Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-19
Patsy Kildare, Outlaw
By JUDD MORTIMER LEWIS
MFR. Rnckrudder,a Plan


7 DID not play the music machine all night
L because was asked not to. was play
ing 1t about as fast as It would go when the
door opened and the nurse came wheeling
Alice in Alice asked me TO play for her.
piled the records in her lap and she handed
them TO me the way she wanted them played
and all did was 10 put them in and turn
the crank. She said was a natural born
musician. but guess II is Just the Irish in
me. II you are Irish you can do anything
and II you are not Irish what is the use Of
trying?
when had played all the records Alice
kissed me good night and was wheeled out,
but the nurse whispered to me not TO play
any more because Alice would be in the next
room and would need TO sleep so that she
would get we'll ! did not play any more.
which was very nice of me, because / wanted
to play.
This morning when I woke / thought I
would see II I could climb out of my win
dow into the nearest tree and could. but
Rowdy couldn't, so / climbed back and we
tippytoed downstairs and went to the boat
house and went swimming. Then we tippy-
toed to our room and we're ready for break
fast when the rest were. After breakfast we
went into the big room and Mr.. Rockrudder
sent for the servants and when they came
in he said to them: II have good news for
you. You have new mistress. Patsy here
Is going to be my little girl" said, What
do you mean?" He said. II am going to ask
your father TO give you TO me 10 be AIce's
sister, said: well, for cats sake are
you crazy In the head? DO you suppose my
father would give me up? If he would do
you suppose ! would give him up? I should
say not am going home and am never
coming out here again"
Alice put her arms around me and Mr..
Rockrudder said, There there, there ."
three times and the cook cried and so 7
promised to stay for dinner. ! am glad /
did, for they had everything for dinner and
we had grand time. But when Mr.. Rock
rudder told me 7 must not feed Rowdy at
| the table just because I gave him a drum
stick took my plate and started out Of the
| room. Mr.. Rockrudder asked me where
was going and / said I was going out to
eat on the doorstep with Rowdy. He said :
| Good Lord I take It all back. You can
| feed Rowdy on the table If you feel like it,"
| SO that was all right. Then I said to the
| colored man who stood behind my chair,
Are you going TO do anything I tell you
| to- He said "Ah suttenly is" Then
! said, Go outdoors and run around the
| house three times" He did il and il was
| very funny, for he came in putting and
! laughing.
After dinner Mr.. Rockrudder and Alice
! took a nap and Rowdy and / rambled. for
| you never can tell and thought maybe they
| would try to keep me there and did not
| want to stay. ] had thought of a scheme to
! hand lmogene hers. 7 don't know whether
! IT will work or not, but 1t will be a peach
| If 1t does.
! 1t was late when Rowdy and I got home
Before. we went 10 bed we took a walk up
| the street to the Carpenters and hung
| around little while, for you never can tell
| what might happen, ] thought Mr.. Carpen-
| ter might be flying around there and peeiing
| in at the windows TO see how they were get
| ting along without him, but I did not see
anything, so we came back home and
| kneeled down and ! prayed, Dear mother
| which art in heaven, God certainly answered
| my prayer all right and now | am ready for
| Imogene. II you and the other angels want
| to have a good laugh, you better stick around
| tomorrow, for that is when ] am going TO
| try ogJull IL, What did you think OF the
| Rockrudders' wanting TO keep me? / guess
| they would like to get new daughter ready
| made with a lot OF Irish in her Who
| wouldn't? But you l;new who you were
| leaving here to take care of my father,
| didn't you? 7 hope Mr.. Carpenter got TO
| heaven all right and that you will do your
| best to make him feel at home. Amen"
| "GettinE Even" the next Patsy Kildare ad-
venture. appears In tOmorrOw's Evening Ledger.