Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-02
PATSY KILDARE
THE OUTLAW
By JUDD MORTIMER LEWIS
Making a Rescue


WHEN I went to see my burglar this
w morning he told me that the doctor is
going to come in a day or two and give
him the once over. His eyes were bright
and he seemed excited about his chances
OF soon getting we'll. Then, after breakfast,
Rowdy and / hoped into the auto with
Levy and away we went. Rowdy would not
get up on tie back seat with me- so sat
ooWn on the bottom OF the auto with him
on ono side and me on the other, leaning
my back against the door.
was Just telling Rowdy how lucky he IL
to be dog, all but having neas when the
door New open and / turned over endways
and my head hit on the step and then
found myself sitting by the side of the road
Ihe auto was going down the road, but
Rowdy jumped out and. being dog, he did
not have any better sense than to jump with
MS face toward me and his tail the other
way, so when he hit the ground he turned
over backward once and sideways a good
many times When he got up he got up run
ninB and when he got to me he rubbed his
nose all over me TO see If any OF my bones
were broken. When he found was all right
he was so glad that he laughed the way a
dog does. with both ends of himself. I put
my arms around him and we laughed and
rasseed till we were out Of breath II
seemed good TO have somebody who is glad
fallen down.
Levy was out Of sight, for he hadn't
missed us, so we started to walk to school,
but he came back before we had gone very
far and we rode the rest of the way After
school ] went out on the road that goes to
where Jim and Maggie live to take a look
at my three silver dollars in the crawilsh
hole. Somebody had been there and shoveled
out the ditch and the Crawflsh hole along
with it, SO had TO dig all around for All
hour before I found my three dollars When
l went back to our house there was Levy
waiting for me I told him 10 chase HIM
self and that maybe I would be home that
night and maybe I wouldn't. When he
asked me what he should tell the burglar
and the nurse and Mr.. Rockrudder II he
foamed for me l said to tell them to mind
their own business
Rowdy and ] went downtown and looked
at the pitchers In front Of the pitcher shows
and then We went into big hotel on one
side and stood around till the man Mt the
book pointed at MS and another man with
brass buttons started for us. Then we
walked out very slowly, ROwdy walking be-
hind me and sldnning his teeth so no one
dared touch me. When We got TO the door
I turned and stuck out my tongue at tho
man, and another man. who was buying
cigar, laughed and 50 | smiled at him ana
went out That was fun.
It was good and late when Rowdy and I
got 70 Mr.. Rockrudder's house. So we kept
right on going until we got TO where the
man lives who Is a hundred years old. After
we went through the vines we saw light
in the house and next we saw something
dark and It was the mans dog and il was
dead. We went and peekcd into the window
and there were two hobOes and one Of them
was holding a match almost against the old
mans nose and saying, "Whcrc Is it, The
old man was making funny noise and look
ing scared. Rowdy and ! tippytoed I'm and
looked through the doors. ! pointed TO the
hobo with the match and hOllered, "Go to
itr Rowdy jumped at his neck and bit him
and the man screamed and Rowdy landed on
the bed and from there he jumped on TO the
other hobo, and he screamed, too. and flung
Rowdy through the window. Then they
both ran over me getting outdoors and by
the way they hollered | guess Rowdy met
them at the steps, They did not wait to find
the hole through the vines, but went right
through them anywhere and when | got out
they were away down the road in the dark
and every holler they gave was further
away 1t was quite while before Rowdy
came back and | could see by the way he
carried the piece Of pants he had in his
teeth that he was very proud of himself
When we went into the house | will be
dinEhusted II the old man was not asleep.
So | blowed out the light and came out on
the step and kneelcd down and prayed,
"Dear mother which art in heaven, you and
God got Rowdy and me here just in time.
If YOU hadn't | guess there would have been
a hundred year old angel in heaven learning
10 fly Ask God TO bless you and my father
and to get morning here as quick as lie
can, for I am going to sit on this step with
Rowdy all night Amen
,,Tbe Capture," the next Patsy Kildare ad-
venture, appears in tomOrrOw's Evening iedger'