New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-31

was passing toward the gate without seeing her
when she arrested him with fatefui whisper
"Bobw
Mr. Robert Williams swung about hastily.
why. Margaret"
Here. take your guitar she whispered hurried
~. 81 was afraid II father happened 20 find II
he'd break it all 20 peces!"
what for?" asked the startled Robert
Because I'm sure he knows rs yours"
But WHAT"
"ob. Bob she moaned, 81 vas waiting here 20
tell YOU was 80 afraid you'd try 20 come in
"Try," exclaimed the unfortunate young man.
quite dumfOunded. "Try to come
Yes before I warned you. I've been waiting
here to tell you. Bob, you mustn't come near the
house-if were you I'd stay away from even inis
neighborhood far away. For a while don't think
II would be actually safe for
Margaret. will you please
"It's all on account Of that dollar you gave Pen
rod this morning she walled First, he bought
that horrible concertina that made papa so fun
GUS
But Penrod didn't tell that T.
"Oh wait!" she cried lsmentably. Listen, He
didn't tell at luncheon, but he got home at dinner
time in the most-well I've seen pale people be-
fore but nothing like Penrod. Nobody could I'M
agine itnct unless they'd seen Mimi And he
looked so strange and kept making such unnat-
ural faces, and at first all he would say was that
he'd eaten a li.tle piece Of apple and thought Il
must have had .ome microbes on Il. But he got
sicker and scker, and we put him TO bed-and
then we all thought he was going TO de-and, OF
course. no little piece Of apple would have-well,
and he kept getting worse and then he said he'd
had dollar He said he'd spent 10 FOR the con-
certina and watermelon and chocolate creams
and licorice sticks and lemon drops and peanuts
and jawbreakers and sardines and raspberry LEM
onade and pickles and popcorn and ice cream ard
cider and ssusage-there sausage IN his
rocket and mamma SAYS his jacket is ruined
and cinnamon drops and wsfies and he ate four
or FIVE lobster croquettes AZ lunch-and papa
said who gave you that dollar? Only he didn't
say ne said something horrible, Bob. And
Penrod thought he was going 20 die, ana he said
non gave 10 70 him, and oh, II was just pitiful 20
hear the poor child, Bob because he thought he
was dying, you see, and he blamed you for the
whole thing. He said n you'd only let him alone
and not given il to him he'd have grown up 20 be
a good man-and now he couldn't / never heard
anything so heartrending-he so weak he
could hardly whisper, but he kept trying 20 talk,
telling US over and over it was all your fault"
In the darkness Mr. Williams's facial expression
could not be seen, but his voice sounded hopeful.
as he's he still in a great deal OF painl"
"They say the crisis is past said Margaret,
but the doctors still up there. He said IL was
the acutest case of indigestion he had ever treated
in the whole course OF his professional practice"
"Of course didn't know what he'd do with the
dollar" said Robert.
She did not reply.
He began plaintively, Margaret you don't'--
"Pve never seen papa and mamma so upset about
anything" she said, rather primly
"You mean they're upset about me-"
1--WE are all very much upset" returned Mar
garet, more starch in her tone she remembered
not only PenrOd's sufferngs but a duty she had
vowed herself to perform.
Margaret! You don't"
Robert" she checked him with increasing se-
verify 81 am only a woman and not accustomed
10 thinking everything out on the spur Of the
moments but I cannot change my mind Not now,
al least"
and you think I'd better not come in tonight"
Tonight" she gasped. "Not for Ueeksi Papa
would
With chill dignity she withdrew. entered the
house and returned 70 the sickroom, leaving the
young man in outer darkness 10 brood upon his
crime and upon Penrod
That sincere invalid became convalescent upon
the third day; and week elapsed then, before
he found an opportunity 70 leave the house unac-
companied-save by Duke. But AZ last he set
forth and approached the Jones neghborhood in
high spirits, pleasantly conscious Of his pallor,
hollow cheeks and other perquistes Of illness
provocative Of interest
One thought troubled him little, because il
gave him sense Of inferority 20 a rival He
believed against his WILL that Maurice Levy
could have successfully eaten chocolate creams,
lcorice sticks, lemon drops, breakers pea
nuts, wales, lobster croquettes, sardines, CHINA
mon drops, watermelon, pickles, popcorn, ice
cream and sausage with raspberry lemonade and
cider Penrod had admitted TO himself that Maui
rice could do il and afterward attend 70 business
or pleasure without the slightest discomforti
and this probably no more than a fair esti-
mate of of the great constitutions Of ell
time. As dgester, Maurice Levy would hays
disappointed a Borgia
Fortunately, Maurice was still at Atlantic City
and the convaescent's heart eaped. In
the distance he saw Marjorie coming-in pink
again, with ravishing little parasol over her
head. And alone! No Mitchy-Mitch was to mar
this meeting.
Penrod increased the feebleness Of his steps,
and then leaning upon the fence as II for
support.
"How do you do Mariorie?" ne said, in his
best sickroom voice, as she
To his panied amazement. she proceeded her
way, her nose at a celebrated eeyation-an icy
nose.
She cut him dead
He threw his inyalds airs to the winds, and
FASTENED after her.
Marjorie" he pleaded, whats the matter?