Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-09

PATSY KILDARE,
OUTLAW
XXXIV-Milking Time
BY JUDD MORTIMER LEWIS

u OwDY was anxious to be gone where
~ he was going for he stood in the door
lookng out through the screen when ] woke.
] lay there for long time stretching and
thinking what good word this is Then |
got up and kissed my father, who was
asleep, where his face was not open.
Then we went out and looked at the baby
horse for while and the mother let me rub
her nose and rubbed the baby horses nose
and the man who owned them came and
looked over the fence at us and smiled and
| smiled. He was very friendly, so we tagged
along when he went away. lie went into
his house, which was small and not painted
and brought out n pail and went to a shed
and there was the COW that used to have
the bladder | wanted before / knew how to
swim without II and there was baby COW,
For everything and everybody on earth hut
me seems TO get what they want. | have
been praying for a baby sister the longest
time and haven't got one yet.
The man sat down on a stool and put the
pail under the COW and made the milk come
out like everything and / said, How in the
world do you do that, mister" lie said.
Put your face down close and IN show
you" So / did and he bent up one of the
handles and Squirted milk into my face and
it made me 80 mad that ! landed him a
bam on the ear He fell off the stool and
the COW kicked him in the stummick.
ROwdy and | ran ont into the road and
the man came after us and we ran away and
he ran, too. At first | thought he might
catch us, but | soon found he could not run
as fast as me, SO | Just ran fast enough to
keep him always reaching for me and not
getting me- which encouraged him to keep
trying. So we had gone quite a way before
he gave up and sat down by the side Of the
road. Then Rowdy and | went and sat down
by the other side of the road.
The man breathed awful hard and said
why did you do that" said Why did
you?" Rowdy said nothing. but wagged his
tail The man said. 81 was just having
little fun with you.' and | said we we're
just having little fun with you" So he
laughed and said, "All right If you'll come
back to the house | viii give you some milk
to drink" ! said, "All right" When
went to go with him he got hold Of my arm
and said. "Now have got you. II should
give you a good whipping, what them
said, "Nothing, only your baby COW and
your baby horse would be orphans, Tor
Rowdy would eat you up"
He looked at Rowdy. who was walking
stiff legged and growing down in his neck,
and then the man let 60 and said, You need
a whipping, but it's not my place to give
1t to you
So | got the drink of milk and also some
sour milk with nutmeg and sugar in 1t and
it was good Then ROwdy and ] went out
and had our swim and ] turned over end
ways once. all right but could not 90 IL
again | walked on my hands about ten
steps. too. which was doing pretty well,
Whom II got good and dark we went home
very happy and my father had left some
money on the table and we got "a can of
peaches at the store and some pickles and
cheese and an all day sucker, We kneeled
down and prayed, Dear mother, which art
in heaven, hollered be thy name. | am very
happy and my skinned knee is almost well.
| don't get lonesome any more, for there
are so many places to go and things to do
that I don't have time. | suppose you know
and so you know whether June Is
feeling bad, but If she is don't you care, for
she has got IL coming to her. Sho listened
to the mother of that mean kid and wouldn't
listen to me who am her friend. | Will go
out and push his face again some time Just
to show her. He's as big as | am, so where
was her kick? Please thank God for making
me a good girl, Amen
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The next adventure of Patsy n 'darc will ap
pear In tOmOrrOw's Evening S,ger.