White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-02
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Inevitably, George did come poking
around. How was he to refrain when
daily, up and down the neighborhood,
the brothers strutted with mystic and
important airs, when they whispered
J together and uttered words Of strange
import In his ~presenceY Thus did they
defeat their own object. They desired
to keep George at n distance, yet they
could not refrain from posing before
him. They wished to impress upOn
him the fact that he was an outsider.
and they but succeeded in rousing his
desire to be an ipsider, a desire which
soon became a determination. For
few were the days until he not only
knew Of the shack but had actually
paid II a visit. That was upon q
morning when the other boys were In
school. George having found himself
indlsposed until about ten O'Clock.
when he was able TO take nourish-
ment and subsequently TO interest aim
self in this rather private errand. He
| climbed the Williams alley fence, and
having made a modest investigation of
the exterior of the shack. which was
3padlocked. retired without having dis
turbed anything except his own peace
of mind. His curiosity, merely piqued
before. now became and pain
fun. n vas MOI aflayed by the mystic
5manners of the members or by the I'M
necessary emphasis they laid upon
their coldness toward himself; and
- -..a hs- l.~H
~ that there were secret orders" to
prevent his coming within "a hundred
and sixteen feet"-such was Periods
arbitrary ianguage-of the williams
yard. "in any direction" George could
bear IL no longer. but entered his own
house. and. In burning words. laid the
case before a woman higher up. Here
the responsibility for things IL directly
traceable to grown people. Within
that hour. Mrs Bassett sat In Mrs
Williams library TO address her host
ess upon the subject of Georges griev-
ance.
'Of course, il isn't Sans fault she
said. concluding her Interpretation Of
the AFFAIR. George likes Sam. and
afuu l Otdl1C htil Ut al. NJ VIC bOth
felt that Sam would always be a po-
lite. nice boy-Georgie used those very
words-but Penrod seems TO have a
very bad influence. George felt that
Sam would want him to come and play
In the shack II Penrod didn't make
Sam do everything he wants. What
hurt George O is that It's Sans
shack. and he felt for another boy TO
come and tell him that he mustn't wen
90 neat it-wel. Of course. II was very
)-tryfrg. And he's very much hurt with
little Maurice Levy. too. He said that
he was sure that even Penrod would
ne glad M have him for a member Of
: their little club II n weren't for Maui
/ nce-and think he spoke Of Roddy
I Bits. too"
| The fact thai the two remaining
members were colored was omitted
from this discourse-whieh leads to
the deduction hat George had not
mentioned It.
; George said all the other boys
liked him very much" Mrs. Bassett
! continued, and that he felt II his duty
( 10 join the club. because most of them
were 50 anxious TO have him. and he Is
; sure he would have a good influence
Z over them. He really did speak of IL
jim quite a touching way. Mrs. VIII
liams. OF course, we mothers mustn't
hrag of our sons too much. but George
really isn't like other boys. He Is so
sensitive, you can't think how this lit
tie affair has hurt him, and l felt that
1t might ever make him Ill. You see,
S / had TO respect his reason for want
9 ing to join the club. And il am his
h mother'-she gave II depreeatlng little
Taught must say that IL seems noble
TO want to join not really for his own
sake but for the good he felt his In
fiuence would have over the other
r boys. Don't you think so, Mrs. Will
e Iiams7'
e Mrs. Williams said thai she did. In.
{ deed. And the result, OF this interview
d was another, which took place be
tween Sam and his father that eve
hing. for Mrs. Williams, after talking
to Sam herself, felt that the matter
needed a man to deal with II. The
IMAM did II man-fashion.
You either invite George Basseti
$ to play In the shack all he wants to-
Isaid the man, cor the shack comes
d down"
But
Take your choice. I'm not going
ito have ne~ighborhood quarrels over
such"
But, papa"
: That's enough You said yourself
you haven't anything against George
e IT sold"
"Yoo said you didn't like him. but
Iyou couldn't tell why. You couldn't
: Estate a single instance of bad behav-
hor against him. You couldn't men
ltion anything he ever did which wasn't
twhat O gentleman should have dore