El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-27

6GT S Uncle Wiggily at home, Nurse
Jane2" ed Mary Caw-Caw,
Il the little black crow girl, as she
flew down out of her nest in the pine
tree one morning and nuttered to the
porch Of the hollow stump bungalow,
where the rabbit gentleman was living
while he was visiting in crow land. Is
Uncle Wiggily at homer"
why, no child, he isn't" said Nurse
Jane. and she did not speak very plain
", for she had a clothespin in her
mouth. which made her sort Of mum
where has he gone, and what are
You doing, Nurse Jane- asked Mary
Caw-Caw, who was quite a curious lit
tie crow girl
Uncle Wiggily has gone for a walk
in the woods" replied Nurse Jane, ~and,
as for me, I am hanging up the clothes
TO dry and this time she could speak
quite plainly, as she had taken the
clOthespin out Of her mouth and put it
on her nOse-Oh, excuse mel 1 mean
she had put the clOthespin on the line
TO fasten one Of Uncle Wiggtly's shirts
from blowing away as it dried
But why are you washing when 1t
isn't Monday" asked the little crow
girl. looking under her wing to see if
her Jumping rope happened to be there
but ii wasn't
Il know it isn't Monday" spoke
Nurse Jane, as she put a little piIaz
1rOsting IN the blueing water to make
It prerrily striped But you see" went
on the muskrat lady. who was house
keeper TO the rabbit gentleman, when
Uncle Wigg1ly and I came away in such
a hurry on this trip / did not have time
10 do all the washing. So I have to do
some Of it in the middle of the week
which is not the way I usually do at
ALL said Nurse Jane And hope the
ladies' Of crow land won't think that
am that kind of a hOusekeeper, either"
she said sort of ashamed ike
oh no, they won't think anything at
all-' exclaimed Mary kindly. But
which way did Uncle Wiggily go, If you
please?"
ooh, he went away over in the woods
on Messy Stone HILL" the muskrat
lady answered But why do you ask,
Nary
~Oh, I thought perhaps I could catch
Up and have a walk with him." re-
piled the little crow girl 1T is such
fun to walk with that jolly old rabbit
gentleman she exclaimed He and
Jimmie had such a scrumptiOus time
sighed wOefuIly-
Never mind, my dear" said Nurse
Jane, as she sprinkled some starch on a
slice Of carrot jam and peanut butter
and gave II to the little crow girl
Next time. perhaps, we will take you"
and the muskrat lady went on hang
ing up the clothespins.
"Oh, know what I'm going to do,'
-fLElAg - GU EDlLAB 10 make De-
lieve its Monday and wash out my
dolls clothes I'm sure they need it
for my doll was playing make mud
pies with Susie LittletaiPs doll the
other day and her clothes need wash
ing Yes, that's what I'll do. I'll have
a wash day myselfi'
Back to the nest house in the tall
pine tree flew the little crow girl and
soon she got out her little play tub
washboard and clOthespin. Then
with a bundle Of the clothes belong
ing to her doll, Arabella Foxtrot Pin
cushion Mary flew down TO the ground.
Near little spring Of water she placed
her tub, and soon she was washing the
dolls clothes, and singing a little song,
that went like this:
"Merrily I brew and bake.
Today III frey a chocolate cake.
On Tuesday I will paint the house,
And then play tag with my pet mouse,
"On Wednesday busting I will do.
Or, say, on Friday-Which would you7
And then on Monday I viii be
All ready for my company"
And as Mary sang this little song
she sozzled the clothes up and down in
the sOapy suddsy water and washed
them nice and clean, while Maryjane
Iicklefeather MOlassesjug, her doll, sat
in the shade Of a rubber plant where
she would not get wet. and watched the
washing.
Soon Mary had the clothes all nice
and clean. and she mad put them through
the blueinG water, 10 make them pink