El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-11

= Turse Jane, may see you just a
N moment?" asked Mary Cav
Cav. the little crow girl. as she
fluttered down from her nest-house in
the tail pine tree one morning. and
fluttered up to the hollow stump bung-
allow where the muskrat lady house
keeper lived
"Why. Of course you may see me-
Mary, dear" answered Nurse Jane.
q mean may speak 10 yOu-whis-
PERI went on Mary Uncle Wiggiy
isn't there, IS he?" she asked anxiously.
as she fluttered into the bungalow and
looked about on all sides with her sharp
little eyes
why, no. he isn't here He is out
in the yard putting a pink ribbon on
his airship," replied the muskrat lady.
But what is all the secret about.
8lary2 Why don't you want Uncle Wig
gily TO hear what you are going to
tel meT'
sAhl That's Just ft-because it is a
secret" Mary replied, perking her cute
little head on one side, and blinking
her eyes at the muskrat lady. II
you're sure he isn't here I'll tell you"
TEL away" laughed Nurse Jane.
Uncle Wiggily VIII not come into the
bungalow for some ume-he IS busy
getting ready for sail in his airship-'
We'll" spoke the little crow girl, I've
learned how 70 make cake"
You haYe2 How nice" exclaimed
Nurse Jane. And why don't you want
Uncle Wiggily to know that2
Because I want TO surprise him.
said the crow girl You see learned
in school how to make a cake and the
first one I make, all by myself, want
for Uncle Wiggiiy, because he has been
so nice to Jimmie and me So I'm
going TO make him a birthday cake
and il viii be a surprise to him I'm
going to make it this afternoon and
bring it over to him."
But this isn't Uncle Wiggily's birth
day" laughed Nurse Jane, shaking her
whiskers at Mary. His birthday isn't
until some time in the fall He never
lets me know, for fear III get him
present"
it's his birthday, went on the little
crow girl 'Il put about fOrty-leven
candles on his cake, and II won't
matter"
well, il is very kind OF you. I'm
sure" said Nurse Jane "Of course, II
doesn't really matter whether it is
Uncle Wiggily's birthday or not He
And I'm going to make him big
Back she flew to her nest-house, and
that afternoon. when school was out,
the crow girl began making the cake.
Aunt F1ippity-Flop. the dear, little old
maid crow lady. helped. That IS, she
tried to. But you know how it was
with her.
If she put a little too much flour in
the spoon in her left claw, and not
enough sugar in the spoon in her right
claw. why she was uneven and she
overbalanced, and down she would flop
on the floor. That was why she was
called Aunt Flippity-Flop, because she
was always Tipping or Hopping. But
she could not help it. and really she
meant all right.
20 dearr' exclaimed Aunt Flippity-
Flop. when she had gone down kerr
fIummix the fifth time. splitting bak-
ing powder all over the oilclOth. "Oh
dear. Mary, I'm afraid I am not help
ing you much"
@Oh. yes YOU are, dear Aunt Flippity-
Flop" the little crow girl said, just to
be polite
Bus an the same. she hurried to fin
ish the cake. so Aunt Flippity-Flop
would not spill so many things, and
finally Uncle Wiggily's surprise was
all ready to 90 into the oven There
was sugar in the cake. and flour and
raisins and lemons and cOcoanuts and
oranges and candy and nuts and lolly-
pops-in fact everything that goes to
FINALLY Il was nicely baked. and then
Narv carried il over TO the hollow
stump bungalow
@Is he there2" whispered the crow
girl TO Nurse Jane
No; its an TightIcome IN; an
swered the muskrat lady. Bring il
in. Uncle Wiggily viii be back from
his airship ride pretty soon