El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-28

M start, that this is NOT the stOFs
L promised TO tell you this time
eve7 if the sugar spoon did 90 hide u
self in the salt jar and make sour races
at the vinegar cruet. But the truth eI
the matter is that Aunt Flippiry-f Top
the dear little old maid crow lauy.
asked me especially 10 WIlte q stO.
about her for today. So VIII 40 II
and later on I'll tell you the story
had already for this occaslon-Whlcn
means time
how who. with his brother, Billie, ana
Uncle Wiggily LonSears, the rapDll
gentleman and Nurse Jane ul1S
Wuzzy, the muskrat lady housekeepeI,'
was spending some time IN crow 4ahu,
scrambled one morning TO the 1oot o.
the tall pine tree IN which was Du u
me nest house OF the CaW-CaW fanny !.
HOOD Jimmie, Come on out and
play" called Johnnie
There was no answer
.sHev. Nary" called Johnnie to the
crow boys sister. hey, mary O-lu
Jimmie be OuJ. -
still there was no answer. Johnnie
was lust going TO run away 70 iooA
for some woodland animal with WhoIn
10 have fun, when from the uoor N
the nest house. Aunt FlippIty-t1op
stuck her head. -
livery one mas gone away except
me" she said. And I am going----
And Just then Aunt El1ppity-tI Top
turned the door knob TOO much on one
side and out Of the nest she 1ell heao
over tail feathers.
1Oh. my Z" cried JOHNNIE
But he needn't have been frightened
for the crow lady fell on a pie OF SUI
dried leaves and wasn't hurt 2 smItch,
which is the least any one can ever
be harmed
Well I've done it again, haven't ~
asked Aunt Flippity-Flop, with
hoarse chuckle as she sat up I've
fallen again!
She was often falling that way, gong
over flippity-flOp, which was why she
had such a funny name. The least lit
one side of her head, and not enough
talcum powder on the proper side OF
her bill. would upset, her Why. Just as
I have told you, even If the door knop
turned too much on one side, Aunt
Flippity-FlOp would 1al out OF lhe
nest. If she were not careful
Where is Jimmie2" asked Johnnie.
the squirrel boy, as the crow lazy
Strengthened out her ruffled feathers
-'Oh, he mad to so 10 the store lof
his mother" said Aunt Fllplty-tIop-
And where is Mary?" the squirrel
chap wanted TO know, for Mary was
sometimes as good as boy crow TO
1Oh. she's off somewhere to give her
new doll Ethel BrOwneyes Prettygirl,
q walk in the wood So ] guess, john
ME" said Aunt F1ipity-Flop, If you
want TO play with any one, you'll have
TO let me amuse you But where IS
your brother. Billie and where Is IN
Gle Wiggily2"
Il don't know" replied the squirrel,
making a polite bow But she bowed
too much on one side and would have
toppled over again only Johnnie caught
her just in time.
I guess I'd better not bow today
said Aunt Elippity, as 1 often call her
for short
Z guess not laughed Johnnie. But
II we are going 10 play. we'd better be-
gin See I'll let you spin my top
With that the crow boy took from
his pocket a fine humming, spinning
top. that played nice tune as IL
Vhirled about He wound il Up and
w hizzr it went spinning on top CT
Johnnie was looking at the TOP,
thinking how nice il was. and ne was
Just going TO say that It would be the
turn Of Aunt Flippitv-FlOp to spin
II next time, when. All OF a sudden,
the crow lady cried out:
"Oh, Johnnie dear stop 1t II Won
please- Stop your top It's making
me so dizzy that I know I'll fail over
aga1n- stop II, pleasel
So Johnnie put out his paw and
stopped the spinning top, just as il was
playing a nice tune, called. please
put on your Sunday clothes and play
mud pies with me-"
I'm sorry, my dear. to stop your
fun" said Aunt FIippity-FIop.s out
really 1t made me as div to look at
your Whirling top as if were on
Merry Co Round and never could
stand one of those I'm sOrry-T
oh. that's all right" said Johnnie
game"
Wei, he and Aunt Flippity were just
going to plav Hide Your Ice Cream
Cone in a Hollow Stump when all at
once. out Of the woods came a bad old
fox man, cross and ugly.
All, ha-" cried the fox. This IS in
deed my lucky dayt A crow and a
squirrel at the same timei "TIl catch
them and take them off where the
tail-pulling chimpanzee monkey lives
He'll give me lots Of money for them
All. hai"
Well. the bad old fox man was lust
going to catch Aunt Flippity-Flop and
Johnnie Bushytail. when the crow lady
whispered to Johnnie:
Quick Let me have your top"
What for2" Johnnie whispered back
m going to snin il in front Of that
foE and make him so dizzy that he
can't catch u.s.
But WONT the spinning ton make
you dizzy. toO2" Johnnie asked
No. for III shut my eyes and not
look at st." the crow lsdv said.
Johnny gave her the top. The fox
was just coming along on his tippy-
up-toes when the crow lady started
the top spinning She shut her eyes
50 as not to be made dizzy by it
Johnnie was used to his TOP. and II
never made him feel that way. Bur
as for the fox-no sooner had he
watched the raDidly. whizzing. spin
ming top for few seconds before he
cried:
funny feel!' Then he tOppled right