The Washington herald., 1916-04-03

u sly, what do you mean by that
What do l mean by what" inquired
Kinkead, with child-like innocence, at
the same time absent-mindedIy shooting
another peanut into the face Of the
stranger.
You dirty loafer!" viciously comment
ed the Englishman.
A crowd gathered. expecting to see a
fight
Il wish you would tell me-" pleasantly
inquired Kinkesd. as he shot another
peanut-this one striking the mans fore
head-"what II is Chat you are talking
about
The Englishman was too Infatuated to
put UP much OF a fight then, but he was
nevertheless on the point OF taking some
drastic action, when a policeman came
up. 1t happened that the policeman
recognized Kinkead as a former member
OF Congress
What's up?" he asked.
This mans crazy-hss queer halluci-
nations" explained Kinkead, more in
pity than in anger.
Whats the matter with YOU" sternly
asked the cop OF the Englishmsn.
This fellow hit me-" blurted out the
stranger.
What did he hit you with
with a-with a peanut" the English
man faltered, too mad and astonished TO
Give a lUCl0 explanation.
'/,e," cut in Kinkead Hes nutty.
poor fellow-talking about somebody
coming up and hitting him with a pea
nut" It really did not sound plausible.
Yes" nodded the COP. And then TO
the Englishmsn:
'Lookee here. fellow. You beat It quick
and quit your foolishness or III arrest
you"
And the Englishman FASTENED out into
q
As he went, he looked back and hurled
this retort at Kinkesd:
We'll, you blarsted rufisn. you didn't
get ME arrested. anyhow"
Congressman John Arthur Elston. OF
Berkeley. Cal, rarely if ever cats an
apple. The sight of pretty, rosy
checked apple fills him with deep mental
anguish. This aversion OF Elston's to
apples dates back to his boyhood.
When he was mere lad, Elston and
his brother attended an academy OF which
their father was the principal This
Inecessitated a much more exemplary be-
havior on their part than was notice
able in any of their classmates Poten-
TALLY, there was just as much mischief
in the Elston boys as in any of the others,
but they found it inexpedient to follow
their natural instincts, and on actual
batting average they had records like
the hero OF q Westminster leaflet
Whenever any Of the other boys in
the little town wished to go out and
play In the evening, or 20 on any kind
of dubious excursion, they made II
point to mention to their parents that
they wished TO join the Elston boys. That
was nearly always an open sesame, for
the Elston lads were known to prac-
tically every parent in the town ss Very
Good Boys. 1t was believed that their
presence in any crowd would insure
proper observance of the proprieties.
One summer a little camping party was
arranged. In the crowd were two or
lowed to 60, only after their parents
had been positively assured that the
Elston boys were to be along.
AFTER the camping party was estab-
lisheo on in the country a serious disa-
greement arose over certain matters OF
daily routine. One of the chief issues
was the question OF who should wash
the dishes. There were two factions, the
Good Boys. headed by the Elston broth
ers, and the Bad Boys. The dispute
reached a point where the Good Boys
started to beat up the Bad Boys and
seek TO take control OF the camp. with
especial reference to the 'commissary de-
partment. When the fight had died down
somewhat it was found that the two
factions had grabbed what they could
in the way of supplies, and the result
was $3.50 victory. For example, the
Good Boys had the entire store OF pota-
toes, but the Bad Boys had all the flour
One side had bread and no Jam, the other
side jam but no bread
An agreement WAS drawn up by which
the two factions should keep what they
had In their possession, and everybody
pledsed himself by solenlnly crossing his
haa -
the enjoyment of any supplies won in
the heat OF battle. On that basis the
two factions dwelt almost side by side
for several days, Glo~ering back and
forth, but keeping their word not to dis
turb one another's supplies.
Now. John Arthur Elston. future ststes-
man and leader Of the Good Boys, was