The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-10-07

was perfectly horrible-caused not the
faintest perturbation in the breast Of
Mr.. kinosling.
Mr.. kinosling waived the chicken
and continued to talk. "Yes, | think
may claim 10 understand boys" he
said. smiling thoughtfully. lone has
been a boy oneself. All, 1t Is all play
time! | hope our young scholar here
does not overwork himself at his Latin.
at his classics. as | did. so that at the
age OF eight years | was compelled to
wear glasses. He must be careful not
to strain the little eyes at his scholars
tasks, not to let the little shoulders
grow round over his scholars desk.
Youth is golden. We should keep II
golden, bright, glistening. Youth should
frolic. should be s~prightly. 1t should
play its cricket. its tennis, its hand
ball. 1t should run and leap; 1t should
laugh, should sing madrigals and
glees, carol with the lark, ring out in
chanties, folk songs. ballads. rounde
lays
He talked on. At any instant Mr..
SchOtield held himself ready to cough
~yehemently and shout, more chicken"
to drown out Penrod in case the fatal
words again fell from those eloquent
lips, and Mrs. Schotield and Margaret
kept themselves prepared at all times
TO assist him. SO passed a threatening
meal. which Mrs. Schofield hurried by
every means within decency to its con
clnslon. she felt that somehow they
would be safer out In the dark OF the
soon as possible.
mo cigar, | thank you Mr.. Kinos-
ling. establishing himself In n wicker
chair beside Margaret. waved away her
fathers proffer. 81 do not smoke. |
have never tasted tobacco In any
form" Mrs. Schoield was confirmed
IN her opinion that this would be an
ideal son-in-law. Mr.. Schoield was
not SO sure.
NO" said Mr.. Kinosling. "No to
baccO for me. No cigar. no pipe, nc
cigarette, no cheroot. For me n book
tt volume of poems, perhaps. Verses
rimcS, lines metrical and cadenced-
those are my dissipation. Tennyson by
preference-'Maud' or 'Idylls OF the
King poetry Of the sound Victorian
days. There is none later. Or Long
fellow will rest me In a tired hour
Yes, for me a book-a volume in the
hail h,1l Ifnhtlr I,trrCon Tho a..,o., 4,
Mr.. Kinosling looked pleasantly al
his fingers as he spoke, waving his
hand in a curving gesture which
brought 1t into the light of a window
family illumined from the interior OF
the house. Then he passed those grace
full fingers over his hair and turned to
ward Penrod, who was perched upor
the railing IN a dark corner.
The evening is touched with n slight
coolness," said Mr.. Kinosling. Per
haps | may request the little gentle
man
"B'gr-r-ruf' coughed Mr.. Schofield
You'd better change your mind abou
a cigar"
mo, l thank you. 1 was about t.
request the lit
"Do try one" Margaret urged. "Tn
sure papa's are nice ones. Do try
"No, l thank you. l remarked
slight GOODNESS in the air, and my ha.
is in the hallway. | was about to re
quest
"Ill get It for you," said Penrot
suddenly.
"If you will be SO good" said Mr.
Kinosling. ut Is a black bowler hat
little gentleman, and placed upon a tn
BILE In the hall"
81 know where II Is" Penrod enter
ed the door, and a feeling of relief, mu.
tually experienced, carried from one tC