Connecticut western news., 1915-08-12

lunatic.' declared the father,
descending to the library from n before
dinner interview with the outlaw that
evening. I'D send him to Il military
school, but l don't believe they'd take
him. Do you know why he says all
That awfulness happened?"
when Margaret and | were trying
10 scrub him." responded Mrs. Scho-
Held YEARLY, she said everybody had :
been calling him names"
''Names!" snorted her husband. Lit
lie gentleman That's the vile epithet
they called himl And because of it
lie wrecks the peace of six homes"
Ssh! Yes. He told us about it.
hid Mrs. Schofeld, moaning. He told
MS several hundred times, / should
Euess. though 1 didn't count. He's got
1t fixed in his head, and we couldn't
ret it ont. All we could do was to put
him in the closet. He'd have gone ont
again after those boys if we hadn't. |
lon't know what to make of him.
Hes q mystery to me-" said her hus-
band. "And he refuses to explain why
he objects to being called little gentle
and worse-if anybody dared to call
him that again. He said if the presi-
dent of the United States called him
that he'd try to whip him. How long
did you have him locked up in the
closet?"
"Sh!' said Mrs. Schofeld warningly.
about two hours But / don't think
Il; az
when 1 took him to the BARRIERS to get
his hair clipped again ON account of
the tar in it Sammy Williams and
Maurice Levy We're there for the same
reason, and they just whispered little
gentleman so low you could hardly hear
them-and Penrod began fighting with
them right before me, and it was real
ly all the barber and could q, to drag
him away from them The barber was
very kind about it. but Penrod"-
IT tell you he's lunaticI' Mr. Scho-
field would have said the same thing
of a Frenchman Infatuated by the
epithet camel" The philosophy of in
suit needs expounding.
"Shv' said Mrs. Schofeld. at does
seem kind of frenzy"
''Why on earth should any sane per-
son mind being called
"Sh!' said Mrs. Schofeld. Its be-
yond mer'
what are you 'sh-ing' me for?" de-
manded Mr.. Schotield explosively.
''Sh!' said Mrs. Schofield. Its Mr..
Kinosling, the new rector of st. Jo-
seph's."
"Where?"
Ssh! On the front porch with Mar
garet! He's going to stay for dinner. /
do hope
Bachelor, isn't he?"
"Yes"
sour old minister was speaking of
him the other day." said Mr.. Schofeld,
'and he didn't seem so terribly i'm
pressed"
Ssh! Yes; about thirty and of
course, so superior to most of Marga-
ret's friends-boys home from college.
She thinks she likes young Robert VIII
liams, / know, but he laughs so much.
OF course there isn't any comparison.
Mr.. Kinosling talks so intellectually.
It's a good thing for Margaret to hear
that kind of thing for change. And,
of course, he's very spiritual. He
seems very much interested in her"
She paused to muse. HI think Marga-
ret likes him. He's so different too.
It's the third time he's dropped in this
week, and r.
well" said Mr.. Schofield grimly, eff
you and Margaret want him to come
again you'd better not let him see Pen
rod"
"But he's asked to see him. He
seems interested in meeting all the
family. And Penrod nearly always be-
HAYES fairly we'll at table," She paus-
ed and then put to her husband ques-
ton referring to, his interview with
Penrod upstairs. did you-did you
do it?''
"No," he answered gloomily. "No,
1 didn't; but He was interrupted
by a violent crash of china and metal
in the kitchen, Shrek from Della and
the outrageous voice of Penrod. The
well informed Della, i'll inspired to set
up for wit, had venturedsto address
the scion of the house roguishly as
little gentleman and Penrod by means
of the rapid elevation of his right foot
had removed from her supporting
hands laden tray. Both parents start
ed for the kitchen, Mr.. Schofield COM
pleting his interrupted sentence on tire
| way
But / will nowr'
The rite thus promised was hastily
but accurately performed in that apart
ment most distant from the front
porch, and twenty minutes later Pen
rod descended to dinner. The Rev. Mr..
Kinosling had asked for the pleasure
of meeting him, and it had been decid-
ed that the only course possible was to
cover up scandal for the present,
J and 30 offer an undisturbed and smil-
ing family surface to the gaze of the
! visitor
Scorched but not bowed, the smolder-
ing Penrod was led forward for the So
cial formulate simultaneously with the