The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-05-22

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"EIeva-ter!" shouted Penrod. "Tine.
ting!"
doorway tn II conceive and peeSimistic
attitude. Penrod felt In da-k corner
Of the box and laid hands upon
simple apparatus consisting of an old
bushel basket with few yards of
clothesline tied to each Of its handles.
He passed the ends Of the lines over
a big spool. which revolved upon IN
axle Of wire suspended from q beam
overhead. and. with the aid Of this i'm.
provised pulley. lowered the empty
basket until it came to rest in an up
right position upon the floor OF the
storeroom ut the foot of the sawdust
box
"Elevate-:" shouted Penrod. Ting.
ting -: :.
Duke, 'Al and intelligently appre-
hensive. 'approached slowly. III q semi
circular manner, depcecatnyly, but
with courtesy. He paved the basket
delicatel.;, then, as If that were all his
master Ind expected Of him, uttered
one bright bark, sat down and looked
up triunlp1iantly, His hyprocrisy was
shallow, many a horrible quarter Of an
hour had taught hira hts duty In this
matter.
''EEe-vay-tcr:" shouted penrod stern
ly. You want me to come down there
to your,
Duke looked suddenly haggard. He
paved the basket feebly again and,
upon another outburst from on high,
Frustrated himself fat, Again threat
ened, he gave a superb iinpersonat ton
of a worm. o.
You get In that el-e-va Teri"
Reckless with despair, Duke jumped
into the basket, landing in disheveled
posture, which he Cid not alter until
he had been drawn UP and poured out
upon the floor OF sawdust within the
box. There, shudderlug, he lay in
doughnut shape and presently slumber-
ed. 1t was dark in the box, condition
that might have been remedied by slid
ing back a small wooden panel ON run
| 'ners, which would have let in ample
light from the alley, but Pcnrod Soho.
field had more interesting means of
illumination. lie knc!t, and from a
former soap box. in corner, took Il
lantern without chimney and large
oil can, Tho leak in the latter being SO
nearly imperceptible that its Danish
ment from household use had seemed
to Penrod as inexplicable as 1T was
providential -. Z. j..
He shook the lantern near his ear;
nothing splashed: there, was no sign
but dry clinling. But there was
plenty of kerosene in the cam, and he
filed the lantern; striking d match to
illumine the operation. Then he lit the
lantern and hung it upon q nail against
the wall. The .sa wdust floor was slight
ly imprcsnated with OIL, and the open
fame Quivered in suggestive proximity
to the side Of the. box; however, some
rather deep charrings Of the plank
against which the lantern hung offered
evidence that the arrangement was by
no means new one and Indicated at
least possibility of no fatality oc-
curing this time. q r. :.
Next Penrod turned up the surface
of the sawdust in another corner of the
floor and drew forth cigar. box in
which were half a dozen cigarettes
made OF hayseed and thick brown
wrapping paper, lead pencil, an
eraser and a small notebook, labeled: J.
/ English Grammar. .Penrod Scho-
field: Room 6, Ward School Nomber
Seventh 80 - .:,s'> !: ....s..
The first page of this book was pure
y academic, but the study Of English
unde1iled terminated with q slight jar
at the top Of the second: Nor must
an adverb be used to- 1nodif'. : r.: II i.
l.. Immediately, followed: = .:Yi.
HAROLD RAMoREz THE ROAD
y AGENT OR Will. b LIFE, AMONG s; !
.:r..5 THE ROCKY MIS- a s.. ~s =
J: And the subseqGent entries in the,
book appeared to have little concern
with Room 6, Ward School sNomber
Seventh. s< J. Z Z. /. u s5. ri.
The author; Of Harold. Ramorez,','
I etc., lit one OF the, hayyeed cigarettes,
seated himself conf rtably with his
back against the wall and his right
shoulder Just under the lantern, ele-1
waited his knees to- support the note
book turned to 9 blank page and wrote,
slowly and earnestly: .a ssff.sstt III.
sSss;s1=, t:CHAPITERsTH THE sIXTH'' S1I 81,
He took a knife from Ills pocket, and,
broodtng his eyes upon the inward
embryos Hof 5 vision. sharpened his pen
ctl fters stsat he eytended foot
and med Ia lively III besls zDuke's back
side &c lion.
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