The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-08-14

THIS with my LETT nano. hoder1cK as.
;: 'well, what would you have I'm your;
ole show" asked -Penrod. condescend..
Ing to language. =:
!. That's all right: what I'd have. I'd.
have enough" -:
"You couldn't get Herman and Yer;
man in your ole show" ~
mo. and l wouldn't want 'em. eli:
Their"
"Well, what would you have?" insist
ed Penrod derisively. You'd have to
*haye: :sumpf1hihgS: : You coMadMt be q
show yourself :,
How do you known This was but
meandering while waiting for ideas
and evoked another yell.
"You think you could be a SNOWFALL
by yourselfT' demanded Penrod.
How do you know 1tcouldnt?'
Two white boys and two black boys
shrieked their scorn Of tthe boaster. ..
II. could toor' Roder1ck raised his
voice to q sudden howl, obtaining Z
hearing, ',>\ ~. ~:
"well, why don't you: tell NJ how'?' ::
well, know how, all right" said
Roderick. If anybody asks you you
can just tell him; E.: know. how. all
"Why. you can't do a anything. ). Sam
began argumentattvely. You talk
about being show. all by yourself.
What could you try to dor Show 10
Inn Ia
IT didn't say was going to>do any
thing" returned the badgerebone, still
evading.
well. then, how'd You be a show7'
Penrod demanded. I'VE got a show
here, even If Herman didn't poiat or
verman didn't talk. Their father stab
bed a man with a pttchfork, I guess,
didn't her
How do I know?'
well, I guess he's in jail, amt he?'
well, what If their father IS in jailf
I didn't say he wasn't, did IT, :
well. your father amt in Jail, ID
hep
well. / never said he was, did r.
"Well, then" continued Penrod. chow
could you be a. He stopped abrupt
~. staring at Roderick, the birth of an
idea plainly visible in his altered ex-
preston. He had suddenly remember
ed his intention to ask frederick Mays.
worth Bits, Jr., about Rena Mays
worth, and his recollection collided In
his mind with the Irritation produced
by Roderick's claiming some mysteri-
Gus attainment which would warrant
his setting up al a. show in his sin.
gle person. Penrsd's whole manner
changed instantly.
=" Roddy," he asked, almost over.
whelmed by presctence Of something
vast and magnificent, 'Roddy, are you
any relation Of Rena Magsworthr'
Roderick had never, heard. OF Rama
Magsworth, althoQ6hta .conceu1ation
Of the sentence Iestessaay :za'onounced
upon her had buzusd, tDtk{r aud hor-
rtac, uponthe~faca ofssssaesaiissxsGpaper
in the country, He to
read the journals Of the" daE,~and his
family's indignation over TIA sooE4le-
gious coincidence OF thesna9nephad not
been expressed In his pEaeeuce. But
he saw that it was an aWeaouan name
to Penrod Schodeld and Samuel wa
iams. Even Herman and Verman,
though lacking many educatapaal adj
Vantages on account OF a long resi-
dence in the country, were informed
on the subject Of Rena Magsworth
through hearsay, and they joined In
the portentous silence. ~.
"Roddy," repeated Penrod, honest,
Is Rena Magsworth some relation OF
yoursT'
There is no obsession morodaneeaeug
to its victims than conviction-espe-
cially an inherited one-of -superioxity:
this world 1s SO full Of Missourians.
And from his earliest years Roderick
Magsworth Bits, Jr., had been trained
to believe in the Importance Of the
Magsworth family. At every meal he
absorbed sense Of Magsworth great
ness, and yet in his infrequent. meet
ings with persons Of his own ara and
sex he was treated as negligible. Now
dimly he perceived that there was 4
Magsworth claim Of some sort which
was impressive, even to the boys.
Magsworth blood was the essential of
all true distinction in the world, he
knew. Consequently, having been
driven into a cul-de-sac as result of
fragrant. and unfounded Boosting, he
was ready to take advantage Of what
appeared to be a triumphal way out.
"Roddy," said Penrod again, with
solemnity, lis Rena Magsworth some
relation Of yours?" ~
rs she, Reddy?" asked Sam, almost
hoarsely :: 4: :;:A:EH
"she's my aunt!P shouted Roddy.
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CHAPTER Il.
Retiring From the Show Business.