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

of 1t, apparently having In mind some
purpose tosclilnb up and sit there. De,
batting this, he passed his fingers gent
" up and down the backs OF his legs,
and then something seemed, to decide
him NOT to sit anywhere. He leaned
against the fence, sighed profoundly
and gaxed at Duke, his WissfnI dog.
The sigh was reminiscent. Episodes
OF simple pathos were passing before
his inward eye. About the most pain
full was the vision OF lovely Marjorie
Jones, weeping with ragaeas the Child
Sir Lancelot was dragged, i~nsatiate,
FROM the PROSTATE and bowling Child
Sir Galahad, after an onslaught deliv-
cred the precise instant the curtain be-
gam to fall upon the damoralized s'pag
lieant," And then-oh,s pangsl oh, wo-
fmanl-she slapped at the rufian'ss
l{cheek, as he was led past her by q i
sentful janitor, and turning, flung hes
arms round the Child Sir Galahad's
neck.
"Penrod schofeld, don't you dare
ever speak to me again as long as you
liyefs Maurice's little white boots and
gold tassels had done their work.
At home the late Child Sir Laneelot
was consigned 10 q locked clothes clos
ct pending the arrival OF his father.
Mr.. Schot1eld came, and shortly after
there was put into practice an old
patriarchal custom. 1t Is a custom
of uncomfortable antiquity probably
primordial, certainly prehistoric, but
still In vogue In some remaining cita-
dels Of the ancient simplicities OF the
republic.
And now, therefore, In the dusk,
Penrod leaned against the fence and
sighed.
His case is comparable to that Of an
adult who could have survived d SINH
lar experience. Looking back to the
sawdust box, fancy pictures this COM
parable adult a serious and inventive
writer engaged In congenial literary
activities In a private retreat We see
this period marked by the creation of
some OF the most virile passages OF a.
work dealing exclusively in red cor
puscles and huge primal impulses. We
see this thoughtful mar dragged from
his calm seclusion to q horrifying pub
LEFTY; forced to adopt the stage and,
himself a writer, compelled to exploit
the repulsve sentiments OF an author
not only personally distastefnl to him,
but whose whole method and school In
beIes-lettres he despises.
We see him reduced by desperation
md modesty to stealing a pair of over
aIls. We conceive him to have ruin
ed, then, his own reputation and to
have utterly disgraced his family;
next, to have engaged In the duello and
to have been spurned by his ladylove,
thus lost to him according to her W
declaration) forever. Finally, we must
behold imprisonment by the authori-
ties, the third degree and fagellation-
We conceive our man deciding that
his career had been perhaps too event
full. Yet Penrod had condensed ali Of
it into eight hours.
It appears that he had at least some
shadowy perception Of a recent full
ness Of Life, for, as he leaned against
the fence gazing upon his wistful
Duke, he sighed again and murmured
aloud:
Well, hasn't this been a day!"
But In a little while q star came out,
freshly lighted, from the highest part
Of the sky, and Penrod, looking up,
noticed It casually and a little drowsi-
". He yawned. Then he sighed once
more, but not reminiscently. Evening
had come; the day was over.
1t was a sigh of pure ennui.
Next day Penrod acquired q dime by
a simple and antique process which
was without doubt sometimes practic-
ed by the boys of Babylon. When the
teacher OF his class In Sunday school
requested the weekly contribution Pen
rod, fumbling honestly cat irst) in the
wrong pockets, managed to look SO en-
barrassed that the gentle lady told him
not to mind and said she was often
forgetful herself. She was so sweet
about 1t that, looking into the future,
Penrod began to feel confident of a
small but regular income.
At the close OF the afternoon serv-
ices he did not 60 home, but proceed
ed to squander the funds Just with
held from China upon an orgy OF the
most pungently forbidden description.
In a drug emporium near the church
he purchased a Ave cent sack of candy
consisting for the most part OF the
heavily favored hoofs OF horned cat
tie, but undeniabIy substantial, ana SO
generously capable of resisting solu-
tion that the purchaser must needs be
avarIcious beyond reason who did not
realize his moneys worth.
Equipped with this collation. Penrod
contributed his remaining nickel to Q
picture show, c~ountenanced upon the
seventh day BY the legal butsnot the
moral authorities. Here, In coy dark.
mess, he placidly insulted his liver
with jawbreaker upon Jawbreakel
from the paper sack and 81 a surfeii
of content watched the silent actors
on the screen.
One film made q lasting impression
upon him. It depleted with relentless
patllos the drunkard's progress, begin
ming with his conversion to beer in thu
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