Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-18
PATSY KILDARE
THE OUTLAW
By JUDD MORTIMER LEWIS
Prisoner of War

I HAD not been asleep very long at Mr.
Rockrudder's when Rowdy woke me up
by growing down deep in his neck. felt
OF him In the dark and the hair on his back
was standing up straight. / told him to
hush. and then listened and there was
noise downstairs. Then I heard a glass
break so Rowdy and opened the door into
the hall and peeked out. Then the stairs
creaked and somebody was coming up.
certainly was feeling funny and could
hear my heart tick
soon we saw round light on the ceiling
and moving around. Whoever was coming
upstairs looked just like a black shadow. |
Kept my hand on Rowdy's head to keep him
quiet The light went to the other bedroom
where ! used 10 sleep, and Rowdy and I
held our breath. Pretty soon something
cracked and the door went open and the
light went IN. Then Rowdy and | tippytoed
down the hall The light was i'm front OF
the dresser. ! could not wait any longer,
50 hollered, Go to IL, Rowdy!" My voice
sounded awful funny. n it had not been
mine | do not think I would have known
what 1t said. But Rowdy knew.
with "A jump and growl Rowdy was in
the room and a voice said something awful.
Then somebody was on the bed and Rowdy
was, too, and then off the bed on the floor.
and then over chair and then out Of the
window glass and all / pushed the button
and made the room light and saw that the
room was all torn up. on the floor found
the thing that made the round light, and
when ] squeezed it made the light again.
Rowdy and I went back to bed. but II
was quite while before I went to sleep
again. When I woke up 1t was daylight.
! went out to the servants house and woke
them all up and told them they we're un-
fired. told Levy what had happened, and
we went under the window and there was
blood on the ground Levy and Rowdy and
I followed the blood to the boathouse, and
in there was a man. one leg of his trousers
was torn off and his leg was bit and broken.
I said, That is what you get for monkeying
with the Irish The man did not say
anything. but just looked pale.
Levy started to the house, I said where
are you going?" He said, ITO foam for the
police" ! said. who is boss here?' He
said you are" l said. Then you foam
for doctor and let the police chase them
selves This burglar has got plenty. You
get the doctor and then get the houseman
and carry him to bed" He did. and I went
along and the doctor had to foam for an
other doctor, and they gave him something
to make him sleep and tied a weight on his
foot and the doctor said he would need a
nurse. I said to send for one, and she is
here and she chews gum like COW, and
I'm not much stuck on her
The foam rang this evening, and I said.
Hello" A voice said, who Is this?' /
said, 1T Is Patsy Kildare What's 1t 70
you?" Then it said, Hello, Patsy. This
is Mr. Rockrudder. How are you getting
along?" I said, "All right 1t is kind Of
lonesome out here without much to do. |
found the house full Of people giving
party last night, and l ran them out and
fired Levy and the others, and then at
midnight Rowdy and I chased a burglar out
Of an upstairs window and broke his leg,
and | have had a doctor and another one
come and fix his leg, and he is here now
in bed and we have got a trained nurse.
and she wants to know who is going to pay
the bill. But that doesn't worry me. for
have got twenty dollars, and ] will go back
on the stage if need any more. | have un-
fired the servants again" Mr. RoCkrudder
laughed and said, Tell the nurse to come
to the foam" She did. and he told her he
would pay all the bills Then he called
Levy and the other servants TO the foam
and told the nurse and the others to do
what told them.
My burglar was very sick when lie got
his senses back and he hollered till ! told
him TO close his face and shut up, which
he did He is very much afraid of Rowdy,
but Rowdy is not mad at him at all 1t is
bedtime now and | have prayed: Dear
mother which art in heaven. this has been
a good day and know have got you and
God 10 thank for il. | would never have
thought of catching a burglar all by my
self Rowdy is certainly some dog. No
body but Rowdy or somebody who was
Irish would have jumped out in the dark
and grabbed a burglar like that. Ask God
to bless you and my father and the burglar
can have my share this time. Amen"
Exercising Authority" the next Patsy Kill
dare adventure, appears In tOmOrrow's Evening
Ledger.