El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-15
TITLE JILLIE LoNGTAIL, the giT

mousie. was running along the
- road to school one morning, hold
/ ing her fur lnuffler close around her
throat so she would not catch the hic-
coughs when. all of a sudden, on the
woodland path just ahead Of her she
saw Uncle Wiggily Longears, the rab-
bit gentleman
oh, Uncle Wiggily-" cried Jillie.
Please wait minutel"
Yes. What is it," asked the bunny
gentleman. turning around so quickly
that one Of his ears bumped against
lis pink. twinkling nose and made him
sneeze-
Did you find one asked lille
eagerly as she caught up 10 Uncle
Wiggily.
Find onee Find WHAT he wanted
20 know.
I've looked for one all the way 10
school. but L haven't seen any on the
ground. You see" she went on, Il want
= penny to buy lollypOp. Mother had
none TO give me, and she specially said
I mustn't ask anybody for one
she said If I found one on the way
10 school / could spend il. but 1 couldn't
find amy 50 7 thought maybe YOU
might have picked up one. Mother
didn't say 1 wasn't 10 ask if you found
one. And. if you did. and If you didn't
want IL yourself. and if you wanted TO
give il 10 me-oh. well-yOu know
what ] mean" and Jillie sort of
laughed in a funny way, and wiggled
her toes inside her shoes
Yes, 1 guess I know what you
mean" said the bunny with blink OF
his red eyes w ell. nOw-ah, there's
one now and. with q quick motion,
Uncle Wiggily stopped over ana picked
up something from the ground Why.
I've found penny he cried, sur
prised like.
How lucky you are" sadly spoke
Jillie- 4 never could find one 1 have
no luck at all"
Here" said Uncle Wiggly. You
take this penny / don't need any good
luck. and you do And I don't need any
penny and you do. So take II and buy
loIlypop."
viii II be all right asked JiIIie.
who was a good little mOusie girl I
didn't really ask you for penny. did
Bless your heart. no laughed I'm
Gle Wiggily- Not at all
So Jillie ran along. taking the penny
which Uncle Wiggily had found after
he dropped II CwithOut Jillie seeing
him do sO) and the mOusie girl bought
a lollypop when recess came at the
hollow stump school
It's funny how fond all the animal
children are of lOllypOps." said Uncle
WiEgily TO himself as he hoped along.
leaning on his red, white and blue
stripped barber pole rheumatism
crutch- And that makes me think. /
VIII give lollyDop party and invite
them all"
No sooner said than donei Back TO
ms hollow stump bungalow hoped the
bunny uncle.
How do they make the candy Jolly /
pops they sell in the sUores2" ne asked
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy. the muskrat
lady housekeeper-
Well, they melt up some sugar. mo
1asses and other sweet things in a |
saucepan on the fire" said Miss Fuzzy |
WuzZy, and then they pour il into a
pan TO cool And in the pan they put /
a little stick Of wood. TO which the +
candy holds fast. because IL is so sticky.
and that's a lollypop."
I'm going to make one" said Uncle l
"You?" cried Nurse Jane. kersIos- /
Trated like You"
Yes" went on the bunny I'm go
ing 10 give louypop party for all the ]
animal children. and il is going to be /
loHypop, l mean Just you wait and
see" /
Uncle Wiggily bought IS barrels Of 1
molasses- He bought ten trolley cars ]
1uu OF sugar and then he bought five .
clothes baskets full Of cocoanut TO /
big fire in the woods. and over il he I
swung the big wash boiler which !
Mother Goose used TO boil the cabbage
soup for all the children and for her I
other friends about whom she has told /
you in her book
IN the boiler Uncle WigEilv nut the
sweet things TO make the big IoIlypop- {
Then he asked Johnnie and Billie I
Bushytail the boy squirrels. and Sam
mic Littletail, the rabbit, 70 gnaW &
down for him a tree in the woods.
The tree viii be the handle for the 1