The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1915-08-05
FROM LAST WEEK

"Penrod SchOneld. don't you dare
ever speak to me again as long as you
live" Maurice's little white boots and
gold tassels had done their work.
At home the late Child Sir LAncelot
was consigned to locked clothes clos
ct pending the arrival Of his father.
Mr.. Schofield came. and shortly after
there was put into practice an old
patriarchal custom. 1t u q custom
Of incOnceivable antiquity probably
primOrdial. certainly prehistoric, but
still In vogue In some remaining cita-
dels Of the ancient simplicities Of the
republic.
And now. therefore, In the dusk.
Penrod leaned against the fence aud
sighed.
His case is comparable to that Of an
adult who could have survived a simi
lar experience. Looking back to the
sawdust box, fancy pictures this com
parable adult serious and inventive
writer engaged In congenial literary
activities In private retreat. We see
this period marked by the creation Of
some of the most virile passages Of q
work dealing exclusively in red cor.
puscles and huge primal impulses. We
see this thoughtful man dragged from
his calm seclusion to a horrifying pub
iicity; forced to adopt the stage and.
himself writer, compelled to exploit
the repulsve sentiments Of an author
not only personally distasteful to him.
but whose whole method and school In
belles-lettres he despises.
We see him reduced by desperation
and modesty to stealing pair Of over
alls We conceive him to have ruin.
ed, then. his own reputation and to
have utterly disgraced his family;
next, to have engaged in the duello and
to have been spurned by his ladylove.
thus lost to him according to her own
declaration) forever. Finally. we must
behold Imprisonment by the author.
ties, the third degree and nagellation.
We conceive our man deciding that
his career had been perhaps too event
full. Yet Penrod had condensed all Of
1t into eight hours.
1t appears that he had at least some
shadowy perception Of a recent full
ness of life. for, as he leaned against
the fence gazing upon his VISIT |
Duke, he sighed again and mufmured
aloud:
well. hasn't this been . dayr'
But In little while star came out.
freshly lighted, from the highest part
Of the sky, and Penrod, looking up.
noticed 1t casually and little drowsi-
ly. He yawned. Then be sighed once
more but not reminiscehtly. Evening
had come: the day was over.
1t was a sigh of pure ennui.
Next day PenrOd acquired q dime by
simple and antique process which
was without doubt sometimes practic-
ed by the boys of Babylon. When the
teacher of his class In Sunday school
requested the weekly contribution Pen
rod. fumbling honestly (at 6rst) In the
wrong pockets, managed to look 10 en-
barrassed that the gentle lady told him
not to mind and said she was often
forgetful herself. She was 80 sweet
about It that, looking into the future.
Penrod began to feel confident OF
small but regular income.
At the close Of the afternoon serv-
ices he did not go home, but proceed.
ed to squander the funds just with
held from China upon an orgy Of the
most pungently forbidden description
In a drug emporium near the church
he purchased a five cent sack OF candy
consisting for the most part OF the
heavily favored hoafe Of horned CAT
lie. but undeniably substantial. ana %
generously capable Of resisting sola-
tion that the purchaser must needs b
avaricious beyond reason who DID nos
realize his moneys worth.
Equipped with this collation. Penrod
contributed his remaining nickel to Q
picture show, countenanced upon the
seventh day by the legal but not the
moral authorities. Here. In cosy DARK
ness. he placidly insulted his liver
with 1awbreaker upon 1awbreaker
from the paper sack and In a surfelt
of content watched the silent actors
On the screen.
One film made a lasting impression
upon him. 1t depicted with relentless
pathos the drunkard's progress, begin
ming with his conversion to beer In the
company of loose travelling men, pur-
suing him though an inexplicable
lapse into evening clothes and the 20
ciety Of some remarkably painful Ia
dies. Next, exhibiting the effects OF
alcohol OH the victims domestic dis
position, the unfortunate man was
seen in the act Of striking his wife
and, subsequently. his pleading baby
daughter with an abnormaily heavy
walking stick. Their flight through
the snow to seek the protection Of q