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

insane. Hes a stark, raving
lunatic!" declared the father.
descending to the library from a before
dinner interview with the outlaw that
evening. I'D send him to a military
school. but | don't believe they'd take
him. Do you know why he says all
that awfulness happened?'
when Margaret and | were trying
to scrub him." responded Mrs. Scho-
field YEARLY, "he said everybody had
been calling him names"
Names snorted her husband. Lit
tie gentleman That's the vile epithet
they called him! And because Of it
he wrecks the peace Of six honest"
Ssh! Yes. He told us about it."
said Mrs. Schofield. moaning. II told
us several hundred times, | should
guess. though | didn't count He's got
ii fixed in his head. and we couldn't
get it out. All we could do was TO put
him in the closet. He'd have gone out
again after those boys If we hadn't. !
don't know what to make Of him."
Hes a mystery TO me-" said her hus-
Dulu. Anu Uc tl uStS W tApidlH WHY
he objects to being called little gentle
man. Says he'd do the same thing
and worse-if any body dared to call
him that again. He said if the presi-
| dent Of the United States called him
that he'd try to whip him. How long
did you have him locked up in the
cloSet?'
"Sh!' said Mrs. Schotield warningly.
About two hours. But | don't think
it softened his spirit at all, because
when | took him to the BARRIERS to get
his hair clipped again on account Of
the tar in it Sammy Williams and
Maurice Levy were there for the same
reason, and they just whispered little
gentleman so low you could hardly hear
them-and Penrod began fighting with
them right before me. and it was real
ly all the barber and | could do to drag
him away from them. The barber was
very kind about it. but Penrod"--
II tell you he's a lunatic!" Mr.. Scho-
field would have said the same thing
of a Frenchman Infatuated by the
epithet camel" The philosophy of in
suit needs eXpounding.
ssh said Mrs. Schofeld. 1T does
seem a kind Of frenzy"
why on earth should any sane per-
son mind being called
SSH said Mrs. Schoield. ITS be-
yond mel"
What are you 'sh-ing' me for?' de-
manded MI. Schoield explosively.
Ssh" said Mrs. Schoield. It's Mr..
KinosIing, the new rector of st. Jo-
seph's."
"Where?"
Ssh! On the front porch with Mar
garet. He's going to stay for dinner. I
do hope
Bachelor. isn't hep
YES"
"Our old minister was speaking Of
him the other day." said Mr.. Schoield,
land he didn't seem so terribly i'm
pressed"
Ssh! Yes; about thirty and. of
course. so superior to most Of Marga-
ret's friends-boys home from college.
She thinks she likes young Robert Will
liams, | know. but he laughs so much.
OF course there isn't any comparison.
Mr.. Kinosling talks 50 intellectually.
It's a good thing for Margaret to hear
that kind Of thing for a change. And.
Of course, he's very spiritual. He
seems very much interested in her."
She paused to muse. Il think Marga-
ret likes him. He's so different too.
It's the third time he's dropped in this
week, and T.
"Well." said Mr.. Schoield grimly. IF
you and Margaret want him to come
again you'd better not let him see Pen
rod"
But he's asked to see him. He
seems interested in meeting all the
family. And PenrOd nearly always be-
HAYES fairly well at table," She paus-
ed and then put to her husband a ques-
ton referring to his interview with
Penrod upstairs. Did yOu-did you
do it,"
NO" he answered gloomily. mo.
| didn't; butt He was interrupted
by a violent crash of china and metal
in the kitchen. a shrek from Della and
the outrageous voice Of Penrod. The
well Informed Della. i'll inspired to set
up for a wit. had ventured to address
the scion Of the house roguishly as
little gentleman and Penrod by means
of the rapid elevation of his right foot
had removed from her supporting
hands a laden tray. Both parents start
ed for the kitchen. Mr.. Schofeld COM
pleting his interrupted sentence or. the
way.
But | will now!'
The rite thus promised was hastily
but accurately performed in that apart
ment most distant from the front
porch. and twenty minutes later Pen
rod descended to dinner. The Rev. Mr..
Kinosling had asked for the pleasure
of meeting him, and 1t had been decid-
ed that the only course possible was to