El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-13

Uncle Wiggily. When is the fire going
TO be made and where?"
Right after supper said the goat
] chap, and the place is in the woods
: near the hollow stump school"
Don't make il too near" said Uncle
Wiggily- IF the school should catch
! fire and burn down you would have no
/ place to go TO say your lessons to the
nice LADY mouse teacher And ] guess
you'd feel badly about that"
wed feel badly for the teacher,
said the rabbit boy with a laugh, but
as for the school-wen worse things
might happen
oh. you mustn't talk that way.
Uncle Wiggily said 'But-weIl. never
mind and he had TO turn his pink nose
away because II twinkled so il made
him want 10 laugh
Well don't forget called Jackie
Bow Wow. the puppy dog boy. who vas
with the other aniaml chaps. BE In
yOnder wood as the moon rises, and
We shall see"
The roast potatoes" cried Jackie's
brother, just Ike photograph speak
ing in moving picture show
All right. I'll be there" Uncle Wig
sily promised Then he went back in
/ the house to read the paper. After
supper, thinking what a good time he
would have with the animal boys. play
ing around the fire out in the woods.
Where in world are you soine2'
asked Nurse Jane Fuzzy Nuzzy, the
muskrat lady housekeeper. as she fin
ished drying the supper dishes.
After some potatoes" answered
Uncle WigEily from down cellar.
How silly" exclaimed Nurse Jane
7 don't need any until lunch time to-
morrow"
I was getting them for myself" said
Uncle WigEily. sort of shy like and
bashful. I'm going off in the woods
with the animal boys TO have a sort
OF picnic bonfire. and were going to
roast potatoes and
stuff and Nonsenser' exclaimed
Nurse Jane VIII you never grow up.
Uncle Wiggiiy. and act like other rab-
bit men, OF course you're nice, and all
that but you are getting too old FOR
such silly things"
one can never get 700 old to have
good time" spoke the bunny uncle If
you don't mind. Nurse Jane. I'll get the
potatoes to roast"
We'll. never did see anything like
him IN all my born days. said the
muskrat lady as the bunny went down
sim she knew that Uncle wiggily
often did queer things, so she did not
think so much about IL a g YOU or
might have
4 little later the bunny uncle started
out to have some fun Off toward the
woods he went carrying an empty milk
bottle with lightning bugs in it for
lantern. as IL was quite dark.
Il did not take Uncle Wiggily long
to get TO the place in the woods where
the animal boys were They had
gathered q pile of chips TO make a fire,
and Sammie. the rabbit, had brought
the matches. while Neddie Stubtail the
bear boy. carried some peanuts. Uncle
WiEEily had the potatoes Of course.
Now for some fun" he cried. as he
lighted the fire, and when II was burn
bers. the bunny gentleman put IN the
potatoes
when they are roasted well sprinkle
salt on them. and eat them" he said.
and all the animal boys cried out that \
this was the most jolly time they had
ever known
Soon some Of the potatoes were
roasted. or baked. in the fire. and Uncle 3
Wiggily. poking them out with a stick. {
so as not to burn his paws. said:
Now. boys. eat all you like. but not
TOO much This is real jolly. but. at the
same time, I wish Al adventure would
happen to me"
Perhaps one will said sammie.
hopeful like.
Z hardly thinl, So spoke the rabbit :
gentleman 1T Is now getting rather
late. and viii soon be time for Us 70 go
home There are no adventures here. 7
fear. But if
Just then. all at once. before you
could jump over a lollypop stick-that
8 supposing that you wanted to DO
-hat-a voice cried out:
oh. how cold / am, Oh. how I shiver,
I'm afraid I'll never be warm again.
and J have So far % go before I get
home Oh dear.
-Ha' That sounds like trouble"
Incle Wiggily said, and his eyes
twinkied as did also his pink nose. For +.
Il there was one thing the bunny uncle ]
liked more than another it was to help I
hose II trouble
What is the matter asked the (
bunny Who are you2"
7 an The hand organ monkey was D..
the answer. 4 am on my way home IN
my automobile. after having played the
organ. and taken in pennies all dav.
But il is so cold that I can not hold
the steering wheel And II don't hold
Il. and steer right. I'll run into lamp
post. or something like that. and hurt
myself or somebody. Oh how cold my
DAVIS are, Btirr-r-----rt' and the
monkey shivered-
It was quite cold that night. but
Uncle Wiggily and the animal boys. be-
ing so near the fire, did not notice it.
We might let the hand organ
monkey take our bonfire" said Sam
ME. speaking kindly.
spoke Uncle Wiggily. One moment.
have it, I'll let him take some OF
the hot baked potatoes. He can tie
them on the steering wheel Of his auto
and they viii keep his paws
nice and warm"
"Oh fIne," chartered the monkey.
MS teeth juggling in the cold They
will be the best ever"
So Uncle Wiggily poked some more
Tot potatoes out Of the fire and fastened
hem TO the MONKEYS automobile. !
Then the hand organ CHAP could steer
imself home and his paws were as
warm as the red cheeks Of the wax dol,
han which there is nothing more warm.
SO the monkey was able TO get home
without freezing and when he did get
here he ate the baked potatoes. Which
hows you that some things are good I
or doing two tricks And Uncle Wig
lily and the animal boys had = fine
inc
So If the chewing gum doesn't stay
Ut after dark. and get stuck on the )
etter box 50 II can't 20 TO the moving
ictuTes. I'll tell you next about Uncle
Tiggily and the spiced pears.-Copy-