El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-30


N muskrat lady, who kept house
for Uncle WiggiIy Longears the
rabbit gentleman, in his bungalow in
crowd land, where Re was paying a visit
70 the CaH-Caw family, was singing
away in. her kitchen. This is what the
mus3crat lady sang
The weather is just fine today
At such times work is merely play.
III wash and iron; III sweep and bake,
And also boil a chocolate cake"
Why, the very idea, Nurse Jane~
exclaimed Mary CaW-CaW, the crow
girl flying down from her nest house
IN the tail pine tree who ever heard
OF boiling chocolate cake?"
mo one, my dearr laughed the
muskrat lady i just put that in for
1un However, I am going to make a
cake and pie, too But why are you
home from school. Mary2 And so few
days left 10 90 before vacation"
Il an home because some Of the
other animal children had an eNamfna-
tons today and I didn't" Mary ex-
planned 7 had my test in growing
and wing Tapping yesterday. Tomor-
row I have an examination in polish
ing my feathers, and then I am
through Friday Is the last day and
I'm 50 glad
so long as I have no lessons today,
may help you bake a chocolate cake,
Nurse JaneT' the crow girl asked.
the muskrat lady. Here, put on this
apron, so you viii get no flour on your
dress, and you may start"
Soon the crow girl and the rhuskrat
lady were busy in the kitchen OF the
hollow stump bungalow. They mixed
up sugar and salt and pepper and
spices, and oranges and lemons and
vinegar, and nutmeg and clam chow
der, and many other things like that
soon there appeared, almost as If By
fairy magic cakes and puddings and
pies and plenty Of good thinks like
that, until at last Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy
baid-
well now. I think I'm all through,
Except that I have 70 bake a pie for
Uncle WiggiIy."
What kind2" asked Mary
a cheese pie" answered Nurse Jane.
"A cheese pier exclaimed Mary
How FUNNY never heard Of that
kind OF pie
Uncle Wiggily is very fond Of IT,"
Nurse Jane said Mr. Rat gave him
the recipe, and I make one about once
a week It's time now"
May helpg' asked Mary
We'll, have TO be very careful
about it." said Nurse Jane Perhaps
YOU had just better watch me this time
and some other day III let you help"
All right Mary said I'll just
wash the dough off my claws and
wings and look on
And while the crow girl was doing
u
Uncle Mlggilys cheese pie She COW
cred the bottom Of a pan with rolled
out Die dough. Intending to put into IL
pieces Of cheese and cover them up
with another layer Of dough, Just as
you put the bedclOthes over your dollie.
But before she had finished the pie,
Nurse Jane was SUDDENLY called to the
telephone Mrs. WibbleWObble, the duck
lady, wanted TO ask how to color a pink
silk dress green when she only mad
red ink to do il with It took Nurse
Jane a long while to explain
BY this time Mary CaW-Caw had
washed her claws and wings and, com
ing back from the sink, which was in
another part of the bungalow. the crow
girl did not see Nurse Jane, who was
at the telephone in the dining ROOM
But Mary did see some bright and
shining teaspoons on a table She also
saw same glittering knives and forks.
and an extra pair Of Uncle Wiggilys
spectacles he had left in the kintchen
by mistake
eOh. what fine lot OF shiny things
TO hidew Mary exclaimed for crow
girls love TO hide things as wen as 90
crow boys. Let me see-Where shail
hide them2" asked Mary Of herselI.
Then she saw the halt-1lnlshed
cheese pie on the table. Mary did not
know that this was the one Nurse Jane
intended baking for Uncle WiggIly-
III just hide the things IN that pan
of dough. and cover them up with more
dough" Mary caWed. So into the pan
she put some spoons. knives and forks,
and also the extra pair Of Uncle Wig
gfIy's spectacles. Then over the top Of
them she covered another piece OF
dough
Now III go out and play" Mary said
CT Just had to hide somethingi jim
mic would be delighted with al those
shiny things TO put away But saw
them first-''
Out OF the window flew the crow
girl. Pretty soon Nurse Jane came
back from talking to Mrs. Wibblewob-
bic over the telephone
'-Myi I must hurry Uncle Wlgglly's
cheese pie into the oven. or il viii not
be baked in time for his support" the
muskrat lady housekeeper said
Why" she exclaimed as she saw the
pie all covered up with the top piece
OF dough. "I didn't know that I had
finished il. 7 must have done it before
] went to the telephone So much the
better" Then. trimming off the
ragged edges Of dough into the oven
she popped the pie
I suppose you have heard the old
song about four-and- twenty black
birds having been baked in a pie. Wen