Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-20
PATSY KILDARE
THE OUTLAW
GettinO EUen
By JUDD MORTIMER LEWIS
MY FATHER said 1t seemed good to h


MY FATHER said IT seemed good to have
AN1 me here this morning getting his
breakfast again. I am a very hard little
girl to get along without after people get
to know me.
When Rowdy and I started to school I
had a big bag Of cracked pecans in my hand
and we hurried as II were going to a
fire. So we got there first and we sat eat
ing nuts and wondering II my mother and
God we're on the Job They were NIL right,
for here came Imogene and two Of the other
big girls who were in. with her on the hoop
trick
They saw me eating pecans and came up
and looked at me and did not say anything
but Just gave each of them a pecan to get
them interested When she had eaten hers
Imogene said. GIVE us some more, KID l
said, 81 have had all want. You stay
where you are and I will go upstairs and
drop the bag out of the window and the
one who catches 1t can have it," So they
said, "All right" Rowdy and l ran UP.
stairs and / dumped the pecans on the floor
in the corner of the hall and ran TO the
water faucet and filled the bag with water
and then ran through our room and Just
as 1 was passing the teachers desk 1 saw
a bottle Of ink. I dumped the ink into the
bag and then l ran to the window to get
there before the bag got soaked.
There were the three girls and lot Of
other kids were looking on l said, "All
ready" The three of them hollored, Drop
it !" 80 l did, right at Imogene's face. But
one Of the other girls had a longer reach
than Imogene's and she grabbed the bag
with one hand and that busted It. SO that
was when Imogene got hers. She was
sight. | give God and my mother credit
for putting the bag act into my head, but
I thought Of the ink myself, so Of course
that made me a very proud little girl
You should have heard the three holler !
All three of them had got the inky water
good and plenty and | never saw any girl
open her face quite so wide as lmogene ala
when sho hollered. The principal had to
come just then. but that did not make any
difference. for Imogene would have hollered
till she did come. Rowdy and | had to
walk into the principals office and we stood
there beside Imogene and the other two
girls while the principal looked us over
long time Then she said to 1mogene, Tell
mo all about It,"
SO Imogene told all except about the hoop
jump. Then the principal said to me, Tell
me your side of it." I told her about tho
hoop jump and about the three Of them
being in it and showed her my eyes.
The principal looked cross and said. You
three can go home and get clean and you,
Patsy, can go to your room and take your
seat" SO we all went out and then l
thought / had better go back and say,
Thank you. ma'am," and l did. When
opened the door she had her head on the
table and / thought she was crying, but
when | said. THANK you, ma'am," she
looked up and saw she was laughing.
All the rest of the day l could feel my
heart inside of me singing like bird and
when school was out l went into the woods
and climbed the highest tree there was and
got as close to heaven as / could and ! GER
tainly did sing. That night we kneeled in
the same old place and prayed. Dear
mother which art in heaven, please tell
Mr.. Carpenter that his folks are living in
the same old place, but that they have got
some lumber piled up out in front and they
are up to something I will watch them
and let him know Thank God and you
for putting that bag trick into my head
but you have both got to hand 1t to me for
thinking about the ink. Amen"
"a Narrow Escape" the next Patsy Kildare
adventure, appears In tOmOrrOw's Evening Led