White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-17
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Copyright, 1917. Wheeler Syndicate. Incl

nj street. That Is, the street was
~~,od "a far as Penrod was con
med Here and there people were
~ he seen upon the sidewalks, but
. wore adults, and they and the
.hode frees had about the same quality
~,a,t6conce in Periods conscious
noss Usually he saw grown people
~" ,hs mass. which Is TO say. they were
,,,tually Invisible TO him, though ex-
,.o,,ons must be taken In favor or
soi,cemen. iremen, street-car conduc-
-. motormep and all other men In
= sort OF uniform or regain. But
,hIs afternoon none of these met the
roy,nc eve, aud Penrod set out upon
ne bomeward way wholly dependent
mon his own resources.
To one of Penrod's inner texture, a
= unadorned walk from q point
% another was intolerable, and he
IA not gone a block without achiey-
mo some slight remedy for the tame
.sss NJ life. An electric-light pole at
ma corner. Invested with powers OF
observation, might have been surprised
- And itself suddenly ~enacting a role
a dubious honor in improyised melo-
Sramo. Penrod. approaching. gave
me mole a look of sharp suspicion,
ihen one OF conviction slapped II
lightly and contemptuously with his
onen hand: passed oil a few PAGES,
but turned abruptly and, pointing his
light f~orehnger, uttered the symbolic
word. "Bingi'
Early childhood is not fastldious
obou, the accessories Of its drama
a n is wildly a gun which may IN
stantly. as wildly, become a horse
but AZ Periods time Of life the lath
sword is no longer satisfactory. In
deed. he now had u vague sense that
weapons Of wood we're unworthy 70
the point Of being contemplate and
ridiculous, and he employed them only
when ne was alone and unseen. For
months a yearnlng had grown more and
more poignant IN his vitals, and this
warming was symbollzed by n OF
his most profound secrets. In the IN
ner pockets Of his JACKET he carried a
MI Of wood whitfield into the distant
likeness Of a pistol, but not e Sam
williams had seen II. The wooden pis-
tol never knew the light Of day. save
when Penrod was In solitude; and yet
It never left his side except at night.
when Il was placed under his pillow.
Sull, II did not satisfy 1t was but the
token Of his yearuing and his dream.
With all his might and main Penrod
longed for one thing beyond all others.
lie wanted a Real Pistol
At this moment a shout was heard
from the alley. "Yay Penrodf' and the
sandy head Of conrad Sam Williams
appeared above the fence.
Come on over" said Penrod.
As Sam Obediently climbed the fence.
the little old dog Duke. moved slowly
away, but presently, CHANGING over his
shoulder and seeing the two boys
standing together. he broke into a trot
aad disappeared round a corner Of the
house. He was a dog of long and en-
tightening experience; and he made
II clear that the conjunction of Penrod
and Sam ~portended events which, from
his point Of view, might be unfortu-
nate. Duke had a forgiving DISPOSE
lion hut he also possessed a melan-
choly wisdom. In the company of
either Penr0d - Sam, alone. affec-
non often caused him To linger. albeit
with a little pesslmism. but when he
saw them together, he invariably with
drew In as unobtrusive a manner as
haste would allow.
What you doln'2' Sam asked.
"'Nothin'. What your
I'll show YOU IL you'll come over TO
our house." said Sam. who was veal
ing an Important and secretive express
don.
what torr" Penrod showed little In
terest.
We'll, | said I'd show You II you
came on over. didn't II"
But you haven't got anything l
haven't got" said Penrod Indifferent
W Il know everything that's In your
yard and In your stable. and there
isn't a thing"
I didn't say II was In the yard or
10 the stable, did II"
Well, there amt anything In your
mousse returned Penrod frankly,
mat I'd walk two feet to look at
not a thingl"
oh, nor Sam assumed mockery.
oh' no, you wouldn't You know
"nat 1t Is, don't you? Yes, you do"
rehrod's curiosity stirred somewhat.
Wen, all right" he said, II got
ao.hln TO do. just as soon go. What
Is itT'
4 o wait and see," said SAN, rs
"ey Climbed the fence. II bet your ole
e!esIi open pretty far In about a min
ute or s0r'
4 bet they don't. II takes a good
ueal to get me excited. unless It's
sumpthing mighty"
you'll sect" Sam promised.
ne opened an alley gate and stepped
,n'o MS own yard in u name signal
"s caution-though the exploit, thus