The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-09-11

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leo cols watermelon;;siic colo water
melon! The biggest sltce@ g ieencole,
ripe, red, ice cole, rich an srare;; the
biggest slice Of Ice cole watermelon
ever cut; BY the hand ef ma1tsss Buysour
ice4cole Ratermelon!''Es: !: s. *
2 Penrod. having drained the last drop
Of cider, complied with the watermelon
mans luscious entreaty and received
! round sltce Of the fruit, magnificent
In circumference and something over
an inch In thickness. Leaving only the
= really dangerous part Of the zrind be-
: hind him, be: wandered away: from the
vicinity OF the watermelon man and
supplied himself with bag OF pea
nuts, which, with the expenditure Of
dime for admission, left quarter still
warm In his pocket. However, be-
managed to break" the coin at a
stand inside the tent, where q: large;
oblong paper box of popcorn was hand
ed him with 20 cents change. The box
was too large togo into his pocket: but
: having seated himself among some
wistful sPolack children he placed it
I'm his lap and devoured the contents
at leisure during the performance. The
popcorn was heavily larded with par
TALLY boiled molasses, and Penrod
sandwtched mouthfuls Of peanuts with
gobs Of. this mass until the peanuts
were all gone. After that he ate with
less avidity, sense almost Of safety
beginning to manifest itself to him,
and it was not until the close of: the
performance that he disposed Of the
last morsel. -
He descended little heavily to the
outdowing crowd in the arena and
bought caterwauling toy balloon, but
showed no great enthusiasm In manip-
ulating it. Near the exit as he came
out was a hot waffle stand which he
had overlooked, and sense Of duty
obliged him to consume the three waf-
11es, thickly powdered with sugar,
which the waffle man cooked for him
upon command. !: ...
l.: They left 2hottish taste in his
mouth; they had not been quite up to
his anticipation, indeed, and it: was
with q sense Of relief that he turned
to the hok<ypskey cart which stood
close at hand, laden with square slabs
OF Neapolitan ice cream wrapped In
paper. he thought the ice cream would
be cooling, but somehow it fell short
Of the desired effect and left a peculiar
SAVIOR in his throat
He walked away, too languid to blow
his balloon, and passed fresh taffy
booth with strange Indifference A
bare armed man was manipulating the
taffy over hook, pulling great white
mass to the desired stage Of candy
ing" but Penrod did not pause to
watch the operation. In fact, he avert
ed his eyes (which were slightly glaze6
in passing. He did not analyze his
motives. Simply he was conscious
that he preferred not to look at the
mass Of taffy. $685.. 49,. -.
For some reason he put a considera-
BILE distance between himself and the
tafy stand. but before long halted in
the presence of a red faced man who
f1ourished a long fork over small
cooking apparatus and shouted jovial-
ly: "Winnies! Here's your hot win
MES! Hot winny wurst! Food for the
overworked brain. nourfshing for the
weak stummick, entertaining for the
tired business man! Here's your hot
winnies! Three for Z nickel, half a
dime, the twentieth pot Of a dollah"
This above all nectar and ambrosia
was the favorite dish of Penrod Scho-
field. Nothing inside him now craved
ton the contrary. But memory is
the great hypnotist His mind argued
against his inwards that opportunity
knocked at his door, 'Winny wurst''
was rigidly forbidden by the home au-
thorities Besides, there was last
nickel In his pocket, and nature pro
tested against Its survival; also the
red faced man had himself proclaimed
his wares nourishing for the weak
stummick. zSS...., ~. s.:.~,
Penrod placedsthe nickel in the red
hand Of the red faced man. .. 2:rss.s
2 He ate two OF tie three greasy, cigar.
Ike shapes cordially pressed upon him
ii return. The frst bite convinced
him that he had made 9 mistake.
These winnies seemed Of Z very in
ferfor5 favor, almost .unpleasa q, Il
fact But he felt obliged to conceal
his poor opinion Of them for fear Of
OFFENDING the red faced man.. He ate
without haste or eagerness. 50 slowly
indeed that he began to think the red
faced man might dislike him as q
deterrent Of trade. Perhaps Penrod's
mind was not working we'll, for he
failed to remember that no law COM
PEELED him to remai under the eve of
the redsfaced man. but the yirulent re.
spulsion excited ~ his attempt to take
q bite Of the third sausage inspired
him with 1t least an excuse for post
ponement. 4|Ss 3s
: Mighty good. Z he m,lrmured feebly,
placing the sausage in the inside peck
5zet Of his Jacket with 4 shaking hand.
Guess I'll save this one to eat at
4 home after-af ter Dime