Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-09
VOTING INTERESTS WOMEN IN WARTIME THE
PATSY KILDARE
THE OUTLAW
By JUDD MORTIMER LEWIS
A job for the Burglar

| REFORE l got up this morning Coo and
- my mother put into my head what to
do with my burglar. felt so happy about
1t that kissed Rowdy twice on the nose
instead OF only once Then / got UP and
dressed and ate breakfast and told my
burglar to come on and we all got into the
auto. made Levy go to the house of the
man who Is hundred years. old instead Of
TO town. When we got there ] made my
burglar get out and told him that was to
be his home. He was very much surprised
at first and did not smile at ALL He Just
stood kicking an Old stump which is in the
front yard.
i told Levy TO bring my burglar some bed
clothes after he got back from town and he
did. When we went back past Mr. Rochrud-
ders l stopped and got the lard bucket with
the money in 1t and had Levy take me to
my own house. When he had gone away
Rowdy and / crawled under the house
where | used to crawl when fe,t bad There
l buried the bucket and now nobody knows
where 1t is except Rowdy and |. So nobody
can make the man who is a hundred years
old tell where his money is.
Then went to school and there was the
green snake boy running again He said,
prize lighters do that. 1t makes their wind
strong / said, Are you going to fight him
with wind? If / was going to fight him
would carry a brick in one hand" He
SAID After have trained another week
won't need a brick. l will be so strong that
can knock all the taste out of his mouth
with one punch" / said do II some time
when / am around won't you?" He said
"Of course 1t is for you that am doing
II said, You are cracked in the beam
Nhat have / got to do with it?" He said
You wanted him licked" l said THAT
was joke" He said We'll, l am going
to lick him, anyway" SO I said. "Go to It."
After school l went over TO see Bell and
Lunny and sat on the iron dogs in front of
their house for awhile Then Bell and I,unny
came out and Lunny said. Look who's
here" Then Bell took me in and brushed
my hair and gave me a banana and asked
me what had been doing. | told her | had
been doing everything. Then when Levy
came to get me l made him take me to the
house of the man who is "A hundred years
old. The burglar had got some boards and
a hammer and nails and had made him a
bed against a wall and had bedcothes on II
and was making garden in the yard That
pleased me very much. | stayed till he
MIXED the COW and got supper. He boiled
some potatoes that Levy had brought and
mashed them and put milk and salt on them
and they were fine. The man who is a
hundred years old liked them ] am going
TO get him bib and make the burglar feed
him with a spoon.
The burglar asked me how long he was
going to have to stay there and l told him
that he would have to stay till the man who
Is a hundred years old goes to heaven He
said, Gee That will be long time, for
think the old faggot will go to the other
place" And 1 told him that he was mis-
taken, for | had heard the old man pray
once and no one who prays can go to the
bad place. The burglar said, "All right,
Then the old man can go to heaven" It
pleased me very much to have that settled
The burglar said he would have to borrow