Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-30
Patsy Kildare, Outlaw
BY JUDD MORTIMER LEWIS
Home Aguin

WHEN | woke the nurse was sitting by
w my bed and she told me that she had
found me asleep on the floor That was
certainly funny. | asked her TO excuse me
till said "amen" to my prayer OF the night
before Then got out of bed and kneeled
and made Rowdy fold his paws ana said
Amen" and the nurse kissed me and put
me back into bed and asked me to hold q
piece of glass in my mouth for a minute 1
did, and felt as II ] was smoking a cigar
cite. She took It then and looked at 1t and
said, "You appear to be normal said'
THAT must be because of the bump on my
bean for / am really 1rsh.'
She laughed and kissed me and went to
the door and called and the doctor came In
and held my wrist and looked into my eyes
and said, You are all right. young lady
So got up and dressed and we had break
fast the white-haircd man looking very
sorry. Then man brought the automobile
and the doctors and Rowdy and | got in and
the man took us to town. After he took the
doctors where they wanted to 90 he took me
to my school. When got out the man said,
Here is something Mr.. Rockrudder gave
mo to give to you" Then he handed me
an envelope and away lie went around the
corner opened the envelope and there
was a dollar bill in It.
went into the school yard and sat on the
sidewalk with Rowdy beside me and watch
ed the other kids playing. Miss Groarty
came along and took me into school with
her and scolded me for leaving the day after
the circus. but when I told her what the
foreign girl did with my shoes she said 1t
was all right, but not to let it happen again.
told her | wouldn't, and won't. While |
was standing by her desk the kids came In
and everybody smiled at the cotton and the
plaster on my bean where the crazy girl
soaked me with the oar. did not care, and
I went TO my seat and Rowdy lay down on
the floor and when it came my time to re-
cite | had my lessons like pie. but Peanuts
Feeney did not have his at all
got out of school early and went and
took my fathers shoe home and saw where
he had been wearing his slippers to watch
in nights | wanted to kiss him, but was
afraid | would wake him. There was a
bottle of milk on the table and left it
there to get sour. Then Rowdy and | went
to Jim's and found him building fence. so
/ went and rode on the mother horse "A while
all around the lot and rubbed the nose OF
the baby horse, which tried to kick me.
Just for that | made Rowdy go after him.
and Rowdy kept after him till Jim came
and hollered at me to make him stop. I
told him | was not going to let any kind of
horse kick me, but he explained that the
baby horse was only playing. so | told him
that Rowdy was only playing.
Jim laughed and we went to the house
and sat on the porch and he asked me about
my head and ] told him, and he got pale
and reached out and grabbed me and held
me tight It hurt till told him ! would
make Rowdy eat him up. Then he let go
and said, 1T is darn shame. Something
is going to happen to you some of these
days and shall be sorry all my life. Yet
l can't see that there is a thing | can do"
l said, Are you talking to me?" He said,
NO" SO I guess he was praying. But
said, "There is one thing can do and