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At The Churches Arletd BdptIM Church 11:46 a. in. Bible Hchool. 11 *. in. Treaebing s«rvio«. 7 :»• p. in. Evening services. 8:16 i> tu. II. Y. I*. I’ m««ling. 7 45 I’rayer tiiMting. Everybody walcutne to any and all ol these eery ices. Millard Avenue Presbyterian Church 10 a. tn. Habbalh Hchool. 11 a. in. Morning worship. fl:46p. m. Y.l'.H. C. E. 7 :3O p. in. Evening worship. 7 :80 p. m. Thursday, midweek service. H p. in. Thursday, choir practice. Itev. Wm. II. Ainoe, Pastor. PENROD By BOOTH TARKINGTON Copyright. 1914. by Doublelay. Page Ö Company St. Peter s Catholic Church Sundays: H a. tn. lxiw Mass. 10:30*. m. High Maae. 6:30*. tn Sunday Hchool. 12 M. Chlor rehearsal. Week days: Maae at H a. m. Seventh Day Adventist Church 10 a. m. Saturday Habbalh Hchool. 11 a. tn. Saturday preaching. 7 :30 p. m. Wednesday, Praver meeting 7:4* p. m. Sunday preaching. Grrman Evanqellcdl Reformed Church 10 a. m. Sunday Hchool. 10 a. tu. Saturday, German school. H p. tn. Wednesday. Y. I*. H. 11 a. m. Sunday worship. Th. Hchildknecht, Pastor. Kern Park Chrlstaln Church Corner 69th St. and Hith Ave. H. E. pi a. tn llili i- beoi. Ila m.andHp m. preaching service. 7 p. tn. Chrtetaln Endeavor. H p. m. Thursday, mid-week prayer mooting. 6:46 p. m. Thursday, Bible Study Claaa. A cordial welcome to all who will at tend any service«. R. Tibbs Maxey, Minister. St. Pauls Episcopal Church Ono block south of Woodmere elation. Holy Communion the first Sunday of each month at 6 p. m, No other ser vices that day. Every other Sunday the regular ser vices will be as usual. Evening Prayer and sermon at 4 p. m. Sunday Hchool meets at 3 p. m. B. Boatwright, Hupt, 1.. Msffett, Sec. Rev. O. W. Tavior, Rector. Lents Evamtelcal Church Hermon by the Pastor, 11 a. m. and 7 4ft p. m Sunday Hchool 9:46 a. m., C. 8. Brad ford, Superintendent. Y. P. A. 6:46 p. m. Eva Bischoff, President. Prayer meeting Thursday 6 p. m. A cordial welcome to all. T. R. Ilornschuch, Pastor. MT. Scott Center of Truth. Meeting every Sunday evening at 8 :<A p. m. Three doors east of K'Jd St., Grays Croesi ng, Portland. Ore. Lents friend's Church 9:46 a.m. Bible School, Clifford Bar ker Superintendent. 11 :00 a. m Preaching services. 6:26 p. m. Christian Endeavor. 7:ft0p. m. Preaching Services. 8:00 p. m. Thursday, mid-week prayer meeting. A cordial welcome to all these s«r- vices. John Jiiley, Pastor. Lents Bdptlst Church lxird's Day. Sept.. JB, «Bible School 9 45 a. tn. Morning worship, 11 a. in. Elmo Heights Sunday School, 2:30 p. m. B Y P. IT., 6:30 p m. Evening worship, r ¡30 p. m. A cordial welcome to llieee services. J. M. Nelson, Pastor. fifth Church of Christ Fifth Church of Christ Scientist of Portland. Ore. Myrtle Park Hall, Myrtle Park. Services Sunday 11 a. m. Sunday School 9:30 and 11 a. m. Widneeday evening testimonial meet ing H p. m. Lents M. t. Church Preaching 11 00 a. m. Sunday Hchool 9:4ft. Services at Bennett Chapel at 3 p. m, Praymeeting Thursday 8 p. m. Rev. McColm will preach at the morn ing service. There will be no service in the evening. Edwin Norene will hold services at Bennett Chapel at 3 p. m. Epworth Leauge 7.30 p. m., continuing during the hour for preaching service. W. Boyd Moore, Paator. PROFESSIONAL CAROS DR. JOHN FAWCETT Diseases of Women and Children a Specialty Pacific Tabor 3214 Local 2011 LODGE DIRECTORY. Magnolia CaWp No. 40M meets regular. Second and Fourth Thursdays ot such month al 1. O. O. F. Hall. Second Thursday social meet Ing Neighbors bring your famillsa sad friends. Fourth Thursday. bnsinsM. All Neighbors request'd »• r«me By older ot the Camp. SYNOPSIS. Panrod. fearing the ordeal ot playing the part of the <’hlld Hlr luincalot. eeeke forgetfulneee In Che composition of a dims aavoL Penrod's mother and sister drees him In hie costume tor the "Children's Pageant of the Round Table" Penrod Is ashamed to wear It Ila breaks up the whole paseant by pul tine on a pair of the Janitor’s overalls over Ills costume. A visit to a murine picture show gives him an Idea end ho loafs away hie time In school, dreaming droame CHAPTER IV Continued druiikard’s picturesque "bAavld~r'Zt the portals of a madhouse. Ho fascinated was Penrod that be poet|e>ned tih departure until this film cam« round again, by which time be luid flnlslu-d his unnatural repast and almost, but not quite, decided against following the profession of a drunkard when he grow up. , Emerging, satiated, from the theater, a public timepiece twfore a jeweler's shop confronted him with an unex parted dial ami immlneut i>erplexltlea. Ifow was be to explain at home these hours of dnlllnnef There was a steadfast rule that he return direct from Hunday school, and Runday rules were lm(>ortant tiecause on that day there was his father, always at home and at hand. (leriluusly ready for ac tion. One of the hardest conditions of boyhood la the almost continuous strain put upon the powers of Invention by the constant and harassing neceaelty for explanations of every natural act Proceeding homeward through the deepening twilight as rapidly as poaal hie at a gelt half skip and half canter. Penrod made up hta mt ml In what manner be would account for his long delay and as be drew nearer rehearsed In words the opening passage of hie lefenae "Now. see here.'' be determined to begin. “I do not wish to be blamed for things I couldn't help nor any oth er boy. I was going along the street by a cottage and a lady put her bead out of the window and said her hus band was drunk and whipping bar and her Httle girl, and aha asked me wouldn t I come In and help hold him Ho I went In and tried to g»-t bold Of thia drunken lady’s busband where he was whipping their baby daughter, but he wouldn't pay any attention, and I told her 1 ought to be getting home, but she kej»' on aakln' ma to atay"— At this point he reached the corner of his own yard, where a coincidence not only checked ths rehearsal of his eloquence but happily obviated all oc casion for It A cab from the station drew up tn front of the gate, and there descended a troubled lady tn black and a fragile little girl about three Mrs. Hchofleld rushed from the bouse and enfolded both In hospitable arms. They were Penrod'« Aunt Clara and cousin, also (Tara, from Dayton. III., and In the* flurry of their arrival every- t»ody forgot to put Penrod to thequea tlou. It la doubtful, however. If he felt any relief; there may have l»een even a slight, unconscious disappointment, not altogether dissimilar to that of an a<-tor deprived of a good part In the course of some really necessa ry preparations for dinner he atepi>ed from the bathroom Into the pink and white bedchamber of hta slater and ad- : dressed her rtther thickly through a towel. "When'd mamma And out Aunt Clara and Cousin Clara were coming?" “Not till she saw them from the win dow. She just happened to look out aa they drove up. Aunt (Tara tele graphed thia morning, but it wasn't delivered." MOTHERS-- WATCH IRRITABLE CHILDREN! That fever, paleness, grinding of teeth ' whil? asleep. and coated tongue are in- ' dicationa that your child has worma in | its system. Kickapoo Worm quickly gets rid of these parasites. Killer It is ' perfectly safe for even the moet delicate i children. It is pleasant to take, has three effective medicinal qualities:—acta ! ai< a laxative, expels the worms, and touts up the system. Begin treatment today and eliminate the cause of ir- ritableneaa. !ftc Bulls and Bears. The Stock Exchnnge use of th« term "bear” Is with reference to the animals pulling down. The bear pulls down prices; so In the other direction the bull tosses them up. Originally the exprea slon was "a bearskin Jobber,’’ applied to a person who sold a bearskin before be had caught bls bear. Th« bMrskin . jobber was a jierson who «old stocks which he did not own. Of coura« ha was Interested by th« fact of hta sals to have prices rum« down and schemed to pull thorn dew*. In that way ho be came called simply a bear without ref arene« to the original proverb—Phil« delDbia Prana “How long they golu' to stay?" “I don't know." Penrod ceased to rub Ills shining face and thoughtfully tossed the towel through the batin'*Him door. "(Jude John won’t try to iiiak« 'em cornu back home, I guess, will lie?” (Uncle John was Aunt Clara's husband, a success fu) manufacturer of stoves, and his lifelong regret was Hint he hail not en tered the Baptist ministry.) "He'll let 'din stay here quietly, won't he?” "What are you talking about?" de manded Margaret, turning from her mirror. "Uncle John sent them here. Why shouldn't be let them stay?” Penrod looked crestfallen. "Then he hasn't taken to drink?" "Certainly not!” She emphasized the denial with a pretty peal of eoprano laughter. "Then why,” asked her brother gloomily, "why did Aunt Clara look so worried when she got here?" “Good gracious! Don't people worry •bout anything except somebody’s drinking? Where did you get such an Idea r "Well,” be persisted, “you don't know It ain't that’* Hhe laughed again, whole heartedly. "Poor Uncle John! He won't even al low grape juice or ginger ale in bls bouse. They came because they were afraid little Clara might catch the measles. Hbe's very delicate, and there's such an epidemic of measles among the children over In Dayton the school* had to be closed. Uncle John got ho worried that last night he dreamed almut it, and this morning be couldn't stand It any longer and pack ed them off over here, though he thinks it's wicked to travel on Runday. And Aunt Clara wae worried when she got here twos use they'd forgotten to check her trunk, and It will have to tie sent by express. Now. what In Hie mime of common sense put It Into your head that Uncle John had taken to"— "Oh. nothing!" He turned lifelessly away and went downatalra. a newborn hope dying in his bosom. IJfe seems so needlessly dull sometimes. CHAPTER V. School. EXT morning, when be bad one« more resumed the dread ful burdeu of education, it seemed Infinitely duller. And yet what pleasanter sight Is there than ■ schoolroom well filled with children of tlxise sprouting years just be for« th« teens? The casual visitor, gazing from the teacher's platform upon these busy little beads, needs only a blunted memory to experience the most agreeable and exhilarating s«u- satlona 81111. for the greater part the children are unconscious of tb« happi ness of their condition, for nothing is more pathetically true than that we "never know when we ar« well off." The boys In a public school are leas aware of their happy state than are th« girt*, and of all the boys In hie room probably Penrod himself bad the least appreciation of hta felicity. He eat staring at an open page of a textbook, but not studying, not even reading, not even tblnklug. Nor was be lost In a reverie. His mind’s eye was shut, as bls physical eye might well have been, for the optic nerve, flaccid with ennnl. conveyed nothing whatever of the printed page upon which the orb of vision was partially focused. Penrod was doing something very unusual and rare, something al most never n<-compltahed except by colored people or by a boy tn school on a spring day—be was doing really nothing at all. He was merely a state of lietng. From the street a sound stole In through the open window, and abhor- ring nature began to fill the vacuum called Penrod Schofield. for the sound was the spring song of a mouth organ coming down the sidewalk. The win dows were Intentionally above the lev el of the eyes of the seated pupils, but the picture of the musician was plain to Penrod, painted for him by a quali ty in the runs awl trills partaking of the oboe, of the calliope and of cats in anguish—an excruciating sweetness ob tained only by the wallowing, wallop ing yellow-pink palm of a hand whose back was Kongo black and ahlny. The music came down the street and pass ed beneath the window, accompanied by the care free shuffling of a pair of old shoe« scuffing syncopations on the cement sidewalk. It passed Into the distance. became faint and blurred: was gone. Emotion stirred In Penrod a great and poignant desire, but (per haps fortunately) no fairy godmother made her appearance. Otherwise Pen rod would have gone down the street In a black skin, playing the mouth or gan, and an unprepared colored youth would bars found himself enjoying educational advantages for which be had no ambition whatever. Roused from perfect apathy, the boy cast about the schoolroom an eye wearied to nausea by the perpetual vision of the neat teacher upon the platform, the backs of the heads of the pupils In front of him and the mo notonous stretch«« of blackboard threateningly defaced by arithmetical formula and other Insignia of torture. Above tb« blackboard the walls of the high room were of white plaster white with the qualified whltenesa of old snow tn a soft coal town. This dismal expanse was broken by four lithographic portraits, votive offerings of a thoughtful publisher. The por traits were of good and great men. kind men. men who loved children. Their faces were noble and benevo lent Rut the lithographs offered the only root for the eyes of children fa- tigrted by th« sverlastlng sameness of the schoolroom Ixmg day after long day. Interminable week In and inter- mtnabte *e»k «•». vtaft month on vast month, th« pupils sat with thana four portraits twaaslng kta aeass test up«n N them. The faces became permanent In the consciousness of the children; they Ixx-atue au obsession. In and out of school the <-bll<lren were neiVr free of them. The four faces haunted th« minds of children falling asleep. They hung u|>on the nilinls of children wak- big at night; they rose forelxxllngly In (he tn I nils of children waking in the morning; they became monstrously alive in the minds of children lying sick of fever. Never while the chil dren of that schoolroom lived would they tie able to forget one detail of the four lithographs. The band of Ixmg- fellow was fixed for them forever in hla beard. (| d by a simple and un conscious association of Ideas Penrod Hchofleld was accumulating an antipa thy for the gentle Ixingfellow. and for James Rusnell I-owell, and for Ollvsr Wendell Holmes, and for John Green leaf Whittier which would never per mlt him to iieruse a work of one of those great New Englanders without a feeling of personal resentment. His eyes fell slowly and lnlmicaDy from the brow of Whittier to the braid of reddish hair belonging to Victoria« Riordan, the little octoroon girl who eat directly in front of him. Vlcto- rine's back was as familiar to Penrod as the necktie of Oliver Wendell Holmes. Ro was her gayly colored plaid waist. He bated the waist as he hated Vlctorine herself without knowing why. Enforced companlon- I ship In large quantities and on an equal j basis I>etween the sexes appears to sterilize the affections, and schoolroom romances are few. Victorinc’s hair wae thick and the , bricklsh glints In It were beautiful, but ■ Penrod was very tired of it. A tiny • knot of green ribbon finished off the ’ braid and kept it from unraveling, and beneath the ribbon there was a final wisp of hair which was Just long enough to repose upon Penrod's desk when Vlctorine leaned back In her 1 seat. It was there now. Thoughtful ly be took the braid between thumb and forefinger and. without disturbing Vlctorine, dipped the end of It and the green ribbon into the Inkwell of his desk. He brought hair and ribbon forth dripping purple ink and partially dried them on a blotter, though, a mo- ment later, when Vlctorine leaned for- ward, they were still able to add a I few picturesque touches to the plaid waist Rudolph Krauss, across the aisle from Penrod. watched the operation with protuberant eyes, fascinated. In spired to imitation, he took a piece of chalk from bls pocket and wrote “Rats" scroas the shoulder blades of the boy In front of him. then looked across appealingly to Penrod for to kens of congratulation. Penrod yawned. Half the members of the class pass ed out to s recitation room, the eta purpled Vlctorine smong them, and Miss Hpence started the remaining half through the ordeal of trial by rnatbe- I matii-a. Several boys and girls were sent to the blackboard, and Penrod, spared for the moment, followed their operations a little while with his eyes, but not with his mind; then, sinking deeper In his seat, limply abandoned the effort. .His eyes remained open, but saw nothing. The routine of the arithmetic lesson reached bis ears In familiar, meaningless sounds, but be heard nothing, and yet. thia time, he was profoundly occupied. He bad drifted away from the painful land of facta, and floated now in a new seu of fancy which be had Just discovered. Maturity forgets the marvelous real- neas of a boy's day dreams, bow color ful they glow, rosy and living, and bow opsque the curtain closing down between the dreamer and the actual world. That curtain Is almost sound proof, too. and causes more throat trouble among parents than is bus pected. The nervous monotony of the school room inspires a sometimes unl>earabie longing for something astonishing to bappeu. and aa every boy's funds men tai desire is to do something astonish Ing himself. so as to be the center of all human interest and awe, it was nat ural that Penrod should discover in fancy the delightful secret of self levi tation. He found, in this curious se ries of imaginings, during the lesson in arithmetic, that the atmosphere may be navigated as by a swimmer under water, but with Infinitely greater ease and with perfect comfort In breathing. In his mind he extended bis arms gracefully, at a level with hla shoul ders. and delicately paddled the air with his hands, which at one« caused him to be drawn up out of hla seat and elevated gently to a position about mid way between the floor and the celling. Where be came to an equilibrium and floated; a sensation not the lees ex quisite bscauae of the screams of hla fellow pupils, appalled by the miracle. Mias Hpence herself was muue! and frightened, bnt he only smiled down carelessly upon her when ahe com manded him to return to earth, ami then, when she climbed upon a desk to pull him down, be quietly paddled himself a little higher. leaving bls toes Just out of her reach, Next be swam through a few »low somersaults to show hta mastery of the new art. and. with the shouting of the dumfounded scholars ringing in hla ears, turned on his side and floated swiftly out of th, window. Immediately rising above the housetops. <hlle jmple in the street below him shrieked, and a trolley car stopped dead tn wonder. With almost no exertion he paddled himself, many yards at a stroke, to the girls' private school where Marjo rie Jones was a pupil Marjorie Jones of the amber curls and the golden voice! Ix>ng before the "Pageant of the Table Round" she bad offered Pen rod a hundred proofs that «be eoosid •red him wholly nndestrable and la Hhrtble At the Friday afternoon dancing clash «he ronstMeufly hrcWsd • nd l«d tte tangfetar at Mia wbaMear Pruf«««oT Bartet singled him out fbr admuultion In matters of feet and da- corum. And but yesterday «be bad chided him for hla slavish lack of memory in daring to offer her greeting on the way to Huiiday school. "W«U. 1 expect you must forgot I told you never to «peak to in« again! If I wa« a boy I'd tie too proud to come bang ing around people that don't speak to me, even if 1 was the worst boy in town!’’ Ho «he flouted him. But now as be floated in through the window of her claaarootn and swam gently along the ceiling like an eacaped toy balloon ■be fell upon her knees beside her lit tle desk and, lifting up her arms to ward him. cried with love and admira tion: "Oh, Penrod!" He negligently kicked a globe from the high chandelier and, smiling —»id ly, floated out through the hall to the front «tepa of th« school, while Marjo rie followed. Imploring him to grant her one kind look. In the street an enormous crowd bad gathered, headed by Miss Spence and a bras« »«and. and a cheer from a hun dred thousand throats «hook the very ground as , Penrod swam overhead. Marjorie knelt upon the steps and watched adoringly while Penrod took the drum major'.) baton and. perform-’ Ing sinuous evolutions above the crowd, led the band. Then be threw the baton so high that it disappeared from sight. But he weDt swiftly after it, a double delight, for be had not only the delicious sensation of rocket ing safely up and up Into the blue sky, but also that of standing tn the crowd below, watching and admiring hlmaelf as be dwindled to a speck, disappear ed and then, emerging from a cloud, came speeding down, with the baton in his bend, to the level of the tree- tops, where he beat time for the band and the vast throng and Marjorie Jones, who all united In the "Star Rpangled Banner” tn honor of his aerial Achievements. It was a great moment. It was a great moment, but some thing seemed to threaten it The face of Miss Spence looking up from the crowd grew too vivid—unpleasantly vivid. Rbe was tieckonlng him and shouting: "Come down. Penrod Scho field.' Penrod Hchofleld. come down here!” He could hear her above the band and the singing of the multitude» She seemed intent on s[>ollfng every thing. Marjorie Jones was weeping to show how sorry she was that she had formerly slighted him and throwing kisses to prove that she loved him, but Miss Spence kept jumping between him and Marjorie, lnceosantly caning his name. He grew more and more Irritated with her. He wsrf the most important I»enion in the world and was engaged in proving It to Marjorie Jones and the whole dty, and yet Mis« Spence »«am ed to feel she still had the right to or der him about as she did in th« old days when be was an ordinary school boy. He was furious. He was sure PARK, ARLETA Emil Gnbser, Tremont barber, is tak ing In the fair at Frisco this week. Wendell Spriggs, son of Rev. Hpriggs, in seriously ill with tonsilitis. Bert Wilberg returned Tlinraday from business visit to Boi-v, Idaho. Geo. P. Lent has sold the point of the Wedge Wedgewood Addition. J. H. Zimmerman of ftflth street and Millard avenue will bnild a five room bungalow. L. C. Shearer of 62d street and Powell Valley is preparing to build a new rewi- dance. The Kem Park Feci and Fuel Co., are repairing their buildings at «8th street. * Miss Knox of East Portland has the substitute position in the Ariete library, I left by Stella Wilson. Miss Annabell Wagstaff of Woodmere is wearing a pair of crutches this week a- a result of a sprained ankle. — Mrs. F. E. Foote and son Harold have gone to eastern Oregon for a two week's vacation. Norman Holiday and J. P. Johnson went into eastern Clackamas for an out ing last Saturday. No deer, but a good time. Tbe first meeting of the Creston Parent-Teachar association was held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Dr. Anna Strong «poke on the juvenile ex- Dibit to be held next month. The city authorities have a set of engineers at work checking up for a side walk on the east side of 72d street from Tremont south. About 1450 linear feet of new sidewalk will be put in. The Whitman store at Firland and the Sieger store at Creston were entered Wednesday last, in the evening, and pil laged. Cigars and tobacco were taken. Boys did the job and they were caught the next day. Mrs. Sanders of 82d street entertained the G. C. C. Club recently with a one o’clock lunchgon. The afternoon was spent with fancy work and music. Mr Harry Tucker and family have moved from the George house on 40th avenue to their own place just off 62d avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Grove have taken the George house for the winter. Tremont is due to hear the best news for some time. There is some reason to believe the city officials are figuring on putting in a playground and perhaps a park near Tremont. It is probable that several blocks will be leased for the pur pose and bought later. Indications are that the long hoped for local park will be realized within the next year. Harry Clapp, Clem Smith and his brother Hugh and cousin, Frank Smith, of Portland, returned last week from one of the biggest outings reported this season. They report lots of fun but no big game,—just fish. They went to Eugene, up the Mackenzie, across to The Sisters, to Madras, Tygh Valley, Dufur, The Dalles, and down the Co lumbia Highway home. They say some of the roads were in horrible condition and that a fellow had better try some of it with an aeroplane rather than a machine. — “I Like to Look Around Before I Buy" I Of course you do. You are more than welcome to in this store. You know we have the newest and beet things, and we display them as attrac tively as possible so as to help you de cide just what you want. We want you to be satisfied with your purchases and with our service. We are sure you will be if you give us a trial. If you are satisfied you will call again, we want you to call again! Our New Idea Patterns, 10c, all the latest Fall Styles, are shown there. Always Something New, Up-to-date, Of Go xl Quality, and Low Price. aiw wanted him to do something dis agrees bie. It seemed to him that sb« bad «creamed “Penrod Rcbofleld!" thousand« of time«. From the beginning of hla aerial ax- pcrlmeDta In hi« own acboolrooin h« bad not opened hla lips, knowing some how that one of the requirements for air floating is perfect silence on the part of the floater; but. Anally, irritat ed beyond measure by Mias Spence’s clamorous insistence, he was unable to restrain an Indignant rebuke «nd Im mediately cam« to earth with a fright ful bump. Miss Spence-in the flesh—bad direct ed toward the physical body of th« ab Teeny & Teeny sent Penrod an inquiry as to the frac tional consequence« of dividing seven 6602 Foster Road, S. E., Portland, Ore. teen apples fairly among three boys, and she was surprised and displeased to receive no answer, although to the | beet of her knowledge and belief h« was looking flxedty at her. Rhe repeat ed her question crisply without visible effect; then summoned him by name with increasing asperity. Twice »be at Altord Furniture Store cs!’ed him, while all hfe fMkiw pupils turned fo stare at the gazing boy. Rbe advanced a step from the platform. "Psared Schofield r Tabor 2352 “Ob. my goodness!" be shouted «nd- 4529 67th St. S. R dewty Tha’t rou keep «tin a artn- Buy Your LINOLEUM 35c, 39c, 45c yard (TO BE CONTINUED) The Herald $1 per Tar