Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-12-13

Ce8u3OS9s WIN 0A8 CoUB w ~
session. II had seemed to Penrod hat
nothing 10 the weeid va % desirable
a. to have that revolver In his own
handsEit vas his dream cone true.
But. for reasons not ds0nitely known
to him. the charm bod departed: -
turned the cylinder gingedy. almost
with distaste: and slowly there stole
over him q feeling that there vas
something repellent and threatening Id
the heavy blue steel.
Thus does the long-dreamed real
misbehave-not only for Penrod!
More out Of u sense Of duty to hing
ism In general than for any other res.
son, he pointed the revolver At the
lawn-mower. and gloomily murmured.
"Bing"
simultaneously. u low and cautious
voice sounded from the yard outside.
"Yay. Penrod" and Sam Williams
darkened the doorway. his eye falling
instantly upon the weapon In his
friends hand. Sam seemed relieved to
see It.
"You didn't get caught with II. did
your" he sud hastily.
PenrOd shook his head. rising.
II guess not! l guess 1 got some
brains around me - he added, inspired
by Sans presence to u slight
swagger. They'd have to get up pref
ty early to find any good ole REVOLVER.
once I got my hands on It"
II guess we can keep 1t. all right"
Sam said c0nfidentially. Because this
morning papa was putting on his win
ter underclothes and he found 1t wasn't
there. and they looked all over and ev-
erywhere, and he was pretty mad. aud
said he knew 1t was those cheap plumb
ers stole 1t that ANN got instead OF
the regular plumbers he always used to
have, and he said there wasn't any
chance ever gettin' It back, because
you couldn't tell which n took 1t,
and they'd all wear 1t wasn't them.
So 1t looks like we could keep 1t for
our REVOLVER, Penrod, don't IT. I'll
give you half Of It."
Penrod affected some enthusiasm.
"Sam' well keep it out here In the
stable"
Eyes. and wen 60 huntin' with 1t.
Wen do lots OF things with it," But
Sam made no effort to take 1t, and
neither boy seemed to feel yesterdays
necessity to show the other how he
did. "Wait till next Fourth o July"
Sam continued. "Oh. oh! Look out!
This invited a genuine spark from
Penrod.
Fourth o. July, l guess she'll he q
little better than any tirecrackers Just
n little Bling! Bling. Bing" she'll be
goin'. Bling. Bing! Bing""
The suggestion of noise stirred hi
comrade. "lll bet she'll go Off louder'r
that time the gas.works blew up!
wouldn't be afraid to shoot her off an,
time.'
II bet you would" said Penrod. "Yol
aren't used to revolavers the way L
"You aren't, eitherr' Sam exclaimed
promptly. II wouldn't be any NOR
afraid to shoot her off than you would
you would, tool"
II would not!'
swell, let's see you then: you tall
so much" And Penrod handed tn
weapon scornfully to Sam, who at one
became less self-assertive.
I'D shoot her off in a minute" Sar
| said, "only ii might break sumpthing
it hit It."
Hold her up in the air, then. ]
can't hurt the roof, can it?'
Sam, with n desperate expression
lifted the revolver at arms length
Both boys turned away their heads
and Penrod put his fingers In his ear
but nothing happened. "What's tn
matterY he demanded. "Why don
you 20 on IL you're goin' TOT"
Sam lowered his arm. II guess
didn't have her cooked" he said apolt
getically, whereupon Penrod loudl
jcered.
"'Tryin' to shoot a revolaver an
didn't know enough to cock herl If
didn't know any more about revolaver
than that, I'd"
"rherew Sam exclaimed, managin
TO draw back the hammer until tw
chilling clicks warranted his opinio
that the pistol was now ready to pc
form Its Office. Il guess she'll do n
L. right to suit you this time"
l. swell, why'n't you 20 ahead, Their
you know so much" And as Sal
raised his arm, Penrod again turne
e AWAY his head and placed his forefinI
o ers In his ears.
!. A pause followed.
s. "why'n't you 20 ahead!"
a Penrod, after waiting In keen 81
u pense, turned to behold his frier
l. standing with his right arm above h
= head. his left hand yer his left ea
=. and both eyes closed.
81 can't pull the trigger" said Sa
70 i%ndistinctly. his face convulsed as
I, sympathy with the great muscular g
a forts Of other parts Of his body. Isl
- won't pull"
"She won't?" Penrod remarked Wi
% scorn. "Tll bet I could pull her"
Sam promptly opened his eyes al
handed the weapon to Penrod.
"All right" he said. with surpridl
Il and unusual mildness. "You try, b
then"
NJ 3Inwardly discounted to . disagree
] able extent. Psnrod attempted to II
his own misstvinss ont Of counts