El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-22

Newspaper Syndicate.)
-NCLE WIGGILY Longears, the old
gentleman rabbit. was sitting on
- the porch Of his hollow stump
bungalow one morning, wondering
whether 70 go over and have a game
Of Scotch checkers with Grandfather
GOosey Gander, when Nurse Jane
Fuzzy WuZzy, the muskrat lady house
keeper, called
Are you doing anything special, Mr.
Longears2"
"Oh. nothing extra special" Uncle
Wiggily said sort Of slow and careless
like. I was just thinking
Gould you think Of going to the
store for me-" asked the muskrat lady.
with a pleasant smile that made her
tail swing around like the wheel Of a
roller skate.
why yes, I could think Of that with
out trying very hard" Uncle Wiggily
answered with a laugh What do you
want from the store, Nurse Jane2'
Some sugar. molasses and q bottle
OF vanilla flavor answered the musk
rat lady
~WhyI" exclaimed Uncle Wiggily. in
delighted Surprise You must be go
ing TO bake a cake"
Il am Nurse Jane answered with
another smile that showed her teeth,
crater for shredding cOcOanut. Now
you ron along TO the store, Uncle
Wiggilgs and when you come back 4 Il
bake the cake. Now don't forget what
you're going fo- and bring me vinegar
for mOlasses, salt for sugar and a
loIlypOp instead Of the vanilla"
4 won't" promised the rabbit gen
tleman as he put on his tall silk hat
ana TOOK ms req Wnlte ana pIue
striped barber pole rheumatism crutch
from inside the photograph horn,
where 1t was playing tag with one OF
soon the rabbit gentleman was on
his way over the fields and through
while he kept saying over and over
10 himself:
sAIolasses, sugar and vanilla" That
was so he would not forget what
Nurse Jane had sent him for, as once
she told him to bring home a yeast
cake and instead he brought a Goldfish
cake, which was quite different
But this time Uncle Wiggily did not
forget He got just what Nurse Jane
had sent him after, and soon was on
Iie NV hack TO the hollow stump
bungalow with the jug Of molasses on
one nav and the sugar and vanilla
flavoring in a basket on the otner
paw. VT.
gily was walking along Deneath
next years Christmas tree, he neard
sad little voice saying
son dear, isn't II too badl I've lost
IF and i can never Llnu II 1sd-lAl- CLls
dearl Uncle Wiggily said to himself
leg 81, II wonder who that can be-"
,ncIe Wiggfly said 10 himself
sit+fng ND and bending his ears Tor
S-srd as he always did when he feared
5eDger- He also made his pose twinkle
F,ecsnse rabbits and other animals
smell danger often more quickly than
they can see or hear It
.sTbat might be the bad old skillery-
scaIerv ALLIGATOR or the tail-pulling
f.FimDanzee monkey, pretending to be
II trouble so he can catch met Uncle
Wiggily thought I had better De
He looked all around, but he only
saw Bully No-TaiI, the little frog boy,
sitting on a log. looking very sad.
WAS that you calling, Billy asked
Uncle Wiggily-
yes, it was, Mr.. Longears," replied
the little frog.
ssWhv, what is the natter" asked
the rabbit gentleman
"Oh. 1t is very sad explained Bully
"Old Grandpa Croaker gave me i've
cents to buy an ice cream cone, but
I lost it down here somewhere and
can't find it."
Lost what, the five cent piece or the
ice cream Gomez" Uncle Wiggily asked
'sThe money" answered Bully IF
had bought the ice cream cone L
would have held tightly to 1t until I
had eaten it. But I lost the money
before I could buy cone. And oh
7 do want an ice cream cone so very
muchr'