El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-29

Uncle Wiggily Longears. the nice
old gentleman rabbit was driving
~ one day through the woods in his
automobile that had a turnip for a
steering wheel, so that when Uncle
1yigeily became hungry he couldt take
a rfbbIe or a bite And for tires,
the automobile had big balogna sau-
sages and whenever the bunny uncis
wanted his car TO go faster ne Just
sprinkled a little red pepper on the
sausage tires. ., 49,,
! do hope Nurse Jane viii IKE u
said Uncle Wiggily to himself, as ne
looked at large bundle IN the PACK
mart of his automobile / nope she
likes the colors OF it In sure they re
bright enough"
rode the rabbit gentlemen out ne
hoped. as lively as a cricket on Hot
Dfabt in January. and he carried the
bundle in with him
Nurse Janet Nurse jane crleu me
7aF,bif gentleman. Come and see what
I'VE brought you It's surprise
con. a surprise" exclaimed the musk-
rat lady housekeeper- OF al me
things / dearly love, its 2 surprise,
TTbaf is it WigEyg' And she looked
AT the bundle, but she could not see
through the wrapping paper nj
s.5uess what it is" said Uncle wig
s5T.o1I1nopsg~ guessed Nurse Jane.
..ToDv' laughed Uncle Wiggily-
= - dressq-' went on Nurse Jane
ssSopv. but III get you a new aress
next time" said Uncle Wigglly- OueSS
as ION. I can't" cried the muskrat lady
. sl1 me new parlor carpet" said Mr.;
T.o1gears. See" and he unwrappeu
I4ob, Oh! OH" cried the Nurse Jane,
+t,ree times. Just like that 1sh II
i0f 80 indeed If was. for the carpet was
made from autumn leaves o. -, - tTe
Golden brown and yellow We -
colo1vz OF the leaf carpet; win leu ,t 80
orange and purple and Nlo!el. -
and there was a dash OF crimson slli
over in one corner, a splotch OF D4ue-
Then in another corner vas sumo : cen
and more yellow
sOh- it's the prettiest carpet I ever
ssyrl" cried Nurse Jane Wherever DID
you get it, Wiggyl and she pie" MIN
a kiss from the tip Of her paw
s'Iu the five and ten cent store. an
swered the rabbit gentleman 7 saw
that our parlOr carpet was badly worn,
so I got you this new one DO you
T lust love it," exclaimed Nurse Jane,
sort-Of giving herself a hug, she was
so happy. Now I must take up the
old carpet and put down the new
Soh, III do that for you" kindly said
Uncle Wiggily. I just love to tack
down carpets You 90 about your
housewOrk Nurse Jane, and before you
know il I'll have the new carpet tackled
down.
You are so kind"' murmured Nurse
Jane. as she went out TO get the
dinner ready
Uncle Wiggily with the tack puller
soon loosensd the old parlor carpet and
put IT out ia the yard.
I'll get the elephant to beat some OF
the dust out OF It with his trunk and
we can give the old carpet TO some
poor family" said Uncle Wiggily.
Then he began to tack down the new
carpet with its ColOrinEs Of red, green,
purple, yellow, blue and pink-just the
proper cOlOrs for a parlor in a rabbit
gentlemsn's hollow stump bungalow
"Rat-a-tat-tati" went Uncle Wiggily's
hsmmer on the tacks as he drove them
through the carpet and into the wooden
floor. -'Rat-s-tat-tatt"
This viii certainly look nice when
7 have finished" Uncle Wiggily re-
marked Around the three sides Of the
room he tackled the carpet Then he
began on the fourth and last side, and
soon he was putting in the last tack.
NOW, III stand up and see how II
looks" said Uncle Wiggily TO himself.
But when the rabbit gentleman tried TO
stand up he couldn't He couldn't no
more get up off the floort han could
II you sat down on sticky Gypaper.