Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-22
Patsy Kildare, Outlaw
BY JUDD MORTIMER LEWIS
The Adventure of the CotO

rytII,N I yope I'm I saw the light grow
w ing over the Greens's barn and i kne'
| IL was the morning OF the big day. shoui'
have loved to go somewhere ana cIl,ilu
tree and holler, ] was so happy , "an.e'
| TO 20 out TO the river and swim, put Una
was such a long way when there was
bunch of new clothes waiting for mo 10 pu
them on. So I filled the bathtub ana go
into that and washed all over WIN soap
| Then pulled Rowdy In, though ne puieo
back for he does not like a oathtuo ~
| much as he likes a river. Neither 40 D. pu
I had new clothes and he didn't, so that
| made a difference about getting into the
| tub. After ho got in It was not so pad and
| he barked and holered 30 loud that we did
not hear my father come In
| He was standing looking at us and smil-
| ing and he said, you will soon have more
water on the floor than Is In the tuo'
| said, whats II to your Ana then we po'n
laughed and Rowdy barked' l put on my
| old dress for pancakes, and then, while my
| father went 10 bed to sleep after watching
| nights I nut on my new white frilly UNDER
| things my silk stockings, my new shoes and
| my white dress and pink sash. brusncu
my hair till II shone and then put on pink
ribbon and new hat.
The looking glass would hardly let me go.
7 looked so fine I woke my father and he
felt the Same as the glass did and he
squeezed me till said. For cats sake. let
up" which he did. Then away we went up
the street and everybody came out to look
and those who saw me hollered to those who
did not, and they all came out and looked.
Then Rowdy and went to church and the
man at the door shook my hand and told
me he was very glad to see me and 20
send Rowdy home and come in. But told
him Nothing doing" for said there are
dogs I'm heaven and he should not keep them
out Of church. But he said there were no
1..t. hat
there are. 30 | said, Anything that Ia In
heaven can come into the church, can it,
lie said, Certainly" So Rowdy and ram
bled. But we did not lope usual, for !
loved to walk slow and feel the tassels on
my shoes knocking softly against my legs.
When we got to Jm's house it was late
in the afternoon. Jim was not at home, so
we went in and had n bowl OF bread and
milk and then | went and put rope on the
cows neck and away we went. Church had
been going on a long time when ! went
leading the COW up the big stone steps, and
into the church The man at the door stop
ped me and said, What in the world are
you DOING" you told me that anything
that is in heaven is welcome to come TO
church. and there are cows in heaven, for II
is a land Of milk and honey"
The man grabbed me and shook me- but
Rowdy came on the jump. That scared the
COW and she ran away. kicking up her heels
and waving her tail. Rowdy and ran after
her all the way back to .Jim's. Jim came
out with a lantern and his eyes were like
sauccrs, He got a cloth and wiped the dust
off my new shoes and gave me a bowl Of
sour milk and nutmeg and sugar and I
told him all about It. lie nearly laughed his
head off.
SO It was late when we got home and 7
put my new clothes away very carefully and
got out my blue nightie. for II is now blue
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