El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-29
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
'Uncle Wiggily and the Red Spots"
BY HOWARD h. GARIs.

T Uncle WIGGILY LONGEARS. the
rabbit gentleman, was hopping
along through the woods one fine
day when he heard a little voice call
ing to him:
"Oh. Uncle Wiggilyi VIII you have
a game Of tag with me?'
At first the bunny uncle thought the
voice might belong to a bad fox or
harum-scarum bear, but when he had
peeked through the bushes he saw that
il was Lulu Wibbiewobble, the duck
girl, who had called to him.
Have a game Of tag with you2
I Why, of course, 1 Will" laughed Uncle
Wiggily. That is. II you viii kindly
excuse my rheumatism, and the red,
white and blue crutch which Nurse
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, my muskrat lady
housekeeper, gnawed for me out Of
cornstalk."
"Of course. I'll excuse It, Uncle Wig
gily," said Lulu. only please don't
tag me with the end of your crutch, for
it tickles me, and when I'm tickled I
have to laugh, and when laugh 1 can't
play tag"
Il won't tag you with my crutch."
spoke Uncle Wiggily with a laugh.
Now we're ready to begin"
So the little duck girl and the rabbit
gentleman played tag there in the
woods. jumping and springing about on
the soft messy green carpet under the
trees.
Sometimes Lulu was "it'' and some
times Uncle Wiggily would be tagged
by the foot or wing Of the duck girl,
who was a sister to Alice and Jimmie
| WibblewObble.
Wiggily when it was getting dark in
the woods. "Tll tag you this time,
Lulu, and then We must go home"
All right" agreed Lulu. and she
| ran and flew so fast that Uncle Wig
gilv could hardly catch her TO make her
lit" And finally when Uncle Wiggily
almost had his paw on the duck girl
/ she flew right over q bush, and. BEFORE
| Uncle Wiggily could stop himself, he
had run into the bush until he was
half way through it.
But, very luckily, il was not a scratchy
briar bush, so no great harm was done,
except that Uncle Wiggily's fur was 3
| bit ruffled up. and he was ttckled.
ct guess I can't tag you this time,
Luluw laughed the bunny uncle. Wen
/ give up the game now, and III be It
next time when we play"
"All right, Uncle Wiggily," said Lulu.
| 'Tli meet you here in the woods at
| this time tomorrow night, and I'll bring
| Alice and Jimmie with me. and Wen
have lots Of fun. Wen have grand
/ game Of tag"
! Finer cried the bunny uncle, as he
| squirmed his way out OF the bush.
Then he went on to his hollow stump
| bungalow, and Lulu went on to her
/ duck pen house to have her supper OF
| corn meal sauce with watercress salad
| sprinkled over the sides.
/ As Uncle Wiggily was sitting down
| to his supper of carrot ice cream with
| lettuce sandwiches all puckered around
/ the edges. Nurse Jane Fuzzy WuZzy
| looked at him across the table, and ex-
/ claimed:
why, wiggyl What's the matter
| with vOu2"
Matter with me? Nothing, jamie! I
| feel just fine" he said. I'm hungry,
/ that's ALI"
why, you're all covered with red
| spotsi" went on the muskrat lady.
| you are breaking out with the mea-
! sles. I must send for DR.. Postum at
| once"
Measles? Nonsense exclaimed I'M
| Gle Wiggily. 7 can't have 'em again.
I've had 'em once"
We'll. maybe these are the French
! or German mustard measles said the
muskrat lady. You are certainly all
4 covered with red spots, and red spots
are always measles"
| We'll, what are you going to do
| about it, asked Uncle Wiggily.
- You must go to bed at once" said
Nurse Jane. and when Dr.; Postum
| comes he'll tell you what else to do.
! Oh, my! Look at the red spots!
/ Uncle Wiggily was certainly as red
! spotted as a polkadot shirt waist He
] looked at himself in glass to make
! sure.
| Well, I guess have the measles all
! right" he said. But I don't see how
! can have them twice. This must be a
! di1ferent style, like the new dances"
/ 1t was dark when Dr.. Postum came,
and when he saw the red spots on I'M
! Gle Wiggily, he said:
Yes, 1 guess they're the measles all
! right Lots of the animal children are
down with them. But don't worry:
/ Keep nice and warm and quiet, and
! youu be all right in a few days"
! so Uncle Wiggily went to bed, red
/ spots and all, and Nurse Jane made him
! not carrot and sassafras tea, with
| whipped cream and chocolate in it, The
cream was not whipped because 1t was