Penrod and Sam

id you do with that loaf of bread

HAT loaf

n," Mrs. Schofield said severely. "If you were hungr

asn't hu

Mrs. Schofield said. "Y

heart g

otested. "I've asked Sam

phone Mrs.

tarving and so were his children and his wife. They were all just STARVING-and they couldn't wait w

rele

an hour later, Penrod gave

to know," he concluded, "if I ha

I was in the passageway, a minute ago, takin' a look at hi

I mean-if I'd had to stay in the house, where would we be

u talkin

h. For that matter, so had Sam's; they were developing one of the little di

on't you tel

rod demanded. "You kee

am protested. "You can tell me

od shouted. "You tal

peculiar cough. Both boys jum

some more to eat,

enrod declared. "We got to get the most

that,

s what I was tryin' to tell you about, S

a chance. I kept TELLI

r! You ke

ages of the debate, this other being concerned with which of the debaters had the least "sense." Each made the plain statement that if he were more deficient than his opponent in that regard, self-destruction would be his only refuge. Each de

," Penrod said, as he stared frowningly at

ood ole look at him

adventure to which they had committed themselves was beginning to be a little overpowering. If Whitey had been a dog, a goat, a fowl, or even a stray calf, they would have felt equal to h

ing that, somehow, this affair was going to get beyond them and that they would be in heavy trouble before it was over-they knew not why. They knew why no more than they knew why they felt it imperative to keep the fact of Whitey's presence in the s

ward. The money-value of bay horses, as compared to white, was again discussed, and each announced his

h things were not to be. According to their knowledge, it was perfectly reasonable to suppose that they would receive this fortune; but they frightened themselves in s