The herald., 1922-11-09
'1HE KING OF
BOyvILLE ::
'''. 1922, By the Macmillan Co.
vuLIAM ALLEN WHITE

rr are born free and equa
Ia :. the big city it may be dill
IL shere are doubtless good littl
49, disdain bad little boys, ant
~ r,,le boys who are never to b
Fa under any circumstances. Blu
roe1 .m,ll town, every boy, good o
,cb or poor, stands among boy
~ ,wn merits. The son OF thu
s@ rbo owns a turning-pole II
p' s.et ward, does homage to th'
how who can sit on the bal
Ann and catch by his legs; while
y :. ~, ! little boy who is kept in wide
''s.,, and cuffs by mistaken mother
c' .s,oueh the white paling of his
-. fence at the troupe headed
~ swimming hole, and pays all
= : which his dwarfed ma.
IN muster to the sign of the two
- In the social order Of boys
~. IN country towns. a boy is
- BIZ what he can do, and not
IN his father is. And so, Win
~ Hancock Pennington. whose boy
=. ms Piggy Pennington, was the
= BoyviIle. For Piggy could
= his hands, curling one foot
.hIly over his back, and pointing
z - straight In the air; he could
=. 3 bis heels on a flying trapeze {;
{ rujd chin a pole so many times
= . one could count the number;
. ia turn q somersault in the air
me Level ground. both backwards
= awards, he could tread" water
{, .ay' his hair; he could hit any
-. IN any ring from flaws" and
.,.ety down."-and better than all,
: .uld cut his initials in the ice on
s.t,s and whirl around and around
. nm Zines that he looked like an
-,-.tsd shadow, when he would dart
- No the stream, his red "com-
= 1apping behind him like a laugh
: lance In the story books such
~ would be the son of a widowed
~. and turn out very good or
q II, but Piggy was not a story
- boz, and his father kept a gro
. sore, from which Piggy used to
- , many dates that the boys said
y htAer must have cut up the alma
= b supply him. As he never gave
\ nodes to the other boys, but
u hen for his own use, his name
trluy" vas his by all the rights
isVfIle.
| nm was one thing Piggy Penning.
\ aid not do, and 1t was the one of
I thp which he most wished he
81 10; be could not under any cir
ushnca say three consecutive and
Agut words to any girl under If
II md over nine. Even after
~ Pisgy could not join the select
nxh Of boys who followed the girls
~ through town to the postoffice.
\ Wuld not tease the girls about alb
- lsys It such times and make up
1Qns IKE:
INT the cat and then her tail;
Amy Sears and Maggie Hale"
olta shout them out for the crowd
I'm. Instead Of joining this court
upe Piggy Pennington went of |
= u boys who really didn't care
Rnd things, and fought. or played |
nh W" or wrestled his way leis-
~ home h time to get In his might |
~ But his heart was not in these |
ma; II was with red shawl Of |
rular shade, that was vending its |
y tie post Office and back to a
y one Of the few two-story
- b the little town. Time and |
- Nd Piggy tried to make some
. X his feelings be known, but |
Ne be had failed. Lying in
Rhr at corners, and suddenly
. upon her with a glory Of
'eu and forward somersaults
- emvey the state of his heart.
~ zoe heart beat with but
9k thought, and the 9TH
~ motto candy and valen-
- red apples and picture
'fher tokens of esteem from
and beat on with any num-
n'oghts entirely immaterial
49, Of this narrative. But
enlngton did not take to the
a corn silk cigarettes
- and grapevine cigars; he
8 and walled dismal bal
TIE "Gypsy's Warning"
0ad in the Grave With Its
- She's a Daisy, She's a
M Z Dumping, She's a
enever he was in hearing
h's hearts desire, In the
= vsying to her some hint
g his affections; but II
Evsn when he tried to
uveiy a. he passed her
gioaming. his notes
g no responsive echo.
q. N the late spring, he
. hour before breakfast
.cners roses, which were
e'oom. He had taken out
n re nom an old broom.
"a klte string. His mother
&h mree times before he
~ - work. The youngster
2 leave the table, and BY
vas At his task again. ,
= school bell had rung,
u ~ vas bound for the
191r ~ s'@ strange looking ,
- = ann he tried to put /
~ put Il stuck out and q
that was wrapped I
- ! 80 into 90 many cor. I
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