The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-05-29

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& his calm seclusion to a horrHylng pub
,Shcity;; forced TO adopt the stage and,
himself d writer, compelled to- ex plot
the repulsve sentiments OF an author.
not only personally distasteful to him,
but whose whole method and school ia
beIlea-lettres he despises.
Il We see him reduced by desperation
and modesty to stealing pair Of over
ais. 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 spurnsd by his ladyloye,
thus lost to him according to her own
declaration) forever. Finally, we must.
behold imprisonment by the authori-
ties, the third degree and fagelladon.
We conceive our man deciding that
his career had been perhaps too event
full. Yet Penrod had condensed all OF
it into eight hours.
It appears that he had at least some
shadowy perception Of recent full
ness Of life, for, as he leaned against
the fence gazing upon his swistful
Duke, he sighed again and murmured
aloud:
"Well, hasn't this been day!'
But In a little while 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.
It was sigh Of pure ennui.
Next day Penrod acquired dime by
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 (at first) in the
wrong pockets, managed to look so em-
barrassed that the gentle lady told him
not to mind and said she was often
forgetful herself. She was so sweet
about it 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 go 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 five cent sack Of candy
consisting for the most part Of the
heavily favored hocfs Of horned cat
tie, but unden1ably substantial, and so
generously capable Of resisting solu-
avaricious beyond reason who did not
realize his moneys worth.
Equipped with this collation. Penrod.
contributed his remaining nickel to a.
picture show, countenanced upon the
seventh day by the legal but not the.
moral authorities. Here, In coy dark
ness, he placidly insulted his liver
with jawbreaker upon jawbreakerl
from the paper sack and in surfeit
of content watched the silent actors
:: on the screen. -, zss.
One film made lasting impression
pathos the drunkard's progress, begin
ming with his conversion to beer In the
company Of loose travelling men, pur-
suing him through an inexplicable
lapse Into evening clothes and the s0z
c1ety Of some remarkably: painful La
dies. Next exhibiting the effects Of
alcohol on the victims domestic dis-
position, the unfortunate man was
seen In the act Of striking his wife;
and, subsequently, his pleading bahy
daughter with an abnormally heavy
walking stick. Their flight through
the snow to seek the protection Of d