Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-16
PATSY KILDARE
THE OUTLAW
BY JUDD MORTIMER LEWIS
Getting Even

NtbtiUE Even
THIS morning I had my fathers break.
fast all ready when he came iu from his
| night watching. While he was eating
| breakfast / asked him II he had ever seen
| Chinese lie said. Lots Of them" So
| asked him what they looked like He
| said they looked like any other men except
that their skin was yellow and their eyes
| were KIND or slanted. ! asked him N they
1 were as big as lrshmen and he said they
! We're but that they could not fight like
lrishmen.
Then he went to bed and ! went out and
| took the tub Off the hole and Rowdy aud T
| looked at the thing ! had caught for a long
| time He sat and blnked at us and he had
not touched the rice or the dried fish. I said
to him. SO you are nothing but toad after
all. ] knew YOU looked just like toad but
I thought YOU were a Chinese. do not
blame you for not being one. for # is Gods
iauli ana not yours that you are a toad
jumped down into the hole and lifted him
out carefully and pattcd him on his head
and let him go. Away he hopped and
| Eowdv after him Rowdy turned him over
with his nose and hc hoped again. aud
then Rowdy barked and lay down ON his
| front legs aud stood straight up with his
behind legs and barked again. aud then
called to him, and We ramblcd.
Nj the kids were out on the corner When
Pie Face saw Rowdy and me coming he
ldlu MS bltN't on the ground ana got busy
with one pedal ! stopped by them. thinking
maybe they would play something SO that ]
could play with them. Pie Face said with-
out looking up. something is wrong with
this pedal one Of YOU Kids run over to the
store and ask the man TO lend YOU left
handed monkey wronch' / said. Il will do
it, Pie Face" So ! did. and the stOTri;eeper
said. II am sorry but I loaned II To the
man who keeps the drug store. three blocks
down the street" So / wen, back and told
Pie Face, and said that if ne could wait /
would run down To the drug store and got
IT, lie told me to go ahead. and went
ahead. and in" drug man said there was mo-
such thing, and that they were playing a
joke on me. 50 J ran back and the kids all
ran away yelling when they saw me com
ing.
! went home and sat on our steps u long
time and felt like crawling under the house
but didn't Instead I went out to the shed
and got d big bag and then RuWdv and [
went running UP tho street. The Kids were
out paying again and laughed and said it
was good joke they played on me. ono Of
the kids said. Where 1r" YOU going with
the bag ! said. Jim and Maggie give mo
dollar dozen for all the huughhlo- [ got
for them every Saturday and I'VE got to Un
going. have wasted too much time on
YOU Kids already. ri" Face said. Where
do YOU get them" said. over at the
brewery they give you al the old bunghoIes
YOU can pick up" Pie Face said Let me
go with Nou?" ! said. no. but if you want
10 go over and get them for me on your
bicycle YOU can go quicker than / can. and
! will give you half gel for them" So ne
grabbed the bag and away he went
Then Rowdy and went out 10 Jim's aud
we spent the afternoon helping Jim ulOV bv
walking behind him and asking him uues-
tions After supper we went home ana
there was Pic Face in front Of our house
with the empty bag. aud ne said. What do