Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-17

PATSY KILDARE
THE OUTLAW
BY JUDD MORTIMER LEWIS
Nep ResponsibiLities


AFTER woke his morning lay in bed
(Aend felt sorry that ] had told Pie Face
a lie about the bungholes. OF course, he
had lied 20 me about the monkey wrench,
but that did not give me any right to lie
to him and be as bad as he Is. So / got
my fathers breakfast and then I went to
Mrs, Carpenters and rang the door bell,
and when Mrs. Carpenter came TO the door
said, II want to see your son, please" q"
She said, What for?" said, For just n
minute" SO she said, Come in. but leave
your dog outside" said, mot much. How
would you like being left outside IL you
were dogg'
went into the house and Rowdy went in,
too said to Pie Face, Il told you a lie
| about the bunghoes and wanted to come
and tell you that | am sorry and will not
do it again" Then Mrs. Carpenter butted
in and made me tell her about IT, and after
that she made Pie Face tell me he was
sorry about the monkey wrench, which was
another lie, and that made me square again.
So Rowdy and | rambled. We went into
some back streets and found the house
where the baby lives who has my dolls.
l went in to see how they were getting
along, and hardly knew them, they were so
| dishgured.
There was a big girl there who said she
| would go home with me and play with me.
| ] was glad that at last ] had somebody to
| play with, and | took her along. As we
went past the Wellses she said Come on in
| and play with these kids" They were all
! dressed up and Pie Face was there too.
1 Noreen Wells said, Patsy can't come in and
| play, but you can II you want to-" So |
| told her, GO ahead. / don't mind / am
Ia | xyfl hon, aV,I rrnN
| dinner and will come for you when it is
ready" So she went in and | went home,
and when dinner WIS ready | went back
! for her, and she was gone
There big girl there, who said she
| would go home with me and play with me-
l was glad that at last ! had somebody to
play with, and | took her along As we went
past the Wellses she said, Come on in and
play with these kids" They were all dressed
up and Pie Face was there, too. Noreen
! Wells said, Patsy can't come in and play
but you can If you want to-" So ! told her
Go ahead. | don't mind. | am used to it.
! ] will go home and get some dinner and will
come for you when 1t is ready. SO she went
in and | went home and when dinner was
ready | went back for her, and she WAS
gone.
Mrs. Wells came out TO the fence and said
| to me, who was that horrid child you
brought here2" | said, 81 did not bring any
asked her in" She said, she had not been
i'm this yard five minutes when she had
Knocked the baby over. filled Noreen's eyes
with sand, punched Wilbur on the nose, and
was standing OH top Of the picket fence call
ing me names" ! said. 81 am sorry" 81
am glad you are sorry, at least" said Mrs.
Wells. / said, II certainly am. | should
| have loved to have seen her do that, but
! guess this is not my lucky day. Where
did she go?" Mrs. Wells said she sent her
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| her arrested. So have no playmate after
all, but she was certainly all right as long
| as she lasted, which was not long.
We went out to Mr.. Rockrudder's house
| and did not get there till long after dark,
the way is so long. The house was all lit
| up and / thought Alice and her father
| were home again. But It was just lot OF
| peeked in at the window. They had turkey
| and everything. SO | marched i'm on them
and you should have seen them get up.
| said to Levy, You're fired" | said to the
cook and the other servants, You're fired.
too, darn you" They all scowled and
fused at me, but they went out in hurry
| when Rowdy skinned his teeth.
Then Rowdy and l locked up and pulled
| the curtains and set down and ate turkey
! till the stuffing stuck out of our eyes So
| here we are. and 1t is Sund ~ night, and we
are exempt from school for a week and we
are in the big front bedroom upstairs and all
| the doors are locked everywhere In the
| house, and / have prayed, Dear mother,
| which art i'm heaven what shall do next?
! ! am ding-busted IL know, but believe me,
| I shlll do something. Didn't the servants
| have their nerve giving a party without
| asking me? DON'T you worry, for | will be
! all right. Ask God to bless you and my
| father, and to put 1t into Mr.. Rockrudder's
| head to come home at once"
| "PrisOner Of War" the next Patsy Kildare
| adventure, appears in tOmOrrOw's Evening
| Ledger,