Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-06
PATSY KILDARE, OUTLAW
BY JUDD MORTIMER LEWIS
Jin'S GIFT

TT WAS daylight when | woke the next
morning at Mr.. Rockrudder's. | washed
my face and hands in the bowl and looked
In all the bureau drawers and I'm the closet
and at the pitchers and brushed my hair
till IT shone. Then Rowdy and ! opened
our room door and listened and there was
nothing doing. for everybody was still
asleep.
We sneaked downstairs and out Of doors
and ! made hopscotch in the dew on the
grass and played at it till hoped out all
the marks. Then / followed some smoke
that saw across brush lot and there was
negro shack and an old whte-headed
negro was carrying in some wood. ] went
and looked in at the door and there was
an old colored woman cooking something In
a pot They seemed surprised 10 see me
and wiped off a chair and asked me to
come in, but ! told them there was nothing
doing.
After that we went down to the river
and walked along 1t to the boathouse. !
peekcd inside very carefully, for you never
can tell what you are going to find when
went in | locked the door and it was
swell place for swim, but ] kept seeing
the crazy girl leaning over to stick the
big knife into Rowdy, so | did not swim
very long. When | went up to the house
and around to the ktchin the cook gave
Rowdy a ham bone. hut there was no meat
and very little bone. I said, For cats
sake, how would you like to be dog
and be handed bone like that? fouIl
have to do better" So she gave him big
plate full OF cold oatmeal and meat grease
and he certainly went to it.
The cook told me while I was eating
breakfast that Mr.. Rockrudder had foamed
out that he would not he at home all Gay
md that Alice-which is the name OF the
crazy daughter--waS in a very critical con-
l,,,,r
ton which I suppose is something to wear
on her bean to hide the place where
blammed her. OF course. it's no run belhG
crazy but she Is a lucky girl AT tha'' i"r
she has a father and plenty OF money,
have father. all right, but, Tor cat ;
sake, what would he or or koWaH Ut wy
mother or God do II | went crazy:
Rowdy and I concluded to gr PACK 10
town and we did. only it was long way
and we kept meeting wagons that hao eo''e
to town the day before. We could not Ee,
smile out Of any of the men, am Slau
my father does not have to go 10 toNm @
Saturday nights and get swizzled. nave
heard that IL Is hard luck to he drunk
ards child, but my mother can be sure tha'
my father will never get drunk whiie am
around. She has left him in good hanos'
II do say IT,
When | got to Jims it was nearly DARK
and IL was warm enough to sit out on ms
porch so we did. with Rowdy's head IN
my lap. After while Jim went into the
house and brought out a bundle and salu
Here is something for you. ] opened u
and said, For cats sake, what is II!
He said: at is a bathing suit Little PlrlF
should not go in swimming in their clothes
and they should not go in swimming with
out clothes. You can put this suit on under
your other clothing, then swim in II ana
take it off afterward and put on dry
clothes"
7 wanted to try on the suit right away,
but he would not let me. so | hurried home
and put it on, and Rowdy and I stayed in