El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-28

Jane. i want you to look nice. Now
3 you 20 fix yourself up and I'll see il
the ice cream, and all the other things
have come Then III get ready fOI
the party"
..Fine." cried the bunny uncle. Sc
he went uD to his room, got out his
talcum powder, a clean handkerchief
and polished his glasses. Then he took
his red. white and blue striped corn
stalk crutch, that the muskrat lady
had gnawed out for him. so he could
use il when his rheumatism hurt him.
There, 1 guess I'm all ready" said
the bunny uncle, as he looked at him
self in the looking glass Now III 60
down to Nurse James party
III 90 down" went on the bunny
man, and see the company coming in.
I do hope Nurse Jane has a nice party.
She hasn't had one in some time. I'm
glad it's a nice night
The bunny gentleman went down 70
the parlor Of the hollow stump bun
galow, and along came Mrs. WibbIe-
! wObble. the duck lady: Mrs. Littletail
the rabbit lady, and Mrs. Wagtail. the
goat lady. with many other animal
friends. and they We're very glad to be
at Nurse James party.
Pretty soon along came the muskral
lady housel6eeper herself having taken
her whiskers out of curl papers, and
tied a pink ribbon on her tail.
We'll. Uncle Wiggily," she said. q
q
ing to the ladiesr'
the bunny uncle. "Is everything all
right2-
Just finer said Nurse Jane. I'll go
now and get the fiddler crab to play
music so we can dancet"
That viii he lovely" Uncle Wiggily
said IF there is one thing more than
another / like to do il is to dance.
And know some new steps"
do you, really2" asked Mrs. Wib-
blewobble- Tell US about Them
We'll, there is the oatmeal skip, -
said the bunny gentleman. You take
two steps forward and then hop over
your left paw ana slide on your ear a
little way"
Finer cried Mrs. LittIetan What
else is there neW?"
''The ice cream cone drop" went on
the bunny. In that you slide out down
the banister rail and glide out on the
front door mat"
ooh, that's lovely.~ cried Mrs wag-
tail Do you know any more -
We'll. there's the lOllypOp trot," said
the bunny You take a stick of candy
in one hand and bite a piece OF every
time you turn around in the waltz"
'Oh, I do hope I can dance that"
said each of the animal ladies' together,
just as though they were twins, though
of course they were not
7 shall be pleased if you viii each
give me the pleasure of having a dance
with YOU" spoke Uncle Wiggily. po-
ltely. and the animal ladies said they
would
II was almost time for the dancing
TO start when Uncle Wiggily saw
Nurse Jane coming down the stairs
with funny look on her face
Uncle Wiggily," she whispered 10
him. may 1 speak to you one moment?'
Certainly" he said Excuse me-"
speaking to the other animal ladies'.
"Oh. what do. you Think" said Nurse
Jane when she had thes bunny uncle in
a corner The fiddler crab hasn't
come to make music for the dance, and
don't know what to do Isn't it ter
ribleg'
Not but what it might be worse
said the bunny. i viii make music for
your dance"
How" asked Nurse Jane.
"On my cornstalk fiddle" said the
bunny.
He took his cornstaIk crutch. With
his knife he made some little cuts the
ong way down the stalk, so that little
trips, like the strings on a fiddle.
ould be raised up by putting tooth
ticks under them,
Those are the strings Of my fiddle" +.
aid Uncle Wiggily- Now to make the 3
OW. and then for some music
out in the kitchen he went to get the
lutmeg CRATER When he came back .
Re stood at one end Of the dance room
nd drew the nutmeg CRATER over the I
trinEs on the cOrnstalk fiddle.
"Squek, squeak squeakity- eeki7 1t
vent just like real music, music such
IS n fiddler crab could play. And
III the animal ladies and men that had
ONE to Nurse James party began to
lance
"Oh. but Uncle Wiggilytr cried Mrs.
NibblewObbls IF you play the fiddle
II the While you can't show US the
lew dance steps you talked TO US about g.
lou can't play and dance at the same
inc"
Then I'll get some one else to play
aid the rabbit gentleman, and he did.
-etting the Hi Diddle-diddle cat, for
s YOU all know. Hi Diddle-diddle was
he cat who was always in the fiddle.
nd she could play just fine. So the
at. whom I call Hi for short played
he dance music for Uncle Wiggily and
he animal ladies' and they all had q
inc time
And when the fiddler crab came. be
lg late because he missed the trolley
ar. he played his violin, and with his
Iddlins and with Uncle Wiggily's