New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-24

ri scented morning IN applc-blossom
Ifi A, shout 10 Of the clock Penrod
Il r1,3 hastily from the kitchen door. His
4 @i..5 Anomaly; so did his checks, and
Srs. - with difficulty. A threatening mop,
cooklike arm in & checkered sleeve,
Ie'tS t,r, through the doorway, and he was
i''" A.. smsll. hurried, wistful dog with
t''''. .,trut In his mouth. The kitchen door
." oetalsntly, inclosing the sore voice OF
|,s-,yron Tenrod and Duke seated them
IA -, the pleasant swsrd snd Immediately
/ '-,5 the spoils Of their raid.
=. cross street which formed the side
If the Schofelds' ample yard came
/ harness and the cadeneed elatter OF
.,o,tine horses. and Penrod, looking up,
=, .le psssiuc % p fat acquaintance, torpid
-. conservative splendors of a rsther old
/ - Victoria This was Roderick Magsworth
Irrior. fellow sufferer az the Friday
dancing Class, but otherwise not often
-,,,ior: home-shelterinG lad, tutored prl-
.,d preserved against the coarsening in
-. n rude comradeship and miscellaneous
.-.,ion Heavily overgrovn in all physical
.,,,s virtuous and placid, this clustered
=. gas wholly uninteresting 70 Penrod Seho-
Nevertheless. Roderick Msgsworth Bits,
vss & nersonsge on account Of the impor-
- the Msgsworth Bits family; and il was
-, destiny 20 increase Roderick's celebrity
a. bsvond lis present sristocratic limitations.
,,,,rOrth was the important part Of his name.
! P,5erick Nsgsworth Bits was Magsworth
,,rself. and the Msgsworth crest decorated
..iv Mrs. MacsVorth Bitts's note paper, but
I, an the china, on the table linen, on the
-,sv pieces. on the opaque glass Of the front
i. !, the victoria and on the harness, though
I'D from the garden hose and the lawn
I'VE.
y,,,,llv. 10 sensible person dreamed Of con-
.,, that Ilustrious crest with the unfortu-
!, and notorious Rena Magsworth, whose name
{. crown week by week into larger and larger
:. anon the front pages OF newspapers, owing
II, gradually increasing public and official be
.lst she had poisoned family Of eight.
,.ver the statement that no sensible person
al have connected the Msgsworth Bits family
:, he srsenical Rens takes no account Of Pen
\ Sheffield.
p,rrcd never missed murder, hanging or sn
.,.rocution in the newspapers; he knew almost
much sbou, Rens Msgsworth as her jurymen
u though they sat in a courtroom two hundred
IL, away and he had 1t in mind-so frank he
u,-,o ask Roderck Magsworth Bits, Junior, If
!, nurderess happened 20 be relative.
The present encounter, being merely one OF
.,hstie greeting, did not afford the opportu-
~. Penrod took of his cap, and Roderick
i,ed between mis- mother and one of his grown
q. -
.,.szorth Bits nor her daughter acknowledged
/. ssutstiou Of the boy in the yard. They dis
,,royed Of him as person Of little Conse-
.snee. and that little bad. Snubbed, Penrod
.,ughtfully restored his cap 10 his head. boy
~ be cut as efFectually as man, and this one
1 chilled 10 q low temperature. He wondered If
.e dsspised him because they had seen last
nsnsnt Of doughnut in his hand; then he
rough, that perhaps II was Duke who had dis
-s:sd him. Duke was certainly no fashionable
shng dog
Across the alley was q cottage which thrifty
.gibor had built or the rear line Of his lot
I'd rented 20 negroes; and the fact that q negro
irly was now in process Of moving in" WAS
.sa.ies.ed by the presence OF a thin mule and a
,nshsckle wagon, the latter laden with the sem
Lance Of stove and few other unpretentlous
n'ehoId articles.
very small darby boy stood near me mule.
, bus hand was a rusty chain, and at the end Of
b, chain the delighted Penrod perceived the
osr,e Of the special smell he was trseing-a
l'ge rsecoon.
Duke who had shown not the slightest inter
a IN the rats, set up frantic barking and
nslaied rayenng assault upon the strange
'ra- j was only bit Of acting, however Tor
Duke gss an old dog, had suffered much and de-
i't no unnecessary sorrow, wherefore ne con
ned bis demonstrations 20 slarums and eXcur-
ous and presently sat down at a distance and
expressed himself by intermittent threatening
10 qssyernc fslsctto