Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-25

nrY FATHER had eaten his pahcaNes
lV ord gone 10 bed when woke up a'U
there wasn't any batter left eAoep'
Rowdv's nose, which made me tnlnh s hoinsd
Rovdv got tired waiting for me anu anu at,,,,
htD,sai, which left me with an empty STUN.
n,ick on nv hands SO l went " Ia "a
fathers pockets and got some nip".S 80 a
bo ba Wing quite a bunch OF II tog Tho,,
dollar besides the money for my an ice
Rowdy and I rambled. just tn Nd sat
wagon came by and l hoppeu IL t,,,t the
on the back step: II was i%,,k hock seemed
water that dripped down my oach o,ia and
colder than usual I rode a "h'lo "'
ate some ice. -,.a the man
ONCE when he stopped I asked tne ne nc"
-, tir,e n was He said, "Eisht @ loi y,
i've" I said. Whereabouts is that -, " and
He said "Prettydamnear' 20 h,c, iust
7 hit the high places and got scnoot s uot
~ .h. I,ros we're going in and l was no'
ta-dy ,vbicb was very good for me ,,,-s
when n was nearly noon anu
c,.aart,, yvas asking me the name -, ~
letter on the board just as Sny ,,av
know it herself. which Is .riono vary
ste has, she said, Patsy, you didnit
pale" ] said. That tunny,. c,e said,
u,asb my face this morning, -, ,,,ora
49,. 90, feet well?" All the KIDS Wele
,aTsi,rg and I said, mo, ma am o 60.
Is.rs, {" sbe said. what did you cav "a "a
hroolfast9, Then l remembered that ina na
forgotten breakfast and told ner' eatd
of ice" She held up her hahus " a, che
or ,h,+ ,l1o" I said, Yes ma am
~ ''.%. .>.o%nd,, ebould eat cold breakfast,
Iaiu o,,oss mat was a joke, for they a..
i,ugbed again Then she sald iou -
80 home dear. and get you some ioou
8 yrert 70 the store and told the s me-
.b,+ wanted three nicl1els worth oI ia
re said, What kind of fooa ntu voi,
Il
"The kind people eat lie sai. s FOOD ."
80, 10 food I said, rs potatoes tooI a -,
IIo eta ives" 1 said, "Is bread 1oou
IIe said. "Yes" So l said lheil 60 :,
80 niclx,e and an apple and some cneese ,
sart for NV money and then relleili
borod that I had laid it on the pacN 't.g s'e
of the ice wagon. So ! saia' 4,,t,ns
cake :" and went out of there III wv ~, ico
Luck was on my side ior ,ioa,,s awav.
wagon turn the corner three ploCn9 49,
~ 7.,s out of sight when we got TO tna,
ooruer INT we ran another block anu ~
locked and there 1t was, So we causu - =.
All right, which was lucky, ohIS
not the man and the wagon that W"r,Iu' -,
So went over to the place Whele ny
r,alse tbe ice and l sat there nearly an
dav waiting for my wagon TO come. WIZ -,
a. ala come I said to the man, Heuo
IIo said "Hello!" I said. How are you
feeling today?" He said, Like pun
moose How are you feeling"' sald'
whats it to you? Did you ma some
money on your back step?' He looked
surprised and said. How mucn money rIo
aid "A dollar and three nickels." He
5ai5 "uow did it get there?" ! said, Il
forgot st and left it there when was
riding" He laughed and gave it to me and
said, 'You are some kid
So | went and got the ribbon for my
hair and then man in a store door SAID,
Little girl, | will give you hlckel IL
Won 20 to the delicatessen around the cor
nor and get me a ham sandwich with mus
tard and sweet pickle" So / did and he
did and then l went and got me ham
sandwich with mustard and l don't know
when anything tasted so good. / went home
and my father had gone and | brushed my