Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-27
PATSY KILDARE
BY JUDD MORTIMER LEWIS
Enchdntment

r WENT out 20 Mr.. Rockrudders today
l. and made Levy take mo in the auto TO
tho house OF the man who IS hundred
years old. Tho burglar was very glad TO
500 me, and asked mo If wanted couple
Of eggs fried, and / said I did--thrcc. lie
went TO n box on the shelf and looked into
Il, and then asked me If would not as lief
havo somo moro bread and milk. ] said,
80, I want fried eggs. why" lio said
with what the chickens would lay tomorrow
he would havo a dozen eggs 70 sell and
could get forty cents for them from man
with an auto who comes by.
| thought that was the limit, SO I said
Who do you think you are, anyhow, ana
whose eggs do you think these are aud who
is letting you stay here? Give me that box
and I'll show YOU" lie gave me the box
and took the eggs outside and busted them
against the barn, That made the burglar
good and mad at mo for the first time. lie
said, You arc a spoiled girl. and what you
need Is u good spanking. II | were your
father you'd get Il, too. You little savage
you get out Of here. ! do not loro YOU
any more
hold up my chin and went out rs proud
as could be and when l went past the man
who Is a hundred years old lie told n"
how Old lie is and stuck out my tongue ~
him and kept going I;oWdy and l climbed
a hill aud il was then too dark TO see much.
We saw Il light away off where there ~ a
white house, and RoWdy and went toward
| II, liclIety brindlc.
We knocked on the door and man came
and opened il. lie had candle In his hand
and he had a wooden leg. The man said,
| "Who Is there | said, Patsy Kildare.
, lie tried 70 see me, but ! guess his eyes
werc not very good, or they had not got used
| 70 the dark. He said, VINO is Patsy XII
| darc?' l said. " She IS q little Irish girl and
! glad Of it, How did you lose your leg
! lie said My what"' J said, Your leg,
| He looked down and then he said, II"
I George. [ have lost K, haven't |. No"
| where could | have lost it?' He tried TO
| think where he had lost IL and I said, 'For
| cats sake, that 10 the funniest thing cNeT
| heard cf--to lose a leg and not notice ii,
| lie said, 81 am awfully careless, What is y
| you want here" ! said, IL just came TO see
| who lives in this house.
Tho man said, "rou want to know who
| lives here? Let mo see. There are three
| bears and a fairy and a witch and an en-
! chanted princess and a magician. and TINS Is
| an enchanted palace, as you probably Know
/ II somebody would only remove the spell
! upon II you would be daz2led by its magnlh-
! cence. Come right in
looked around al the moonlight and tho
| kind of shivery whiteness OF the house, ana
| then | said. For cats sake, no. I've got
| 70 be going" lie said, You are not AFRAID,
are you?' I said, Afraid OF you? why,
| you must be crazy. My dog would eat you
| up in a minute. but I've got 70 go now.
| will come tomorrow" SO We went away,
7 think l am a very lucky little girl !
| have always wanted 70 see an enchanted
| palace. and now have found one.
| when was going back 10 Mr.. Rockrud-
! de~'S past the house Of the man who is
hundred years cld saw that it was all
! arl tN@ ~'"ns 60 h''"~ed,
"'Io burglar :" lie hollercd, Wait Patsy
! SO I waited and soon hc came out on the
| porch and ] could see him plainly IN the
! moonlight, I said. "You have been crying
| Your cheeks are all wet" lie said crying.
| You are crazy. But am sorry that was
| Stiugy about the eggs. and | am sorry that
l said you were a spoiled girl. You are the
| best little girl ever knew l said. "That $
the truth, but vas mean about the CESS.
and ] am going 70 get the money and pay
| vCu fo- Il dozen" He said, Forget IL
! want YOU 70 know that am not as stingy
as you think. but this tumbledown place
reeds SO many things to get II started that
| | must rake and scrape money together in
| every way | cam Is II All rishI now
| said, "Ics'
lie did not say anything more, so came
| AWAY Here I am now. in the big front
room at Mr.. Rockrudder's. and lio"dy and
| | have kuecled and folded out paws ana
! praycd Dear Mother, which art in heavcu
| thank you and God fnr taking me To that
! enchanted palace, which Is certainly going
| some expect to stir things up around
there tomorrow but it Is no pace for 1T
| tie girl by moonlight. And listen. The next
| time sou or God put it into my bean 10 be
mean to my burglar I SHALL tell you just
what think of that kind Of stun. He is al
right, and I will not stand for having his
feelings hurt. As; God to bless you and my
father and my burglar and me. Amen
"TairyIand." the next Patsy kildare adven
| ture uppeure In tOmOrrow's Evening Ledger.