LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE AND SANDYBy Harold Gray, 1933CHAPTER 19 – Father and Son
In the Pinchpenny home, Elmer was getting ready for his regular evening trip to Millburg. His father disliked to have Elmer away from home so much, and on that night, he protested. “Hurrmph, out every night,” he grumbled. “Tearing over th’ roads like a young idiot. Hitting Dogs! Another scrape like that and I’ll take that car away from you!”
“Oh, yeah?” said Elmer, coolly puffing on his cigarette. “Nobody can prove I hit that pooch. And anyway, I never hit a kid yet, and crippled it for life. Ha! Ha!” Elmer laughed at his father’s anger. “Oh, I won’t tell on you, unless –
Mr. Pinchpenny was thoroughly angry. He clinched his fists and made a dash for his son, but Elmer had already vanished in the blackness of the night. “Why, you, you – ” shouted Mr. Pinchpenny. “That’s a lie. You impertinent young pup. How dare you? I’ll –” Elmer’s mocking laugh was the only answer that he had.
After he had gone, Mr. Pinchpenny went to the window to try to calm himself again. “How could he have guessed?” wondered Mr. Pinchpenny. “No one knows about that. He can’t know. Still, why should I be too harsh with the boy? He only hit that mongrel. A shame he didn’t kill it.”
Annie would have been very angry if she had heard Mr. Pinchpenny say that.
davidf42 over 13 years ago
Sad, but that’s the way it happens too many times.
davidf42 over 13 years ago
LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE AND SANDYBy Harold Gray, 1933CHAPTER 19 – Father and Son
In the Pinchpenny home, Elmer was getting ready for his regular evening trip to Millburg. His father disliked to have Elmer away from home so much, and on that night, he protested. “Hurrmph, out every night,” he grumbled. “Tearing over th’ roads like a young idiot. Hitting Dogs! Another scrape like that and I’ll take that car away from you!”
“Oh, yeah?” said Elmer, coolly puffing on his cigarette. “Nobody can prove I hit that pooch. And anyway, I never hit a kid yet, and crippled it for life. Ha! Ha!” Elmer laughed at his father’s anger. “Oh, I won’t tell on you, unless –
Mr. Pinchpenny was thoroughly angry. He clinched his fists and made a dash for his son, but Elmer had already vanished in the blackness of the night. “Why, you, you – ” shouted Mr. Pinchpenny. “That’s a lie. You impertinent young pup. How dare you? I’ll –” Elmer’s mocking laugh was the only answer that he had.
After he had gone, Mr. Pinchpenny went to the window to try to calm himself again. “How could he have guessed?” wondered Mr. Pinchpenny. “No one knows about that. He can’t know. Still, why should I be too harsh with the boy? He only hit that mongrel. A shame he didn’t kill it.”
Annie would have been very angry if she had heard Mr. Pinchpenny say that.