Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-15
ROD---By Booth 7 arlington ~

gu. in the hall with It before the hand
OF manor eirl-could be laid pom
him.
on the hall table reposed two straw
hats-one was Roberts. the other.
which bore tho mark OF a London
maker. was the hat OF Ethelbert Mays
worth Bits
Margaret. rushing through the door
way. uttered lamentable outcry. But
Penrod Disseminated nothing between
these hats. With a mighty effort he
heaved the bowl OF goldfish upside
down and poured water and fish as
equally as he could into the two hats.
Then he throw the empty bowl boldly
into the stomach OF Ftheihert Mags-
worth Bits. his nearest purscer. and,
with n great and demented roaring
dashed out OF the OMEN front door and
connected away into space.
Ugh" said Mr. Ritts. ana remained
where he was. two hands upon the area
OF contact But Robert Williams ran
swiftly out upon the front porch. where
colored boy. with n bucket Of soapy
water in one hand and scruhbing
brush In the other. stood gazing in the
direction of Pcnrod's evanishnent
Robert seized npon the bucket ana was
back In III" hall and had the goldfish
foppinE rather feebly. hut alive
Quick he said to Margaret Get
a pa!l of clear water. | don't know it
they can live. in these suds more than q
And when she returned with the pail
he whispered to her: I'll bring You
another glass bowl for them this aft
ernoon, Don't fret"
MY hat said Mr.. R!tts II believe
that little brute has ruined It. de-
clare it's too bad
That was why Margaret went walk
ing. little later. instead of driving.
And yet Ethelhert had given her tho
goldfish. in the first place.
A week later this Young man CANA
forth mslancholtc from an Interview
with Miss Schofeld. He had received
the Information from her that-in
general way-there were times in
girls life when the man who most
appeals TO her must he of the general
type of a senior in college: and that
generally speaking-if a girl feels that
way, the best thing she can do NAV
he-in general-to "wait' for that
senior. Generally speaking. she added,
she believed so.
AS Mr.. Bits walked gloomily down
the street he passed grocer's wagon.
which bore the title Jacob r. Krish
& Co" Attached to the wagon was an
elderly bay horse. and attached to ths
elderly bay horse was a black tail.
And on the other side of the horse,
concealed from the view of Mr.. Bits.
stood two boys. staring morhidly at
the black tail
n
Niger told me that the reason mine
never turned to n snake was because
you have to keep it three weeks with
out ever lookin' at 1t. II you look at
it even once, just to see how it's gettin'
along. it's spoiled. Well. We kept
lookin' al 'em-a hundred times day.
/ bet-and that's what was the matter
with EN-. That's why they didn't
turn
Mine woulda" insisted Penrod BIT
terly. There wasn't anything wrong
with mine. Mine woulda turned, any,
way
Mr. Ethelbert Magsworth Bits did
not overhear this conversation. And
IL he had he could not have under
stood it. Much less could he have
traced any connection between hair
from the tail of Jacob r. krish's elder
ly horse and the fact that Ethelbert
Magsworth Bits was destined to re-
main unwillingly a bachelor.
Copyright. 1917. by the Wheeler Syndicate. 1nc.)