El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-16
FTER supper one night INCL

FIEk supper one ulsHL NHOi
"A Wiggily Longears, the rabbit
\ r. gentleman, put on his tall silk
hat his fur-lined overcoat and, taking
his red, white and blue striped barber
pole rheumatism crutch down off the
piano. he started for the door,
What, You are not going out to-
night are your" asked Nurse Jane
Fuzzy Wuzzy, the muskrat lady house
keorer.
why yes, for a little while" an
swCYed the bunny uncle. 1T has
stopped raining. you know, and the
ground has dried up. 1t is cold. but
1 have my fur coat, so L shall be nice
and warm"
Where are you going?" asked Nurse
Jane.
"Tc call on Mr.. Longtail. the mouse
gentleman. He likes night visits bet
ter than day ones, so that's why I go
in ne evening. He's like an owl that
way.
"Wen. don't stay too late" said
Nurse Jane, and Uncle Wiggily- prom
ised that he would not Out into the
night he went, but it was not very
dark, for there was a moon shining.
And as the rabbit uncle was hopping
alone through the woods he suddenly
stepped upon something round, which
rolled from under his paw and almost
threw him down.
"Ha! I wonder what that can be-"
Uncle Wiggily said. He looked and
saw a brass candlestick on the ground.
This is queer" went on the bunny
uncle. II did not know that candle
sticks grew in the woods. Some one
must have dropped it. I'll take it with
me and perhaps Mr.. Longtan Will
know whose it is"
With the candlestick in one paw and
his rheumatism crutch in the other,
DE-
he saw a little light Pickering through
the trees.
why. that looks just like a light
ming bug" said the bunny uncle, only
they are not out this time of the year.
1 wonder what that can be?'
Then he heard a tummity -tum-tum,
drumming sound, and voice sang:
"Ruh-a dub dub. three men in tub.
The Butcher. the Baker, the Candle
stick maker,
And the Baker has taken the hot baked
..ZSbv that must be the last Of the
three queer Mother Goose men, who
went sailing race in washtubs, when
the weather was rainy, said Uncle
Wfcgilv. And this one must be the
candlestick maker, for l have met the
other two.
"T:ut if this is the candlestick maker
I don't see how he can be sailing in
his cub when the rain has stopped,
and there are no little rivers, lakes or
even puddles in the woods, Went on
the rabbit gentleman Everything is
FROZEN over I don't see how he can.
Then the singing voice stopped, and
Uncle Wiggily heard some one crying;
ooh dear Ouch, how it burns. on.
whore can it be- Where can II beF
The flickerinR light came nearer and
Uncle Wiggily' looking throush Ine
trees. saw that it was not a lightning
bug. or FREELY, but a little man, with
a leather apron on. and hammer and
other tools hanging from his belt Inc
tools tingled and ratified. Behind the
man. who was pulling it along as II
il ware a sled, with a rope through one
Of the handles, was the washtub In
ono hand the man carried lighted
cardIe and. all the while, he kept on
Oh. dear! ouch. How it burns mel
O'' .;l; ;ls me" said Uncle Wiggily
politely, "but you seem to be in trouble.
perhaps / can help you What burns
yOLe"
.-rbis candle" answered the man. 81
ought to have a candlesick to mold II,
but dropped my nice brass candle
stick as ] ran through the woods, and
now I have to hold the candle in my
fingers. And it is so short that it
burns me. ouch"
ia Then this is what you want"
Uncle Wiggily said, and he handed over
the candlestick he had picked up.
THE very thing" cried the man in
delight Thank you so much. Now
my fingers won't burn any more"
lie stuck the little end of the lighted
candle i'm the stick and spoke again.
IL "a the candlestick maker, you can
see. / make candlesticks, but just now
] am not making any, as I am on
race with the butcher and baker to see
who first will get to Mother Goose's
house We started out in a dreadful
rain storm. when we could float in our
tub like boats, but the butcher and
Of ne"
''They have" said Uncle Wiggily. II
met them two days ago"
Then there isn't much use in my