Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-27
PATSY KILDARE
THE OUTLAW
BY JUDD MORTIMER LEWIS
Roadside Romance

WHEN l woke up this morning / did not
w know where was. but lay looking out
at the river and at Rowdy lying in the door
and at the gray ashes Of the fire. The river
was more foggy than had ever seen 1t
before. Then | remembered where / was
and / went over Rowdy in one jump and
over the fire in another jump and the next
jump took me into the river. I swan across
and back and across and back and across
and back and then l come out and turned
over endways as many times as I could and
l walked on my hands. Then l jumped up
and caught a limb and Chlnned myself as
many times as / could.
/ went over to Jim's house and the man
was out on the milk route and we ate some
sour milk and sugar and nutmeg and went
out to see the mother COW which did not
even turn her he I'd when we came near. She
just stood there and chewed and chewed
and don't believe she even remembers her
baby COW which Jim sold to the butcher
That reminded me OF the three dollars had
in the crawfsh hole and we went around
to see IL It was still there. It was. and the
ditch was fuller than ever OF water. Then
we went to school after had gone to tell
Bell that had already been swimming.
School looked the same as ever and the old
maid teacher came up and put her arm
around me and skinned her teeth and said
How is my darling little girl this morn
ing?" I said, IF you want to know how
your darling little girl is, why don't you
ask her? don't even know who the kid is"
She said, Why, you are my darling little
girl" ! said Somebody has been fooling
you" She laughed and said, >"Did you tell
your father what l told you yesterday"
said, For cats sake, what did you want
me to tell him?" She said, You know said
that thought him a perfectly splendid
man" said, II didn't tell him TINT" She
said well, tell him tonight And tell me
tomorrow what he says. If you do l will
give you nickel" l said "If you will stop
getting slushy with me will give you two
nickels. I did not see my father last night
! slept out in the woods"
Then she asked me all about IL and told
her and about the three dollars in the hole
and she got so excited that had to take her
after school and show her the place. When
I pretended 10 put the money back I just
stuck my hand down in the mud and hid the
three dollars in my other hand. Then said I:
II must now be going Come on" She said
which way are you going?" ! said. This
way" She said: II am going this other
way, Good-by." So went until I got out
Of sight and then Rowdy and I sneaked
through the trees and went back and she
she wiped her hand on her handkerchief and
took off her shoes and stockings and waded
right in.
BY and by a man came along on a load of
wood and he asked her what the trouble
was She told him she had dropped three
dollars SO he got down TO help her look
and he took of his shoes and waded and
paved along with her. After while they
got better acquainted and laughed while
they talked and when / came away they
were sitting on the hlnk with their feet in
the mud and one Of his muddy hands had
hold OF one OF her muddy hands and their
faces were 80 close / was afraid he was
going to get mud on his nose from hers.
found another crawfish hole for my three
dollars and 1 went home Just as 1t was
getting dark
Mrs Carpenter has got an auto, which is
what the new shed Is for, and she and a
strange man was in the auto out in front
and he was showing her how to make It
work. l watched them a long time and then
l went into our house and my father had
left the milk for me and some bread and a
piece of pie. 1 ate that and was in such a
hurry to pray to my mother that 1 went to
bed early and prayed, Dear mother, which
art in heaven, have got surprise for you
to hand to Mr.. Carpenter. Mrs. Carpenter
has got an auto and that was a garbage
they were building with the new boards.
What do you know about that? / will bet
that will get his goat. She is learning to
run It herself and Rowdy and will have
to look out or we will get run over. Amen"
"In Society" another Patsy Kildare adVen-
ture, appears In tomOrrOw's Evening Ledger.