The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-11-29

one came running to him, hopefully. II
proved to be the most important mis-
take of the young cats life.
To one maddened with outrage and
injustice, and suffering with the agony
of having just had his hearts idol
poured down the kitchen sink, the
sight OF another persons pet-safe,
pampered, and wearing a pink ribbon
was merely Grazing. With glad
cry, Penrod plunged to meet the adj
vance of the young cat who turned too
late, but precisely in time to leave his
extended tail in the feverish clutch of
the maddened boy.
Once, twice, thrice Penrod swung
that electrified cat in great circle.
tail. The cat swept the air. shrek
ing inconceivably with horror, and at
the top of its third orbit went so
high, and so heartily. it brought down
glass globe from the chandelier
Startled EXPLANATIONS came from the
parlor, and, following them, the pro-
jectors thereof: Margaret, Mr.. Ethel
| bert Magsworth Bits and Mr. Robert
Williams. They reached the library
in time to sec the young ca. become
aviator, and, released from hurting
hand, mount upward and upwa-d upon
invisible currents till it disappeared
through the upper section of win
dow, which was "down from the top"
Crimson, infuriated, Penrod turned
upon his dumfounded sister.
"You ruined my snakeI" he blcated.
''You watch what do to your old gold
| fish,"
He darted out cf her OBTAINING fin
gers, and though she pursued, and
Robert Williams pursued, and Ethel
bert Nagsworth Bits pursued, he had
seized upon the bowl of gold fish and
was out in the hall with it before the
hand of manor girl-could be laid
upon him.
On the hall table reposed two straw
hats; one was Roberts; the other,
which bore the mark of a London
maker, was the hat Of Ethelbert Mays
worth Bits.
Margaret, rushing through the door,
way, uttered lamentable cutlery. But
Penrod Disseminated nothing between
these hats. With a mighty effort he
heaved the bowl of gold fish upside
down and poured water and fish as
equally as he could into the two hats.
Then he threw the empty bowl bold
Iy into the stomach of Ethelbert Mays
worth Bits, his nearest pursuer, and,
with a great and demented roaring,
dashed out of the open door and COM
eted away into space.
"Ugh! !" said Mr.. Bits, and 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 a bucket Of
soapy water in one hand, and scrub
bling brush in the other, stood gazing
in the direction of Penrods evanish-
ment. Robert seized upon the bucket,
and was back in the hall, and had the
/ goldfish in the soapy water almost
instantly, Topping rather feebly, but
alive.
"Quick! p he said to Margaret. Get
a pail of clear water. l don't know If
they can live in these suds more than
a minute. Don't stand there! Hurry !"
And when she returned with the pail
he whispered to her: "I'll bring you
another glass bowl for them this after
noon. Don't fret! y
''My hatr' said Mr. Bits. 81 be.
lieve that little brute has ruined it. /
declare it's too bad"
That was why Margaret went walk
| ing, a little later, instead of driving.
And yet Ethelbert had given her the
| goldfish, in the first place!
A week later, this young man came
forth melancholic from an interview
with Miss Schofield. He had received
the information from her-in gen.
erai way-there were times in q girls
life when the man who appeals to her
must be of the general type of
senior in college; and that-Senerally
speaking-if Il girl feels that way, the
best thing she can do may be-in gen.
eral-to "wait" for that senior. Gen
orally speaking, she added, she be-
lieved so.
AS Mr.. Bits walked gloomily down
the street he passed q grocer's wagon
which bore the title, "Jacob r. Krish
& Co" Attached to the wagon was an
elderly bay horse, and attached to the
elderly bay horse was a black tail.
And Oh the other side of the horse,
concealed from the view Of Mr.. Bits.
stood two boys, staring morbidly at
the black tail.
eyes, sir" said Sam Williams, "a
niger told me that the reason mine
never turned to a snake was because
you have to keep it three weeks with
out ever lool1in' ut it. If you look at
it even once, just to sec how it's get
tim along it's spoiled. Well, we kept
lookin' at 'em-a hundred times day,
/ bet-and that's what was the mat
ter with 'em! That's why they didn't
turn"
milne woulda y insisted Penrod lat
terly. ''There wasn't anything wrong
with mine. Mine woulda turned, any
wayw
Mr.. Ethelbert Magsworth Bits did
not overhear this conversation. And IL
he had, he could not have understood
it. Much less could he have traced
any connection between a hair from
the tail of Jacob r. Kirsh's elderly
horse and the fact that Ethelbert Mays
worth Bits was destined to remain un-
| willingly bachelor