Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-10-22
SMART CHILDREN
BY MARY LOUISE coRMlER.I
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+ g. 1874. BY Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
! Il say. pater can you let me have
/ $50 on account" There was the usual
/ sOiicitous expression on William Syl-
/ westerns young face as he made his IA
miliar request Old John Pennyniekle
dropped his copy of the Evening Ca
zette and his mild gray eyes looked
/ out troublously at the boy from behind
barricade OF shabby, misshapen spec
/ tacles.
You haven't spent all of your al
sowance this early, WHIP" he demand
! ed. why, when l was your age an al
'owance like that would keep me in
funds for year"
but, pater, this is the Twentieth
I century," William Sylvester's stock
wall was delivered with the open exaS-
( peration of seventeen. Besides. in Il
/ One-horse town like Needs SO a
month is barely enough to get by on
and keep up appearances, | mean, y"
( The boy in concluding shot an appeal
/ ing sidelong glance at his mother
/ And that lady whose ruling ambition
was to see her children firmly and
safely established "in the right class"
/ rallied to his defense.
1 Sylvester is right" she declared in
/ the judicial tone Of one used 10 hand
/ ing down final decisions; ''it is only
I reasonable to expect that the son Of
one of Needs leading citizens should
/ keep up a decent 'front.'"
Il was thinking of the Store" said
/ ''pater," offering feeble defense
"Tve had TO sell that last lot of hard
ware at a loss, Business is pretty dun
just now. you know"
business again." Mrs. John Penny
nickles crisp voice pounced upon the
/ word scornfu'ly. DO you consider
/ business more important than your
children's future? l must say, John
Pennynickle-"
ooh, all right, mother, all right"
capitulated the old man hastily Any.
+ thing, he told himself, to escape an,
/ other of Carries tonguelaShings lyon
come around to the store in the morn.
/ ing. win, and I'll fix you up"
Thanks, pater," William Sylvester
flashed look of triumph in his
mothers direction Then he turned
back TO his father with an apologize
grin.
Il wouldn't have asked you for this"
he explained, IF it wasn't for the fact
/ that Norry and Christine are coming
home next week They'll probably
bring along some Of their swell friends
and well, you know what that means
pat@r."
Yes" Pater knew what it meant
wstl enough. Money! Each time the
/ children came home from college he
made feverish trips to the bank. He
would do so again
Norris was the first to tap the pa.
/ rental resources He and college
chun were planning to establish sum.
mer restaurant
"Mints Of money in It. pater," he
confided earnestly "AU | need to
start in with is about $500. You could
let me have that much, couldn't you?'
Pater let him have it. No sooner was
THIS affair concluded than Christine re.
vealed her plan for an elaborate black
and white frollc.
'4ust a little welcome home party"
she told her father swectly. please do
this for me. pater, darling :" And Of
course "pater darling" did.
Christines little party was a pic
tUresque affair that cost several hun.
dred dollars. Needs fiocked to 1t and
enjoyed itself hugely.
The day after the black and white
fro'ic pater was knocked down by an
auiombile on South Main street. His
family was deeply shocked.
"But didn't suppose anything could
ever happen to paterr Christine
moaned to Doctor Stanton when they
went to visit Pennynickle In the Hill.
side hospital.
"Oh, yes" he responded with thinly
yelled sarcasm. you know even the
best machine made is subject to wear
and tear. In pater's ward the chill
dred fingered about uncomfortably and
blamed themselves mercilessly for the
calamity. once 0utside--they blamed
each other Only Carrie seemed genu-
ineIy affected by the accident
I'm ashamed Of myself. John" she
whispered to the bandaged figure on
the hospital cot. We've all been driv-
ing you like an old workhorse--"
Iater reached up and patted her
hand.
IT'S all right, mother he mumbled
weakly. "We-we had to think Of the
children's future, you know. Don't
worry. I'll be out Of here In a week"
But he was wrong. 1t was q whole
month before he was able 70 leave The
hospital. At home he found two let
ters awaiting him
one, containing n bin. was from
Christine, who wae IN the White noun
teins. Incorporating from a nervous
breakdown" The other was from Nor
ris.