Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22
PATSY KILDARE,
OUTLAW
New Acquaintance A
By JUDD MORTIMER LEW

TT WAS still dark when awokc and rolled
L out Of bed and washed my hands and face
all by themselves and had two pairs and
pickle and a dried bun and a cold pancake
for breakfast, and Rowdy had two wieners
Then away we went and there was a light
IN the corner house where the new lady and
the monkey face baby live, but there was
nobody to be seen except a cat sitting under
the electric light watching for bugs, and she
was not 70 be seen after Rowdy saw her.
We rambled on till we came TO the lot
where the mother horse and the baby horse
were. ana there by tho fence In the dark
stood the mother horse and the baby horse
alive and well and that shows what the
prayers OF good lIttlo girl can do. I kissed
both Of them on the nose Then we saw
light in tho stable and Rowdy and I crept
up and pccked In at the door and there
was lantern hanging on uaIr and the
man was milking the mother cow
We crept around back Of the stable and
looked through a lSnotholo. and ] groarod
as hard as could groan. The man jumped
and looked all around and then he looked at
the COW and said Did you do that?" ! said,
in n hollow voice Il did, because you sold
my baby COW 20 be made meat Of" Then
tho man laughed and said, III ever a kid
needed a good spanking, you do"
Rowdy and l went in and after a while.
when the COW was empty. the man took us
into the house and gave us all the bread and
milk we could hold, and Rowdy got a bowl
! said where Is your wfc?" lie said. 81
never had one" said, Didn't you ever
have sweetheart?" lie said. YES. but
never mind her" I said, "Of course won't.
for 1 don't even know her Isn't she your
sweetheart any morc?" lie said, mo" I
said, II know an old maid" lie said SAY
no more" Then he said was queer kid
and he fixed mo up two ham sandwiches
and told me 70 hike, ard we did.
II was bright daylight then and the sun
was on the edge of the world and was all
gold and as big as a house, and believe If
we could have run and got to the end Of
the world we could have hoped It, and that
would have been some ride.
At noon we ate our sandwiches at a place
where they was big wheel away up in tho
air going around and clackng and clacI,ing
and there was water pouring out of n pipo
and big hole full Of water. There was
snake on one side Of the water, so | went
swimming on the other side. and after
n while the snake slid in on his side and
slid out on mine. Then lot Of cows came
down to drink and one old COW with long
hookers came after me and he would havo
got me, too, but Rowdy got him by the nose
and then he left us alone, for that showed
him we were not people he could fool with.
Then man came and said, "Do you know
that bull might have killed you?" I said
Whats It to you?" He said. "It is nv buu
and my pasture and do not want any nice
little girl scattered all over my pasture"
said, Neither do l." lie said. That is some
dog" ! said, THAT is all dog" lie said.
MY mother and my wife must sec you" So
went to his house with him. and Rowdv
liked his dog and I met his father and
mother and his wife. His father sat on the
porch and Chewed tobacco all the time but
was sweet | stayed and stayed and told
them all about me- and we had "A chicken
supper and they asked me to stay all night
and they let Rowdy go upstairs with mo So
! did, We kneeled down and prayed; "Dcar
mother which art IN heaven, you know
what kind Of day this was and I hone
you was not afraid Of that snake. Wasn't
that good supper? / wonder what they
Will have for breakfast-not pancakes
hope Ask God to bless my father and
mother and tell Him these people are GER
tainly all right. Thank God for bringing mo
here to them, and keep right on making mo
good girl. Amen"
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