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Little Stephen
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By GERTRUDE SC HALE
© McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
WNU Service.
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“WOW! What'* the matter
» V with Connie?” Patty leaned
against the closed door and sur
veyed the group of giggling girls
with anxious eyes.
4* U/^DT "she in®1 threw me
^ | out 0f her room-»
CKJODT "Oh. what a flop!”
9l1vKI caroled Betty, roll
ing her eyes.
K T “Some come
down,” added Alice,
between chuckles.
“The mighty has fallen,” quoth
Belle, sedately, with a solemn face.
Patty spoke impatiently: ‘‘Come
on girls, give me the news.”
"You tell her.” the girls chor
used, as they pushed Belle forward.
Controlling her amusement. Belle
told the story of Connie Benson's
peeve against Stanley Hargrave,
known as the "Worm” to his class
mates.
"It all started with the Worm.”
You know ever since lie refused the
last invitation to our prom, Connie
has taken a decided interest in him.
She thought it was because he was
poor that he isolated himself from
all social activities.
"The Worm seemed more ap
proachable than ever before, so
Connie really lets herself out. He
reciprocates by handing her the
‘story’ of his life. And such a
tale it Is—full of sorrow and trouble
and privations. And—Connie falls
for it! But the best is yet to come.
He dropped his notebook in his ab
sorption, and the papers flew all
over the campus; Connie helped
him pick them up, and right on top
there was one headed, ‘Plot for One
Act Play.’ Underneath were writ
ten out the very incidents that the
Worm had told her. He had been
stringing her all along.”
The •’Talesman," a small paper
written and edited by the coeds, be
gan to display a marked preference
r for pictures and drawings of worms.
Then a series appeared dealing with
the life of “Little Stephen, the Or
phan Worm.”
Connie brought “Little Stephen”
through high school and sent him
to college. Then the real fun be
gan. Every Incident she could re
member that concerned Stanley was
put into print His hermit-like hab
its; his avoidance of all sports, and,
even his addiction to gray ties were
mentioned.
The paper went to press Saturday
and was ready for distribution Tues
day at noon.
There, in the center oFthe mid
dle page, was a drawing of Connie,
gazing with hate and aversion in
her eyes at ‘‘Little Stephen,” who
was almost submerged in a pool of
tears. Copious drops were oozing
from his saddened eyes. And the
text—a masterpiece of sarcasm and
ridicule.
I “Gee, Connie, this is a knock
out!” exclaimed a crowd of boys
as they gathered around the trium
phant miss.
“Ho—play with fire, you know—”
she sang out wisely.
! Suddenly there was a disturbance
at the edge of the circle. The crowd
disappeared as if by magic. Fac-'
ing Connie was the Worm himself.
Evidently he had “turned,” for,
striding swiftly up to the girl, he
grasped her forearm and, without
word, piloted her toward the
Hesr-by ferest. Connie was speech
less.
Now, young lady, tne lime nas
come for a reckoning.” A very de
termined young man faced a sud
denly timorous girl in the leafy
shadows of the trees.
"I’ll admit I played a mean trick
on you when you tried to be nice
to me. But I didn’t trust you—1
thought you were merely having
fuq with me. You see, I was in
jured In the war, so that prevents
me from joining in any sports. Oh,
I know you didn’t know.
“I didn’t mind your kidding me
through the medium of ‘Little Ste
phen’; on the contrary, I enjoyed
it But I did mind the last chap
ter.”
Connie was bewildered—what was
he getting at?
I "Did you really mean that you
hate me as much as you looked in
the picture?" It burst from him sud
denly. ”1 couldn’t stand it if you
did; I know I have no right to
speak to you this way, but—”
i Connie stopped him with a gentle
hand; her eyes were very tender,
j "You mustn't speak that way;
woo nav a ueitcr ugmi i uavc a
perfect devil of a temper (for which
I am grossly ashamed), and I’ll ad
mit that I felt terribly humiliated
' at your treatment. But I am terri
bly sorry I allowed my temper to
cafry me so far. I hope you will
forgive me—and I really don't hate
you.”
I This last was murmured softly,
yet Stanley heard it His thin face
lit up amazingly, and he moved a
step nearer.
“When I am through school and
my health improves, do you think I
might ask a certain young lady a
certain question?”
The "Certain young lady" glanced
up shyly and put one small hand in
hi#. Then, with a brave little smile,
she spoke:
,VI think that the 'certain young
Igdy' will be very glad to answer
v questions you may ask—Stan
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In Police Court
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Booker McKenzie, proprietor of
the M and M Cigar store, 2016 No.
24th street, was arrested Sunday
morning, about 3 a. m., and charged
with operating a disorderly house.
Sixteen inmates were also booked,
but were released. Mr. McKinziei
was fined $25.00 and costs.
Clarence Irvy and Evvlyn Flet
cher were arrested Monday morn
ing, charged with being drunk and
disturbing thfe peace. Mrs. Fletcher
was released and Mr. Irvy was sen
tenced 30 days.
William White, was charged with
reckless driving, which resulted in
a slight damaged to a fender of
W’illiam Dill’s automobile. Mr. Dill
failed to appear, and Mr. White
was released.
Fred Hill was charged with be
ing drunk and disorderly conduct,
pleaded guilty of being drunk, and
not guilty with disorderly conduct.
Tlte case was dismissed upon his I
promise not to get drunk again.
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Closes Matrimonial Agenry
Mayor Harry Stead of Ramsgate,
England, is closing the municipal
matrimonial agency. Since he
agreed to find a wife for a bashful
Devonshire soldier he has received
fifty requests from men and women
in all parts of the country asking
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lonely people in the country.
The Idea!
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Very Rich Man—Certainly not. I
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This Week In
Thought and Religion
By Robert L. Moody
The Power of Speech
The most common means of com
munication is through the use of
words The most important phase of
this type of intercourse are: The
intellectual, the moral and the spi
ritual. Our thought now deals with
INj moral and spiritual phases.
There must be temperance in
speech as well as anything else.
Too much or too little at the wrong
time is always detrimenal. The
whole third chapter of James is
given to a study of the “tongue
and its control. It is a small mem
ber but can create much peace or
much confusion. At Bab 1 it brou
ght not confusion but glory to God!
At Pentecost it brought peace and
joy in the Holy Ghost. No man has
been able o tame th|e tongue by
himself; only the grace of God has
and can accomplish this task. We
are macfc to wonder, especially do
sinners wonder, when they hear
professed Christians use vulgar lan
guagj?,tell falsehoods, slander, evil
speak and backbite. Is it possible
that ‘out of the same mouth pro
ceeded blessing and cursing? My
biiathren, these things ought not
so to be. Does a founain send forth
at the same place sweet water and
bitl) r?.-No fountain can yield
salt water and fresh.” Jas. 3:10-12.
One cannot be a son of God and
evil speak anyway. All who claim
to be Christians and do such are
hyprocrits. “The tongtfa is the best
part of man, and also the worst;
with good government none is more
useful; and without it none is more
mischievous." ‘TI t your speech be
always with grace, seasoned with
salt, that ye may know how to
answer every man.” Col. 4:6.
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I don’t very often read enough to
strain my eyes an awful lot, but I
do try to kinda halfway keep up
on politics. And the reason I like
to read something
now and then, on
polities, is becau
se it is most al ti
ways good come
dy.
And if you like
jokes, you will goR
a long ways to|
find places where!
they are betterL
than in our Capitol.
And you will read where one ca
binet member is tellin’ us to lay
off plantin’ so much—and solve the
over production farm problem. And
another cabinet member is goin’
pell-mell here and there, promotin’
: dams for more water to give us
new acres and bigger crops.
So it is hard to savvy, how any
farmer can plant less and also
plant more, at the same time, and
it looks as if the fellers sponsorin’
these great plans, they maybe ne
ver meant for anybody to take ’em
too serious, in the first place. And
anybody doin’ so, it is quite a good
joke on them—ike ookin’ under the
shell and findin’ no pea— and the
other feller has our two bits, or is
maybe re-elected.
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