El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-19

Nv day." asked Uncle Wiggily
Longears. the rabbit gentle
man. Of Billie Bushytail. the squirrel
boy. as they both stood out on the porch
Of the hollow stump bungalow the
morning after Billie had reached crow
land
"Oh, I feel fine. Uncle Wiggily; and
how are you2' asker Billie politely. as
he looked up at the nest-house TO see
IL his crow friends, Mary and Jimmie
Caw-Caw, were yet up.
oh. I'm feeling pretty good" Uncle
Wiggily said of course my rheuma-
tism bothers me little, but 1 try not
10 mind it. But let US talk about some
thing pleasant. Isn't it fine day.
1T certainly is" agreed Billie
And since you are going TO be here
all day, and as you DO not have to 20 TO
school, II being Saturday, ana as JIM
mic and Mary CaW-Caw also have 10
lessons. III tell you what I am going 10
90. went on the RABBIT gentleman
''Oh. dearr' chartered Billie. 4 hope
you aren't going TO make US do some
lessons here at home
mo. indeed" laughed Uncle WiEgily.
rs he Topped his ears backward and
forward waving good morning TO
Aunt Flippiry- Flop, the dear little cid
maid crow lady, who stood on the porch
Of the nest-house in The tail pine tree.
And then. all Of a sudden. Aunt Flip
pity-FlOp fell head over tail right eff
the porch to the ground below
"Oh, dear.' cried Uncle WigEily- Are
YOU hurt And he hoped over to pick
her up.
NO. I'm not in the least hurt" the
crow lady answered You see she tell
on some soft sofa cushions which Uncle
WiggiIy had taken from his airship TO
dry in the sun Not in the least hurt,
the crow lady said But yen waved one
of your ears at me a little too far on
one side, so I looked crooked at it. and
I got dizzy and fell"
-Oh, I'm SO sorry Uncle wigEny
said.
Flippity-Flop- 4 should not be so nerv-
Gus and easily upset I'm all right
now"
She was often that way. The least
little thing. like too much milk in one
side Of her coffee, would make her turn
a sommersault or a pepperset That's
why she was called Miss Fippity- Flop.
Wen, when every thing had quieted
down, Uncle Wiggily said
No. Billie Bushytail, there VIII be no
lessons today. IT is a holiday, so ] viii
take you and Jimmie and Mary out FOR
a ride in my airship'
~Oh. fine" cried the squirrel boy
-Cawl Caw- Cav Double fine ] cali
it, crOWed Jimmie. nuttcring down
from the nest-house.
And I say superfine," added Mary,
as she. too. came down. tying her tall
ribbon as she sailed through the air
We'll. now Wen start" the rabbit
gentleman said
He put the sofa cushions back into
his airship, which, as most Of you know. {
was made from a clothes basket. with {
top circus balloons on to make it rise, Z
and an electric fan to send il whizzing (
through the air
All aboard" Uncle Wiggily called.
Into the clothes basket jumped Billie, !
and into IT also 0uttered Mary and Jim !
mic Then the rabbit gentleman ticl1led /
the snipper-snapper. and sprinl1led some I
lalcum powder on the wishy-washy and Z
away they went
They We're having fine ride. sailing I
over the treetops in the wood. and Billie /
was wishing he could always stay with 1
Uncle Wiggily and have a good time.
Then, all Of sudden, down on the (
ground below, Mary saw her friend Lula I
Wibble-wobble the duck girl And Lulu I
was crying very hard, the big cornmeal
tears rolling down her yellow bill.
-Oh, Lulu is In trouble" Mary said,
sadly
'-TroubIe.'' cried Uncle Wiggily. That
ought never to be- We must help Lulu,
the duck girl"
Down he sent the airship and When I
he asked Lulu what the trouble was she I
said she had been sent TO the store to /
get some snails for dinner and had lost ]
her money
ooh wen all help you look for It"
said Uncle Wiggily, and they did Billie Z
the squirrel boy, found the money an
der a pile Of leaves. Then Lulu was
happy again, and Uncle Wiggily invited
her to ride 10 the store with him. But, :
when they went back to the airship.
what do you think had happened?
Why, the bad old tail-pulling chin
1anzee monkey had come out of toe
woods and. with a clothesline. he had
led Uncle Wiggiy's airship so hard and
last to the trees that it could not rise.
balloons or no balloons.
Hal This is the time 7 have YOU"
sried the chimp. which I sometimes call
him for short Now ] have you all You .
ant get away from me. and OH how
many tails I have to pull Pm going
% pull all your tails"
oh, DEAR cried Uncle Wiggily.
What shall we do"
I'll tell youi" chatered brave Billie 4
3ushytail, the boy squirrel Get into
he airship, all Of you"
But it won't go up It's tied down I
asst with ropes said Uncle Wiggily-
Never mind the ropes. With my
trong teeth. that can bite through |
hickory nuts. III chew the ropes all 10 ]
iecest" Chartered Billie. Get in. every
,0dy-"
So they all got in. Billie. too. and
hen leaning over the side of the
lothes basket the boy squirrel gnawed
through the ropes before the chimpan-
ee could stop him, and Up suddenly
vent the airshIp. where the tail-pullsng
hap could not follow it, high above
he treetops.
~Oh. I'll get you yet" cried the mon
.ey, pulling his own tail, as he could