Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-28
HES TIME is HERE: FOOD FACTS FOR THE HOU
PATSY KILDARE
THE OUTLAW
BY JUDD MORTIMER LEWIS
In Society


! A FTER kissed Rowdy on the nose this
IAmorning asked him how he liked beins
a school dog and told him neither did l.
School is a good thing when you haven't
any one to play with, because It gives you
something to do, but ! almost always find
something TO do even in vacation. got
out of bed smiling at the thought Of It and
made my fathers coffee and stirred his
pancakes and brought in the milk and had
things ready for him. He came in rubbing
his hands and said, There was frost last
night Patsy. What do you know about
that?' said, Not a thing. I was in
the house all night, and II anybody did 1t
| didn't"
He laughed and said, What is new at
school?' | said, Almost nothing only Miss
Willie Danglar our old maid teacher, said
for me TO tell you that she said you are
a perfectly splendid man and for me to tell
her what you said That made him laugh
like everything and then he said, "She has
all the symptoms, hasn't she?"
Then Rowdy and I went to school, but
we went to sec Bell first and we all went
swimming. l told her about the three dol
lars have in the crawfsh hole and showed
them to her She said | was certainly an
original child At school saw that my
teacher had on a different dress and shoes
without fur tops and she looked very happy.
! At recess she said TO me, How is Patsy to-
day. l said, 81 am Patsy" "Well, then"
| she said how are you?" I said II am
fine and dandy How are you?" She said,
, II am very happy. | Will tell You a secret
between you and me / shouldn't wonder
| II l got married and you lost your dear
! teacher ] said, 81 guess l can stand it
] HlE.a To In.
! him?" She said, "No, YOU do not know him.
| He is a wood merchant, or he drives a team
| for wood merchant which is much the
! same" / think il must be so, for she did
not ask me what my father said.
After school ! went over to Bells house
and asked her, What is all that cloth in
! your barn?" She thought a while and then
! she said, THAT is a fire balloon A man
| went up in balloon one time ana came
| down in our yard and broke his leg and
! went TO the hospital and went home when
! he was able TO travel and said he would
send FOR the balloon, but NE died and
| didn't" / said. ~ man who is dead would
| be foolish to send for a balloon because he
| has wings and they are better l will go
| out and take look at it," She said, go
ahead and l will come when | finish this
| chapter.
I found the door to the balloon, where
! the man probably went in and Rowdy and
went III ana plaNeu bfounu III lnele III
! the dark till Bell came, We had good
! time, too. When Bell came we came out,
and she certainly did scream. She took
! us into the house and showed us looking
! glass and was as black as coal She filled
a bath with warm water and put on old
clothes and took mine off and put me in
! the tub, and what she did to me was
! apenty. Then she said, where is your
father? ] want to foam to him and ask
him to let YOU stay all night, for | have got
| to have your clothes washed" ] said, For
| cats sake, what has my father got to do
| with it? | can stay If you want me to-"
| She did, so / did. I washed Rowdy, too.
which he did not like but lie had no busi-
ness going into the balloon if he did not
| want to get washed Some day when Bell
is feeling good I am going to ask her for
| the balloon. have got Il scheme,
Bell dressed me up in some Of her clothes,
| and she is not so much bigger than ! am,
| only her dresses are longer Lunny was
| very glad | was staying all night for he
| said so, and we had a supper which | shall
| remember for a long time. A lot of COM
! pany came in autos after it got late and
| they were all very polite to me. A lady
| sang and she sang kind of good, too. Lunny
| asked me if | could do anything, so / went
into the middle of the parlor and walked
on my hands. The women screamed and
the men laughed and Lunny turned me
over and said, Ladies should always keep
their feet on the floor Is there anything
else you can do and do 1t right end up?"
| said, 81 can dance" SO a lady played
the piano and l danced and they all clapped
their hands A lady said / was a perfect
little savage and a man said Shed Kill
them dead with that dance in vaudeville"
Lunny patted me on the back and Rowdy
wagged and I was very proud and happy.
! prayed when went to bed, Dear mother,
which are in heaven, this has been very
good day. ! showed the bunch here some
thing about dancing. I hope Mr.. Carpenter
can fly pretty we'll by this time ] want TO
ask you and God TO keep your eyes open,
for I have got scheme and if it works you
will be much surprised. Amen"
"The Great Scheme" another Patsy Kildare
adventure, appears in tOmO=row's Evening Led
ger.