Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-09-09

.se scene OF the dog and pony show,
ne frst turned his attention to the
brightly decorated booths which sur
rounded the tent. The cries Of the
peanut vendors, Of the popcorn men,
OF the toy balloon sellers, the stirring
music Of the band, playing before the
performance to attract a crowd; the
shouting Of excited children and the
barking Of the dogs within the tent,
all sounded exhilaratlngly In Periods
ears and set his blood a-tingle. New
ertheless he did not squander his
money or fling 1t to the winds In n
grand splurge. Instead, he began eau
tiously with the purchase Of an ex-
traordinarily large pickle, which he OBJ
tanned from an aged negress for his
odd cent, too obvious a bargain to be
missed. At an adjacent stand he
bought a glass of raspberry lemonade
$50 alleged) and slipped it as he ate the
pickle. He left nothing Of either.
Next he entered a small restaurant
tent and for a modest nickel was sup
piled with a fork and a box of sardines,
previously opened, it is true, but more
than half full. He consumed the sar-
dimes utterly, but left the tin bog and
the fork, after which he INDUCED in an
inexpensive half pint Of lukewarm eli
der at one of the open booths. Mug in
hand, a gentle glow radiating toward
his surface from various centers Of ac-
tivity deep inside him, he paused for
breath, and the cool, sweet cadences Of
the watermelon man fell delectably
upon his ear:
"Ice cole watermelon; ice cole water
melon! The biggest slice of Ice cole,
ripe, red, ice cole, rich an rare; the
biggest slice of ice cole watermelon
ever cut by the hand Of man! Buy our
ice cole watermelon"
Penrod, having drained the last drop
Of cider, complied with the watermelon
mans luscious entreaty and received
a round slice of the fruit, magnificent
in circumference and something over
an inch In thickness. Leaving only the
really dangerous part Of the rind be-
hind him, he wandered away from the
vicinity Of the watermelon man and
supplied himself with a bag Of pea
nuts, which,, with the expenditure Of a
dime for admission, left a quarter still
warm In his pocket However, he
managed to "break" the coin at a
stand inside the tent, where a large,
oblong paper box of popcorn was hand
ed him with 20 cents change. The box
was too large to go into his pocket, but
having seated himself among some
wistfuI Polack children he placed it
in his lap and devoured the contents
at leisure during the performance. The
popcorn was heavily larded with par
TALLY boiled molasses, and Penrod
sandwiched mouthfuls Of peanuts with
gobs Of this mass until the peanuts
were all gone. After that he ate with
less avidity, a sense almost Of safety
beginning to manifest itself to him,
and it was not until the close of the
performance that he disposed Of the
last morsel.
He descended a little heavily to the
outflowing crowd in the arena and
bought a caterwauling toy balloon, but
showed no great enthusiasm in manip-
ulating it Near the exit as he came
out was a hot waffle stand which he
obliged him to consume the three waf-
fles, thickly powdered with sugar,
which the waffle man cooked for him
upon command.
They left q hottish taste in his
mouth; they had not been quite up to
his anticipation, indeed, and it was
with q ems Of relief that he turned
to the hokey-pokey cart which stood
close at hand, laden with square slabs
Of Neapolitan ice cream wrapped in
paper. He thought the ice cream would
be cooling, but somehow it fell short
of the desired effect and left a peculiar
SAVIOR in his ,throat.
He walked away, too languid to blow
his balloon, and passed a fresh taffy
booth with strange Indifference. A
bare armed man was manipulating the
taffy over a hook, pulling a great white
to the desired stage Of candy
ing" but Penrod did not pause to
watch the operation. In fact, he avert
ed his eyes (Which were slightly glazed
in passing. He did not analyze his
motives. Simply he was conscious
that he preferred not to look at the
q Of taffy.
For some reason he put a considera-
BILE distance between himself and the
taffy stand, but before long halted in
the presence Of a red faced man who
fourished a long fork over a small
cooking apparatus and shouted joriaI
ly: 'Winnies. Here's your hot win
MES! Hot winny wurstl Food for the
oyerworked brain, nourishing for the
weak stummick, entertaining for the
tired business mani Here's your hot
winnies! Three for a nickel, a half a
dime, the twentieth pot Of a dollah"
This above all nectar and ambrosia
was the favorite dish OF Penrod Scho-