Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-07-22

high, GREATNESS monotone:
II hight Sir Lancelot du Lake, the child,
Gentul-hearted, meek n mild.
What though I'm but q littn1 child, ssAH
Gentul-hearted, mock and mild,
I DO my share, though. but-though
but
Penrod paused and gulped. The
voice Of Mrs. Lora Rewbush was heard
from the wings, prompting irritably,
and the Child Sir Lancelot repeated:
rs DO my share, though. hut-though but
a tot.
I pray you knight Sir Lancelotl"
This also met the royal favor, and
Penrod was hidden to join Sir Gala
had ut the throne. As he crossed the
stage Mrs. schofield whispered to Mar
garet:
THAT boyi He's unpinned his man
tie and fixed it to cover his whole cos
tune. After we worked 30 hard to
make it becomingl'
Never mind. He'll have to take the
cape off In q minute returned Margn-
ret She leaned forward suddenly,
narrowing her eyes to see the better.
What Is that thing hanging about his
left ankle?" she whispered uneasily.
How C,leeri He must have got tan
gled In something"
AWherefn asked Mrs. Schofeid In
alarm.
eHis left foot. 1t makes him stun
BILE. Don't you seer 1t looks-it looks
like an elephants footr'
The Child Sir Lancelot and the
Child Sir Galahad clasped hands be.
fore their child king. Penrod was con.
scious of a great uplift; in a moment
he would have to throw aside his man
tie, but yer SO he was protected and
sheltered In the human garment of a
man. His stage fright had passed. FOL
the audience was but an i~ndistingufsh,
able blur of darkness beyond the daz
cling lights. His most repulsive speech
(that In which he proclaimed himself q
Htot'1 was over and done with, and
now at last the small, moist hand Of
the Child Sir Galahad lay within his
own. Crafaly his brown fingers stole
from Matrices palm to the wrist. The
two boys detained In concert:
I'VE are two chuldrun OF the Tahnl Round
Strewing kindness all around.
With love and good deeds striving evel
for the best,
May our Iittul efforts e'er. be biest.
Two littul hearts we offer. See,
United in love. faith, hope and char-Owr
The conclusion of the duet was mar
red. The Child Sir Galahad suddenly
stiifened and, uttering IN irrepressiblt
shrek of anguish, gave q brief exhibi
lion Of the contortionist's art. Giles
tWistin' my wrist! Dern you, legggoll',
The voice Of Mrs. Lora Rewbush was
ngafn heard from the wings. 1t sound
ed bloodthirsty. Penrod released bis
victim, and the Child King Arthur
somewhat disconnected, extended hi
scepter and, with the assistance OF thu
enraged prompter, said:
Sweet child friends OF the Tabul Round
In brotherly love and kindness abound;
Sir Lancelot, o have spoken well.
Sir Galahad, too, as clear as bell.
So now pray doff your NANTES gay,
You shall be knighted this very day"
And Penrod dotted his mantle.
simultaneously a thick and vast,
gasp came from the audience, as from
800 bathers In a wholly unexpected
surf. This gasp was punctuated irreg
ularly over the auditorium by imper
fectly subdued a both Of disma,
and in~credulous joy and by two disma
shrieks. Altogether 1t was an extraor
binary sound, a sound never to be for
gotten by any one who heard 1t. i
was almost as un~forgetable as thu
sight which caused 1t, the word sight
being here used In Its v%ernacular sense
for Penrod, standing unmantled and
revealed In all the medieval and sartis
tic glory Of the janitors blue overalls
falls within It's meaning.
The Janitor was a heavy man, ant
his overalls upon Penrod were merel,
oceanic. The boy was at once swad
died and lost within their blue gulf,
and vast saggings, and the left leg
too hastily rolled up, had descended
with q dtstinctiYely elephantine effect
as Margaret had observed. Certainl.
the Child Sir Lancelot was at least
sight.
1t is probable that a great many II
that hall must have had even then |
consciousness that they were lookin,
on at history In the making. A SD
preme act Is recognizable at sight; 1
bears the birthmark OF Immortality
But Penrod, that marvellous boy, hat
begun to declaim, even with the ges
ture OF finging off his mantle for tn,
accolade:
81 first, the Child Sir Lancelot du Lake
VIII volunteer to knighthood take,
And kneeling here before you throne
I VOW to-
He finished his speech unheard. Til,
audience had recovered breath, blu
had lost self control, and there ensue,
something later described BY q partic,
pant as d sort Of cultured riot
The actors In the pageant. were no
SO ~dumfounded by Penrod's costum
as might have been expected A feF
~precoeious geniuses perceived that tn
overalls were the Child Lancelot's ow.
comment on maternal intentions, nm,
these were profoundly impressed
They regarded him with the grisl