Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03
4 N00NTRY NEEDS YOUR TALENT-AD7
PATSY KILDARE
BY JUDD MORTIMER LEWIS
The Wooden Leg

TIilS morning when woke up
u turned over endways rev times
and then Rowdy and ] had our break
fasts aud after that we rambled. Rowdy
running sideways like dog does and
running straight like "A girl does.
Everybody runs different saw fat
woman run once.
When we 20, to the house of the
nan who is "a hundred years old Thomas
Arlstide' Brown was sitting watching
nm, but not AS interested as he was at
hrst' There were tears on his cheeks
and he looked like a very lonesome lii.
tie boy. | said. Gee! You aren't much
OF a sport, are yCu?" He said Il want
to see my mother and the baby" | said
I want to sec my mother. too hut there
Is nothing doing" lie satd. Where Is
YOUR MOTHER When l told him that
she was III heaven and that did not
have any baby he saw that l was worse
of than he and that seemed to make
him feel better
The burglar was net up vet because n
was sunday and he works hard every
other day. So I told Thomas Ars,ideS
Brown To come with me and would get
NV, some h~eakf lst. So he and Rowd"
and I ranhled and it was kind of late
when we got TO the enchanted palace
TNov hnd not yet had their breakfast
and the wocden-legger said why here
Is Patsy =. ] said. Yes. here Is Patey
and what's it TO you? This boy is going
10 take breakfast with YOU" The king
Jumped up and put on two more plates
and the princess heaped them IN and
said TO me. rs he your brother" Thomas
Aristides Brown said. No ma'am, I'm
| her sweetheart | said "You are not
| You must be crazy" But they All
! laughed their heads nearly off. so
laughed, too. for you have got to be a
sport
l said Where are the bearcatS@" $,
the wooden-leggsr brought them IN and
/ they walked around the table With tboir
tails up and mewing Then the king 60;
cut their auto. which the wuodan-lsrga,.
told me was "A real guaranteed fivver
and the princess and the king went 20
church. After that the wooden-Iegrer
told Thomas Aristdes Brown what he
had told me about the enchanted palace
and he let Thomas break his fingers off
/ the way l did and YOU should have seen
/ Thomas's eyes stick out. l asked the
wcodcn-legger if he could walk al right
on his wooden leg and he said Fine go
! I asked him to take a walk with us so
| that I could show him the river We
walked away up to the top of the hin
near the house of the man who is a hun.
dred years old and then through the
wGodsy place to the river There the
wooden-legger sat down and told US how
he lost his real leg. He was looking
| for the North Pole when the crowd he
was with ran out of food SO he gave
them his leg to eat. I said, Il should
think the wooden leg would be kind Of
| splin,erv to sleep with" He said, at
| would hut l don't"
l said. Il wonder If | could walk on
your wooden leg" He said. "Just nut
your knee here and try it and you will
see whether you can" did and couldn't
and I kept trying and going farther and
farther. At last | said, Come on.
Thomas Aristides Brown" and he did
and We rambled with the wooden-legger
hollering to us to bring back his leg. I
said "If you are real magician. make
yourself another one" We went all the
way back and leaned the leg against the
front door and when we came away we
met him hopping along and resting every
little while. He shook his fist at US, but
he is a good sport. for he laughed and
said he had q mind to change me into
a monkey. So then we ran. for you
never can tel--he might have done it
q The snake boy said he wanted to go
home and / told him his father would
wallop HIN. He said he did not care.
he wanted to be with his mother and
the baby, and if he did not go back they
would have no one to be good to them.
thought if he was willing to take a
beating for his mothers and baby's sake
he was q pretty good sport after all and
told him so, which pleased him very
much told him if he would wait till
morning would go with him so lie said
he would I have decided not to wash
the swear out of my mouth till il Is all
over with his father.
Tonight when Rowdy and l kneeled I
prayed, Dear mother, which art i'll
heaven, the swear word l said was
Gosh I hope | will never have to say
It again Ask God to bless YOU and my
father and not to forget Rowdy and
Thomas -Aristides Brown and mo in the
morning, for we are going to need a
friend. Amen"
Thomas Goes Home" the DeNt Patsy
kildare adventure: will appear In tomor-
rows Evening Public Ledger.