sam Williams
recognizing him BY the voice. For an
instant he had been In some doubt.
"Penrod Schoield!" exclaimed Geor-
gle Bassett. What does this mean?s
That was Georgie's style, and had
helped to win him his title.
Marjorie leaned, painting upon hel
stick. II Observation-Disclosures she
sobbed-.I called him a lul-littla-oh-
gentleman! And oh-lul-lookAoh, lul
look at my du-dress! Lubbock at Mum.
tchy-oh-Mitch-ohw
Unexpectedly she smote again-with
results-and then, selling the indistin.
guishable hand OF Mitchy-Mitch, she
ran waiting homeward down the street
Little gentlemanr said George
Bassett with some evidences OF dis
turbed c~omplacency. "Why, that's
what they call me"
yes, and you are one, toor' shouted
the maddened Penrod. But you bet
ter not LET anybody call me thatl I've
stood enough around here for one day
and you can't run over me, George
Bassett- Justsyou put that In your giz
card and smoke iti'
Anybody has a perfect right" sale
George, with dignity. "to call q per
son a little gentleman. There's lots d
names nobody ought to call, but THU
ones a nice
4You better look outYi'
Unavenged bruises were distributed
all over Penrod, both upon his BODY
and upon his spirit. Driven by subtle
forces he had dipped his hands Ii
catastrophe and disaster. 1t was no
for a George Bassett to beard him
Penrod was about to run amuck.
: haven't called you d little gentle
man, yet said George. Il only sale
Il. Anybody's got a right to say IT,"
! "Eot around met You Just try 1