Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-09-16

back OF Penrod,s slender neck; Rupess,
knee tortured the small Of penrods
back.
.owr Penrod bent tar forward In
voluntarily and went Il his knees
again.
Lick dirt. commanded Rupe, fore
ing the captiye's face to the sidewalk,
and the suffering Penrod completed
this ceremony.
Mr.. Collins eyinced satisfaction By
means OF his horse laugh. You'd last!
Jest about one day up Mt the Thirdss
he said. You'd come runnin' home,
yellin' Mom-muh. mom-muh., before
recess was over"
.No. ! wouldn't" Penrod protested
rather weakly, busting his knees
"You would. too"
mo, I w.
aLooky here said the fat faced boy,
darkly, what you mean, c~ounterdick,
ing mel"
He advanced a step and renrod hast
NY qualified his contradiction.
II a / don't think | would. ~
you better look out!t Rupe moved
closer. and unexpectedly grasped the
back Of Penrod's neck again. ~Say.
Il would run home yellin' MON.
muir.
'ow!I would run home yellin' Nom
muh.'
''Therer' said Rupe. giving the help
less nape q final squeeze -That's the
way we do up at the Third
Penrod rubbed his neck and asked
meekly:
Can yen do that to any boy up at
the Third?"
See here now. said Rupe In the
tone Of one goaded beyond all endur-
ance, you say II I can. You better
say 1t quick orr
Z knew you could" Penrod inter
posed hastily, with the pathetic sem
blance of a laugh. i only said that In
fun
In .funr repeated Rupe stormily.
You better look out how YOU
We'll / said l wasn't in earnest"
Penrod retreated a few steps. II
knew you could all the time. I expect
/ could do 1t to some OF the boys up at
the Third myself. Couldn't IY'
mo; you couldn't"
well. there must be some boy up
there that / COULD &
mo; they amt You better
: expect not, then" said Penrod
quickly.
You better expect not Didn't !
tell you once you'd never get back
alive If you ever tried to come up
around the Third2 You want me to
show you how we do up there, 'bo7.
He began a slow and deadly ad.
vance. whereupon Penrod hmidly Of
fered a diversion:
4Say, Rupe, l got a box of rats In our
stable under a glass cover, SO you can
watch EN- jump around when you
hammer on the box. Come on and
look at ,em.r
"All right" said the fat faced boy.
slightly Modified. Wen let Dan kill
'em."
mo, sir! I'm gotn' to keep 'em.
They're kind Of petS. I've had 'em all
summer. got names for 'em and"
'Look here, DO Did you hear me
say wen let Dan XIII 'em 7"
Yes, but I WON'T
What won't your Rupe became
sinister Immediately. ut seems to me
you're gettin' pretty fresh around
here"
We'll, l don't want
Mr.. Collins once more brought into
play the dreadful eye TO eye scowl as
practiced '+up at the Third" and some
times also by young leading men upon
the stage.
browning quite appallingly and
thrusting forward his underiip, he
placed his nose almost In contact with
the nose Of Penrod, whose eyes natu-
rally became crossed
Dan kills the rats. Seer Kissed the
fat faced boy. maintaining the horrible
j~uStaposition.
Well. all right" said penrod. swal
lowing. Il don't want 'em much And
when the pose had been relaxed he
stared at his new friend for a moment,
almost with reverence. Then he bright
ened.
Come on. Rupe!!' he cried enthusias-
tically. as he climbed the fence. "We1l
give our dogs a little live meat-'boT
At the dinner table that evening Pen
rod surprised his family by remarking
in a voice they had Y heard him
attempt-a ~lawgivfng voice OF interna-
tional gruffness:
Amy man that's maxim q HUNDRED
dollars a month Is maxim good money"
"WhatT' asked MI. Schofield, staring,
for the previous conversation had con
cerned the illness of an infant relative
In Council Bluffs
ANY man that's maxim a hunderd
dollars q month Is maxim good money"
What is he talking aboutr" Marga-
ret appealed to the invisible.
well said Penrod, frowning, that's
what foremen at the ladder works get"
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