El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-10

sniff pepper II Will make you sneeZe.
and sneeze has an s in it."
You are right-it has,, said the
bunny uncle, and just to show that he
believed what he said he gave a loud
.'aker-choo"' which is the best sneeze
I know
The kind Of peppers I am waiting
Tor, went IN Nurse Jane ARE the red
and green ones that grow on vines in
the garden. When they are green they
are not ripe. but when they are ripe
they are red. Inside them are seeds
and II you take out the seeds Dust as
the animal children take the seeds out
OF the pumpkins when they make
Jack-o'-lantern) that leaves hole in
the pepper"
And what goes in the hole2" asked
Uncle Wiggily, curiUus-like-
All sorts of things" said Nurse Jane
7 stuff the peppers with cabbage
sugar and spice, celery, lettuce and
other things nice Then you eat them -
That's the best of all" laughed
Uncle Wiggily- And as ] am to have
that pleasure. II is no more than fair
that I should go after the peppers for
you since the grocery boy cat has for
gotten them, il seems"
That viii be very nice Of you" said
the muskrat lady. ~ really need the
am TO stuff in them SO If you Will
kindly bring them from the store
shall be"
That's enough-don't say another
/ go for the peppers
And away he started over the fields
and through the woods. swinging his
red. white and blue striped rheumatism
crutch that Nurse Jane had gnawed for
him out of a cOrnstalk. Uncle Wig
gily's rheumatism was not hurting him
much that day so he could swing his
crutch instead of leaning on it.
Pretty soon the rabbit gentleman
came to the grocery store, and out in
front Of il were baskets Of red and
green peppers. Bright and shiny they
were. the green ones Just the color Of
grass. while the red ones were as hand
some as the most beautiful tomato YOU
peppers for Nurse Jane2" cried the
grocery dog. as he came out chewing
on some bread and molasses he had
had for lunch "Of coursei I'll give
them to you at once I'm sorry. but
my boy cat. who delivers the orders.
stepped on his tail and fell down the
back cellar stairs a little while ago"
went on the grocery dog. HE sprained
one Of his paws so he could not carry
the basket Of peppers to your bunga-
low
@Oh. that's all right" said Uncle
Wiggily. with one OF his most jolly
laughs. Il know what a sprain is. One
OF my ears was that way not long
ago But it's all right now"
I heard about that" spoke the gro
Gerry dog "Alice Wibblewobble. the
duck girl gave you some Of her lace
collar ruching from her pretty blue
dress for 4 bandage, didn't she2'
"She did" said Uncle Wiggily. and
very clever and sweet Of her il was
too But now I'll take the peppers"
Here you are" said the grocery dog.
and he put some red and some green
peppers in the basket for Uncle Wig
gily-
With the basket Of peppers on his
paw Uncle Wiggily was hopping along,
and he said to himself:
~~TT
venture today. Not that I mind.
though. for going to the store for Nurse
Jane is better than having something
happen. especially when she Is going
to make stuffed peppers for me to
But Uncle Wiggily had hardly spoken
those words (as they say in story
books when, all of sudden from be-
hind fence he heard a voice saying:
We'll, there's no use of my trying TO
he in the parade can't get the right
kind Of a flag and II don't have one
and all the others do. I'll look funny.
Oh, deari I wish I had wanted TO he
an Indian instead of an Italian. In
dams don't have TO have flag Oh.
such troublei"
well. welIi What's it all about2"
though I might have an adventure after
all Who's there2' he asked
I'm Jollie Longtail, the mousie boy.
was the answer And I'm in such |
you aren't caught in trap. hope"
said the bunny uncle quickly How I
many times have I told you not TO
nibble at cheese lollypops. unless you I
are sure"
Excuse me. Uncle Wiggily." said 1
Jollie. but I am not in a trap. Look /
here" and the mOusie boy came out I
from behind the fence with white !
cloth fast to a stick
why that looks like a white nag" I
said the bunny uncle Are you play I
ing soldier. and did your side lose and ,
have to hoist the white flag to show /
NO" said Jollie It's this way. We I,
animal boys are going 10 have a pa
rade- Each one Is to carry a flag Of !
1 different country Some will have I
sian. some French and. Of course. there |
will be our own dandy flag-the red.
white and blue and the stars I was
to carry the Italian flag. but 7 could
not find one in any OF the five and
ten cent stores So I took this white
eloth and started out in the woods. {
thought maybe I could find something 0
to make it the right color But I can
lot. oh dearw
what color is the Italian flag?~
asked Uncle Wiggily-
"Red and white and green" answered /
Toliie But I cannot find those colors
and I can't he in the parade, and"
''Hai Hal Say no more" laughed
Uncle Wiggily- i have here Just the
'Olors YOU want. With the green pep
Ders and the red peppers and the white
IF the flag you have. we shall make a
banner for italy in a jiffy, If not /.
sooner"
With long thorns for pins Uncle
Wiggily fastened some red and green
peppers on the white cloth and as
quickly as you can blink your eyes
Tollie had the Italian flag he wanted
Then he went in the parade with the
other animal boys and Uncle WiEgily
ook the rest OF the peppers home to
Nurse Jane.
And II the gold fish doesn't sing like
1 canary bird and wake up the mud
turtle under the rose bush. I'll tell you !
lext about Uncle Wiggily and Susie's
wrist watch.
Copyright. 1916. by Mcclure Newspaper