Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-21
PATSY KILDARE, OUTLAW
A NurrOW Escape
JUDD MORTIMER LEWIS

A FTER woke this morning | did not lie
n still long enough so you could notice it,
for II being Saturday Rowdy and ! wanted
to be on our way So out ] hoped and
got the coffee made and the pancakes
stirred and the milk in. The milk made me
think of jim and Jim made me think OF
Maggie, so that made me think of where
to go.
When my father had fed his face and
had fed mine and Rowdy had fed his Rowdy
and / rambled. ! thought I would surprise
Maggie, so we went TO the bathhouse by the
river and there was nothing there Ihe
blankets We're gone off the bed and lot
Of dead leaves had blown in there, so
took a swim and Rowdy stood on the bank
wondering what had happened to Miss
Groarty. Then we went to Jm'S and JIM
was not there. hut another man was up on
a ladder painting Jims house. holered
Come down" He just laughed and didn't
come so ! shook the ladder and 1t slid at
the top. He dropped his paint and caught
the caves to keep from falling, and he held
the ladder with his toes, Believe me- IL
was a Job to push the ladder back under
him.
When he came down he looked pale and
he raised his hand as II he was going to
blam me one, but Rowdy growled away
down in his neck and stood up stiff legged.
The man said. why did you do that?' ]
said why didn't YOU come down? Where
are Jim and Maggie?" He said Jim and
Miss Groarty were married yesterday and
have gone on a wedding trip. ] am running
his milk route and painting his house while
he is gone" Then he said, Are you Patsy
I said, yes what's 1t to you?' lie said,
"Jin told me to tell you he would be back
next Saturday and his wife said to give you
her love"
So then Rowdy and l went away and
went to the iron dog mans house and the
V,nfY ND
was just going out riding on a horse and
she had on breeches like a mans. She
said, Good morning, Patsy" I said, Good
morning old maid" Then she laughed and
said she would be back in about an hour
I said You are not going out on the street
hope" She said, II certainly am" said
For cats sake, don't you know some one
is going to see you with breeches on II
you do?" That made her laugh so hard
that her hat fell off and Rowdy and l ran
to get II and the horse jumped and kicked
so hard that the old maid fell off and th'
horses foot went past my ear so clos'
that / felt the wind of It.
Then the horse ran out OF the gate anC
down the street, and the old maid helped
me up and asked me If 1 was hurt, which
wasn't. Rowdy came back from running
| the horse and we went into the house ant
| the old maid said she was very thankful
| that ! did not get my head kicked on, anC
! / told her that she did not have anything
! on me. Then she laughed and went Z
change her clothes. She told me her broth
ers name is Lunny Smith and her name Il
Bell Smith. She noticed my hair was we
and | told her 1 had been swimming. 81
she went and got little bundle and got mi
10 show her the place and she went int
the bathhouse and there was a bathinl
! suit in the bundle and she put It on and w
| both went swimming. She knows how t
/ swim but not any better than l do
| This has been a good day and felt yer!