



Produced by An Anonymous Volunteer and David Widger





PENROD


By Booth Tarkington



To

John, Donald And Booth Jameson

From A Grateful Uncle




CONTENTS

     I.      A Boy and His Dog
     II.     Romance
     III.    The Costume
     IV.     Desperation
     V.      The Pageant of the Table Round
     VI.     Evening
     VII.    Evils of Drink
     VIII.   School
     IX.     Soaring
     X.      Uncle John
     XI.     Fidelity of a Little Dog
     XII.    Miss Rennsdale Accepts
     XIII.   The Smallpox Medicine
     XIV.    Maurice Levy's Constitution
     XV.     The Two Families
     XVI.    The New Star
     XVII.   Retiring from the Show-Business
     XVIII.  Music
     XIX.    The Inner Boy
     XX.     Brothers of Angels
     XXI.    Rupe Collins
     XXII.   The Imitator
     XXIII.  <DW52> Troops in Action
     XXIV.   "Little Gentleman"
     XXV.    Tar
     XXVI.   The Quiet Afternoon
     XXVII.  Conclusion of the Quiet Afternoon
     XXVIII. Twelve
     XXIX.   Fanchon
     XXX.    The Birthday Party
     XXXI.   Over the Fence




CHAPTER I A BOY AND HIS DOG

Penrod sat morosely upon the back fence and gazed with envy at Duke, his
wistful dog.

A bitter soul dominated the various curved and angular surfaces known
by a careless world as the face of Penrod Schofield. Except in solitude,
that face was almost always cryptic and emotionless; for Penrod had
come into his tw