El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-13


ored paints strung on a long stick.
Who are your asked Uncle Wig
Gily.
You ought to know" was the an.
swer- Il am the Jolly chap VINO paint,
{ all the Christmas toys such pretty col
ors- L paint red cheeks on the dolls
and make their eyes blue. I paint the
red caps on the wooden soldier boys
But now all my work is finished for
the year. and soon the Christmas TOYS
1 viii be sent out to all the bows and
girls So as I have nothing to do. ]
Z thought / would start out and ma Ike
money by painting houses and bunga-
ia, And very good idea. too" ex-
( claimed the bunny gentleman Now
g that you speak of il, I think my hollow
I stump does need a touch of paint
What color shall / make it, asked
/ me monkey doodle man, settin down
/ the pots Of paint and taking some
| brushes out Of MS pocket.
| Uncle WiSgily thought for moment.
! Red II shall be-" he exclaimed. We
! want II 10 be bright red and cheerful
! now that winter is coming on. Make il
! RED Dir. Painter Money"
Good, cried the jolly chap, and then
and there he began to dip his brush in
/ the red paint and put il on the hollow
! stump bungalow. which was soon going
! 10 be very cheerful and gay
Well this is quite delightful" said
/ Uncle NiSSily, as he watched the
monkey doodle al work 4 was going
off TO look for an adventure. but in
stead l think I shall stay here and
watch the painting Perhaps an ad-
venture may Mapped to me here"
The monkey doodle gentleman kept
on painting Uncle Wiggily's hollow
stump home a beautiful red This
painter did not have 10 have ladders
ana other things TO get around the dif>
1erent parts Of the stump. for being a
eli = fnar \ n =
he could hang by his tail and use two
brushes in his front paws and two in
ms mind paws. making four in all. 50
mat ne could paint very quickly indeed.
more quickly even, I think, than your
drawing teacher
7 think I should like to paint a bit
myself" said the bunny gentleman.
after a while.
Help yourself" said the money
doodle who. just them. was painting a
hard part under the roof of the porch
Paint as much as you like"
SO Uncle Wiggily took brush and
began helping paint his own bungalow
sui ne did not paint very long and
finally he said:
ind my rheumatism is hurting ms
a bit So I viii not paint any more.
III just lie down in the grass in the
warm sunshine at the side of the house. !
and go 10 sleep"
Very good" said the monkey doodle /
gentleman. Anything that pleases Won
pleases me-
So Uncle Wiggily went to sleep. /
stretched out on the grass, but he put i
rug under him so the damqness would I
not make his pain worse
Nurse Jane saw him lying there and
She was going out TO spread a blanket {
over MIN, but. before she had a chanca /
10 DO this. Mrs. WibblewObbIe. the duck I
lady, came in and they began talking I
3bout how TO put raisins in the very (
4
and Nurse Jane was SO inter
7Sled IN ms that she forgot all about !
-ncle Wiggily and the shawl until
long came Dr. Possum
Is Uncle WiEgily in2' Dr.. Postum /
aiied from his auto. GRANDPA I
Toosey Gander wants MIN TO come and Z
&c nm so ! said I'd stop and tell MIN !
o hop over"
Yes, Uncle Wiggily is out there tax
lg sun bath" spoke Nurse lane
Il don't see him" said Dr. Poss,,,
boxing at the monkey doodle who -
till painting red .
" ny, he was right there a moment ,
90 SAID the muskrat lady He must {
e mere III come and look" :
she came out TO look. and 50 did Mrs 7
'lDoleWobble. and Or. Possum even got {
VI OF his car But Uncle Wiggily was Y
OF in sight.
He must have gone for a walk"
aid DR. Postum ,
No: for he didn't take his red. white |
nd blue striped rheuma tism crutcb
talk. said Nurse Jane. He wouldn't
o without that" a
I'm sure he didn't 90 away" said v
he monkey &.
But look all over as they did. no :
ncle WlEgily could they find Thew ] .
ere quite worried and Mrs. WibbIe / Ii
ooole said the skillery scaIery allfca-
lL might nave come and carried him / a
n IN q balloon But Nurse lane aid y
le alligator had turned GOOD srd o
ouldnt do such a thing But where !
as Uncle WiEgily2 o
Just then. when they were tbfnL-ir-s i.
sending for Old PercivaI. the police Il
- sglilS 1ililS RED ike pot Of paint %
~ NHich every one thought was a not ! r
req paint moved. got Up and there
as the rabbit gentleman himself. Bur
ich a sight 49,
He was as red as a boiled lobster. al
III lne reason no one had noticed him . II
as because he was lust the co1or - Ii
s req bungalow, against which ne RI
ID stretched out 10 sleep oil
W ny, how did this happene' the "
iL'hy asked looking down at his red -
II guess I must have snlssbs,5 q
me req paint on YOU when 7 VS. -
IN llhS the porch said the monkey =,
guess you old, and I never felt il 81
cause L was asleep" said Mr. Long
rs on. what a sight ann
Never mind can clean the nsirt in
you with the stuff 7 usa 70 e1a e.,.S NJ
= paws when I am through" said he III
9nkey- And he did. Then Uncle Wiz in
y was himself again. and he didT,+ W,
~ IKE q pot Of red paint And soon : sa
ouhgaloW was the most bea1itif,1I / de
Tor, and. after he was paid. ne 49,. ST
' doodle went on looking for nora -
50 Uncle Wiggily had his adyent,,re
-eT an you see, and, if the tfnfoiI
"a
Id COLLAR and buy itself new 49, q
'o DIS, / II tell you next about TncIa
ELY ana the bees.-Copyrigh TqIs
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate