Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-19

PATSY KILDARE
BY JUDD MORTIMER LEWIS
An AcfiUe Imagination


r SLEPT last night at June's and wher
L I awoke this morning I was upstairs
IN bed and the drasgy foot girl was In
the bed on the other side OF me. Rowdy
pushed his nose under my hand and
whined and got him by the ear and
kissed him on the nose. Theft turned
my head over and looked at draggy foot
and she was lying looking at me. When
she saw me look at her she smiled ard
she is kind of good to lock at when she
smiles,
said How do you feel?' She said
with my fingers How do you feel?"
said. whats It to you?" for Il made me
kind of mad for her TO get funny with
me. Then she said, ~ feel fine. It Is
certainly good TO be in my own home
again" ! said, What do you near? 2"
She said, This is my own home and Il
is fine to be back here again" I said
! "You haven't got any more home than
rabbit" She turned up her nose and
said, THAT is what you think" said
| That Is what | kLow." She said, This
is my home. When | was p little girl
Just able TO walk and both my legs were
as good as yours and a whole lot prettier
Miss June and the doctor were my
father and mother"
| was surprised, but said. For cats
sake. are you the girl who turned turl<le
In the auto? Then you are June's sister
Where is your mother, who turned turl1e
when you did? She said what are you
talking about? Are you crazy In the
\ head" ! said, NO: go on" She said.
| Well, when l was q little bit of a girl
| was playing out in front of the house
and some gypsies came along and
wrapped me in blanket ard stole me
They held my mouth shut so | couldn't
holler and put me in "A wagon and car
red me off They took me to a big city
and the gypsy man twisted my leg and
made me cripple so ! wCrild beg better
| for them"
said. How could YOU beg better with
| q twisted Leg" She said. 81 don't know
| but that's what they did. So | begged
my way from towE TO town and finally
| | came to a town with a castle in 1t, and
| In the castle was u prince. who fell In
love with me and fought the chief of the
gypsies and killed him But before he
died the chief of the gypsies put me on
a horse and tied me there and then hit
the horse ard the horse started to run
and tainted, and the next thing | knew
was in the orphan asylum. and the
other kids would not play with me
know the prince is looking for me every
where. and now he will find me and then
we will be married"
She started to tell me that June and
the doctor were king and queen of the
cour.try and that she was "A princess, but
/ had enough, and so l pushed her out
of bed with my feet. Then I went down
TO breakfast and June's doctor asked me
what the noise was that he had heard
upstairs, and | told him. lie went ur
and got draggy foot and brought her
dowL, and she snuffled on his shoulder
and he told me / must never kick her
out Of bed again, lie did not tel
me | must not kick her into the river. SO
she had better look out. June walked fc
the auto with us when the doctor took
me to school and she said the only thing
the matter with draggy foot is that she
has an active imagination. | told the
doctor IL he would cure her leg / would
cure her Imagination. That made june
and the doctor laugh.
/ am sleeping at home tonight, for how
do | know but that lying Is catching?
"Fun in Prospect" the next Patsy xii
dare adventure, will appear In tomorrow ),
Evening Public Ledger.