The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-10-16

dollars month is maxim good money"
WHAT" asked Mr.. Sehof!eld. staring.
for the previous conversation had con
'cerned the illness Of an infant relative
In Council Bluffs. 49,; =.
''Any man that's maxim a hunderd
dollars month is maxim good money.
'What Is he talking about!' Marga,
ret appealed to the invisible.
SWELL" said Penrod, frowning. that's
what foremen 1.-THE ladder works. et''
'How in the world do you know
asked his mother.
well. know it. a hunderd dollars
month IS good money. tell your
"Well, what of it," said the father
impatiently.
"Nothin. only said it was good
money" e..
Mr.. Schoficld shook his head. dismiss
ing the subject: and here he made a
mistake;. he should have followed up
his sons singular contribution to the
conversation.
That would. have plainly revealed
the fact that there was certain
Rupe Collins whose father was fore
man at the ladder works. All clews arc
important when a boy makes his first
remark III new key.
Good money!" repeated Margaret
curiously. what IS good money! i,
Penrod turned upon her u sterlA
glance. Say. wouldn't you be just as
happy If you had some sense?'
"Penrod!" shouted his father. But
Periods mother gazed with dismay a.
her son: he had never before spoken
like that to his sister.
Mrs. Schct:eld might have been moro
dismaycd than she was If she had re
allied that it was the beginning of an
epoch. After dinner Penrod was
slightly scalded in the back as a re-
suit Of telling Della. the cook, thai
there was wart on the middle fnge:
Of her right hand. Della thus proving
poor material for his new manner to
work upon. lie approached Duke in the
back yard. and. bending double. seized
the lowly animal by the forepQws =: =:
II let you know my names Penrod
Schoaeld." Missed the boy. He; pro
truded his underlip ferociously. scowl-
ed and! sthrust forw ard his head until
his nose touched the dogs. And you
better look out when Penrod Soho.
fields around. or you'll get in big
trouble! You understan' that. bop.
The next day. and the next, the In
creasing change in Penrod puzzled and
distressed his family. who had no idea
Of its source. Flow might they guess
that hero worship takes such forms
They were vaguely conscious that a
rather shabby boy. not Of the neigh.
borhood. came to ''play'' with 'Penrod
several times. but they failed to con
meet this circumstance with the pc
culiar behavio of the son Of the house
whose ideals this, father remarked
seemed to have suddenly become
identical With those Of Gyp the Blood
CHAPTER XIV.
The Imitator:
HI EANWH1LE, for Penrod him
self, life had taken on new
H meaning, new richness" he
had become fighting man
In conversation at least. do you want
to know how do when they try to
slip up Oh NC from behind?" he asked
Della. And lie enacted for her I'm.
appreciative eye a scene of fstic ma.
neuvers wherein he held IN imaginary
antagonist helpless in n net Of strata.
gems.
Frequently. when he was alone, he
would ,outwit and pummel this same
enemy, and. after a cunning fetnt
land a dolorous stroke full upon face
of air. There, I guess you'll know
better next time. That's the way we
do up at the, Thirdr' = - ..
Sometimes in solitary pantomime he
encountered more than one opponent
at a time, for numbers were apt to
come upon him treacherously, especial
~ at little after his rising hour,
when he might be caught at a disad:
neutrality-suspicious. standing on one Les
to incase the. other in his knicker-
bockers. Like lightning he would
hurl the trapping garment from him.
and. ducking and pivoting,, deal great
sweeping blows among: the circle OF
sneaking devils. Chat was how he
broke the clock in his bedroom.) And
while these battles were occupying his
attention, it was a. waste Of voice to
call him to breakfast, though IL his
mother, losing patience, came TO- his
room. she would find him seated on
the bed pulling at a stocking well.
amt I coming as fast MS l can r. =. -. !.
At: the table and about the house
generally he was bumptious,s loud with
fatuous misieformation and assumed
a domineering tone. which neither
satire nor. reproof seemed able to- re
,duce. but: It was among his own III.
!! Inmates that his now superiority was
most outrageous He twisted tile
fingers and squeezed the necks Of. all
the boys Of the neigh borhood. meeting
their indignation with hoarse !. and
rasping laugh he lad acquired after
short practice III the stable, where he
1eercd md tainted the /, lilwnm0war