Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-06
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PATSY KILDARE
THE OUTLAW
BY JUDD MORTIMER LEWIS
Nature Fake

I LAY quite a long time this morning after
4 woke, thinking about last night at the
theatre. Rowdy kept whining and wagginr
his tall for me to get up just as II he know
It was Saturday and there was no school
as probably he did. You can't run with tho
lr'sh all the time without knowing lot
even " you are only dog So got up and
washed my face and went out into the hall
ana into Alice's room. She was fast aslcep
~ twisted her car and woke her She
iooNed az her watch and said. PATSY. Il is
o"'y O'Clock What do you mean BY get
tlng up In the middle Of the night?" That
u'uSt nave been Joke. Get in here with
me and finish your nights rest" Alice said
BUT said, mot for me"
So she curled up again and Rowdy and T
went downstairs 70 the kitchen. The cook
gave us some breakfast and then we went
for swim. Mr. Rockrudder was going 10
town in the auto, SO wo went along Rowdy
and ! went out 10 Bells and Bell was UP
and Lunny had gone to town. Rowdy and
Bell and played hide and seek around the
mouse TIL dinner and Rowdy and I stayed
Tor dinner. Then We went 10 the theatre
Just 70 see how all tho actors were getting
along They asked Rowdy and me to come
IN back Of the stage and we did There I
saw the colored man when he came off the
stage and I saw his wrists and he "a not a
coIored man at all But l did not tell any
uou1, TOT l am no tattletale lie certainly
mas got them fooled. He even fooled me
az hrst The Indian woman keeps her
snakes on ice when they are not pcrforn-
ihg-not on ice, but near Il.
After the show everybody went away but
q watchmau, and he asked me to watch
things while he went and poured one in,
as he said thought 7 would take q
look at the snakes and I did. They were
oil ell frt.- =
went 20 the skaters room and got an arm
ful of skates and brought them out and put
them by the basket. Then I pulled our
a snake nearly twice as long as my father
and as big as his arm, and I laid il out
straight and strapped o. row of skates on
its stummick from its head clear TO H.
tail.
Pretty soon it began TO get warn, and
Wigglc. II is just like I thoupht If God
had made snakes with rollers on their STUN
miclis they could go faster The hind skate
slipped off, but the others stayed, and rro,iv
soon 1t saw the empty stage and thoupbt
II would wiggle across H. but Il forgot II
had STATES on and it went across the stage
so quick that it bumped its nose on III.
other side / never saw a snake 90 e..
pfiSed. II lay there and thought about -
Tor minute and then Il came bucl, and -
came back as sudden as Il went iup7ned
up IN the air just in time to let II 20 ,ndor
me Just then the watchman opened tb,.
door and it went out between his legs. TIc
yelled and ran inside and then yelIcd again.
/ saw / had left the lid up and alI tbc
snakes were sout The watchuan seemed
10 think snakes We're all over him and bc
was lighting them Off. which was a ioLc on
him, for they weren't near him. Thr,,
Eowdy and went away, feeling proud. /
don't think any one else ever would layr
thought Of putting akates on a snake.
When 7 told Jim and Maggie about +
they certainly laughed. and they said
was a smart kid, which is true.
The New Trick" another Patsy IliiI.r. nd
venture viii apDear in Mondays Evening