The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-27
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\ worth Bites "a " her son-her scion wearing moalstRche and sidebufns Of blue, and Jerrhed upon 2 box fanked by Sherman and Vernan, the Michi- gan rats. che Indian dog Duke, Her man, and the dog part alligator.
 H0ddy also saw something before himself t needed no prophet to read the countenance of the dread apparf- tton in the entrg7 va y.s His mouth open fly with a ealnmitous sound of grief not unmtngfed with apprehension
 Penrod.s reason staggered under the crisis. For a Horrible moment he saw Mrs Roderick AAIagswofth Ritts ap-s preaching like some fatal mountain in avalanche. She seemed to grow larger and redder: Eghtnlnzs played about her head He had a vague conscious5 ness Of the audience spraying out in light, of the squealings, hamplings and dtspersaIs or q stricken field. The mountain was close upon hirr=
 He stood by the open mouth of the hay chute wlaichs 7Hent through the floor 10 the manager below. Penrod also went through the floor EFe pro- feIled himself Into the chute and shof dosn. but not quite to the nanger, for MT. Samuel Wi1nams had thought fully stepped into the chute moment z tn advance of his partner. Fenrod lit upon Ens
 Catas krpphic noises resounded tn the loft volcanoes seemed to ronp upon the staifR
 There ensued period when only q shriIl keenIng marked the passing of Roderfcl as he was borne to the- 1ln- brn ffen a1a svas iafleEce
 Sunset striking through western
 
 fields lfbrargs where gathered joint fan3ily council and court martial of Tour Mrs. SchofeId MT. Schofe1d and Mir and Mrs. " i1lia ms, parents of sanuels Of f1iat f1k. Mr. Williams read nIoud conspicuous passage from che last edition Of tho evening paper
 r0minent people here believed close relations of woman sentenced to hang Angry denial b5y A1rs. R Adags- worth Bits Ralat tionslziF, admitted by younger member Of ia Ilily. His state- ment orlflrrnad by boy friends s5
 Don -tss.s said Mrs " illiafns ad- dfesslng her husband Eehemently. eve an read 1t dozen times We've gat plenty of trouble on our hands without hearing that againg'.
 sinEularig enough Mrs Williams did not Iook s5EI5aed she looked as if she were trying to l6uk troubled Mrs. SehoGeia 7Fore a similar expression. So did LIT. Schohel1s So did MT. " Yil- Hams.
 hat did she say when she called youup ss Mrs. sehode cid inquired brenth- 7essly of Mrs. VII1iauls
 lasShe could hardly speak al first, and 1Ilen Wheu she did talk she talked so 
 was just the same when she tied s to me, 2 said Mrs schoheIa IT never did hear nhy one in such q State before, continued Mrs. Williams. So furious
 Quite justly, or course aaid Mrs. sSehodeld .s9f course And shek said Penrod and Sam had endeed Roderiek away from home usually he's not allowed to ao outside the yard except with his tutor or servant--apd had told him aunt
 How in the world do you suppose sam and Penrod ever thought of such aa thing as that7s exclaimed Mrs Echo- sHeld 'sTt must have 11eell made mp just for their. show. Della says there were just streams going in and out all day. Of course 1t wo11dn'ts haye happened, but this was thesdays Margaret and I spend every month. it the country with Aunt Sarah, and didn't dream'' zashe said one thing thought rather tact1ess. interrupted Ms. " fIlians. EsOf course we must allow for her be ing dreadfully excited and wroug ght up, <bstt do think it wasn't quite delicate zn her. a=.d she's usually the very soul
 delfcacy She said that Roderick Tad never been allowed to associate m1th-with common boys
 Meaning Sam and Penrod,v said srs. Sch0feld. es, she said that to me too.s'
 gsssShe said that the most awful thing about ft.v Mrs. Williams went on, was that though she's going to prose cute the newspapers, many people would always believe the story, and''- 1zsssYes, imagine they will said Mrs. -Scho6eld n1usfngly. s.s0f course you and and everybody who really knows ele Bftts and Magsworth families un- derstand the perfect absurdtty of it. But suppose tAere gre ever so many who'll believe It. no matter what the Bittses and Mugsworths say.s
 Hundreds and hllndreds.' snid Mrs. Williams. I'm afraid 1t will be a great comedown for them ~
 m afraid So, :, said Mrs. sehofeld gently z very great on yes, . very. zKery great one
 s4R ell. :" observed Mrs. AViIlia ms after =asthoughtfal pause. there's only one thing to be done. and suppose it had better be done right away
 she glanced toward the two gentle 1er.