El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-20

- OWN in the nice, warm, coy
kitchen OF the hollow stump
- bungalow one morning, Nurse
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy. the muskrat lady
who kept house for Uncle Wiggily
Longears. the rabbit gentleman. was
singing as she mixed the breakfast
pancakes And this s-the song Nurse
Jane sang
The North wind doth blow,
And we shall have snow.
So what win the robin do then, poor
thing
Hen hide in the barn.
To keep himself warm
And mt his head under his wing. poor
thing,"
-Ha, 20 you think we are going to
have snow do you. Nurse Janez' asked
Uncle Wiggily, coming down the bung-
yes. it is beginning to snow now,
said the muskrat lady. looking out OF
the window And so il was BY the
time Uncle WigEily had his breakfast
IT was showing quite hard
The rabbit gentleman put on ms TAN
silk hat like a piece Of stovepipe'
wrapped his red tippet about his neck.
and, taking the red. white and piue
striped barber pole rheumatism crulcn.
which Nurse Jane had knawed for him
out of a cornstalk- started for the door
You are not going out IN TINS
storm; are you, WiggyE asked nurse
Jane
xvvered Mr.. Longears- Il won't go lar
and III come back before the snow
gets too deep. May 7 get you any
thing from the store while I'm OUT
Thank YOU no." answered the musk
rat lady. Il have everything I need
So Uncle Wigsily went out in the
storm. It was not so very cold but
the wind blew the white flakes all
about. scattering them over the ground,
soon there will be sleigh-riding ana
coasting down hill" thought Uncle
Tiggily. Then. in a little while Il
, will be Christmas and hope there VIII
: he plenty of snow then. for Santa Claus
NDeeds IL for his reindeer Yes 1 ike
the snow. and. speaking Of Christmas,
think III 90 to the store now ana
get a few lOllypops.
Nurse Jane can eat them. and I al
ways like 10 have some iollypops IN
the bungalow in case Sammie or susie
Ifttletail. my rabbit relations, or any
other little animal boys and girls
might call on me. L could give them a
treat"
So Uncle Wiggily hoped and Tipped
and Topped his way through the snow
drifts until he came TO the lollypop
store, where he bought a NUMBER OF the
Jumps of candy on sticks
Some Of the lOllypOps were Favored
with peanuts. some with custard PIE
others with chocolate CAKE ana tHeIs
was one specially nice one that tasted
lust like ice cream cones
I'm sure Nurse Jane viii like some
Of these" thought Uncle Wiggtly-
Back toward the hollow stump bung-
allow went the old rabbit gentleman
through the snow storm He had not
gonea very far before he came TO tbs
house where JOllie and Jillie Longtali
the mouse children, lived And Uncle
Wiggily heard some one in the nous
house cry
eOh. dear, How lonesome 1 ann OF
dearl I don't see why can't co.
-'Hal That sounds like trouble
thought Uncle Wiggily- Il wonder wh'
it is? It sounds like one OF the little
houses. I guess III look in
So Uncle Wiggly peeked in the win
dow. and there he saw Squeak ie-Eekie
fthe little cousin mouse. sitting in tn
middle Of the floor crying her tear
into pocket handkerchief as large a
q penny postage stamp.
why. SQuea kie-Eekie- eNclaime
Uncle Wiggily- as he went in the nous
house, Whatever is the natter
"Oh, dear sObbed Squeakie-Eekie