Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-29

Patsy Kildare, Outlaw
BY JUDD MORTIMER LEWIS
The Full Moon
WHEN June's whole house was aw'

vIrHEN June's whole house was awake
w this morning we went downstairs and
had some kind of shavings and mix ior
breakfast and II was pretty good, but not SO
good as oatmeal, but l ate II ana Rowuy
was given a. bone from the day before. June
asked me to stay and go to church with her
but told her there was no place In church
for Rowdy and that I would not go where
Rowdy could not. She asked me II would
refuse to go to heaven II Rowdy was not let
in and told her there was no danger OF
that, for God was friend of mine.
Then Rowdy and rambled to the SWIM
ming hole and crossed the river there by
swimming and got on the right road and
ran so fast that were soon dry. We
got to the white house before dark, which
thought was doing we'll. When Rowdy and
I rang the bell at the front door II was
opened by man servant who said. Whom
do you wish to see?" said whats 1t TO
you?" and we marched past him and into
the house with my head up and Rowdy
growing so the servant did not say any
thing.
We walked right into the parlor. where
there were two men with side whiskers and
n niCe-looltng young woman with white
cuffs and n white cap on her head. The little,
red-faced, white-haired man said, Here Is
the little girl who made the suggestion"
But they did not pay much attention to
either Rowdy or me-
Pretty soon we were all called to supper
and the big servant who had opened the
door stood behind my chair, but did not
care, for l was not going to steal any
spoons. II was dark outside when we were
through supper and the nurse brought the
crazy girl downstairs. She is very pretty
and she played the piano for us all and did
not seem to be crazy. one of the men with
whiskers offered her a drink of water and
she took it and fell asleep in chair.
,La -t~
out on the lawn and we all sat on the porch
and kept still and waited for the moon to
come up above the trees. Just when l was
getting sleepy tho girl woke up and
screamed and stood right up in the NOON
light and screamed again. That was all
there was to it, Then she saw us and
laughed and her father cried and hugged
her and told her what we had DONE The
doctor said there was no doubt that her
delusion had been cured and that 1t was q
remarkable case.
We all sat in the moonlight long time
while the men talked. Then the girl asked
me to. take n walk with her in the beauti-
full moonlight and | did. We walked down
to the boathouse and | told her all about
myself and my mother in heaven and she
put her arms around me and asked me If /
would not like to go to heaven and be with
my mother. told her that was not in any
hurry and she said ought to be- Then she
grabbed me up and flung me into the river
and was certainly surprised When tried
to climb out she hit me on my head with
an oar and it certainly did hurt I swan
out toward the middle of the river and hol.
lered and the nurse and the doctors and
her father came running and swan ashore
and the girl was crazier than ever.
They carried her in5,de the house kicking
and screaming, and then they put something
on my head which was bleeding, and the
doctor said ne would give mo something to
make me sleep. They put Rowdy and me
into bedroom together and l prayed,
Dear mother which art in heaven, l thought
you had me that tiiLe. These crazy people
are fierce. aren't they? And, for cats sake,
do you know that I forgot to take nv
fathers shoe homer"
"Home Again." the next Patsy Kildare nd
venture, appears In tomorrow's Evening Ledger