El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-22

/ asked Nurse Jane Fuzzy, thu
| musI,rat lady housekeeper as she saw
! the rabbit gentleman putting on his
| tall silk hat, and taking his red, white
land blue striped rheumatism crutcl
] down off the mantel
Il am going over to see Mamie and
Billy Wagtail. the goat children" an
! swered the bunny uncle 4 have not
! seen them in long while
But they'll be at school, said Nurse
I'm wait until they come home
/ then" said Uncle Wiggily. And while
I'm waiting I'll talk to Uncle Butter
: the nice old gentleman goat
So off started Uncle Wiggily over the
fields and through the woods.
Pretty soon he came to the house
where the family of Wagtail goats
lived They were given that name be
cause they wagRed their little short
tails so very fast, sometimes up and
down. and again sideways.
why, how do you do, Uncle Wig
gily?" asked Mrs. Wagtail. as she
opened the door for the rabbit gentle
man. Come and sit down"
Thank you" he answered. Il called
to see Mamie and Billie. But l sup
pose they are at school
yes, they are studying their les
well. I'll come in then. and talk to
Uncle Butter, for 1 suppose you ara
busy"
Yes. 7 am. but not too busy to talk
TO you, Mr. Longears,' said the goat
lady. Uncle Butter is away, pastins
up some circus posters on the bill
board. and / wish he'd come back, for
/ want him to go to the store for me.
Couldn't I go2'' asked Uncle Wiggily
politely. IL have nothing special to
do. and 1 often go to the store for
Nurse Jane I'd like TO go for YOU
Very well, you may" said Mrs. Wag-
tail II want for supper some papers
off a tomato can, few more Off can
of corn. and here is a basket TO put
them in And you might bring a bit
OF brown paper, so 1 can make soup
OF it,"
q will said Uncle Wiggily, starting
Off with the basket on his paw. Goats.
YOU know like the papers that come off
cans. as the papers have sweet paste
on them And they also like brown
grocery paper itself, for it has straw
i'm il. and goats like straw. OF course.
goats eat other things besides paper,
though
Uncle Wiggily was going carefully
along. for there was ice and snow on
the ground. and il was slippery. and he
did not want to fall. Soon he was at
the paper store. where he bought what
Mrs. WagtaiI wanted
And on the way back to the goat
lady's house something happened to the
old rabbit gentleman. As he stepped
over a big icicle he put his foot down
on a slippery SNOWFALL some little ami
NAL chap had left on the path, and. all
OF a sudden, whish, down went Uncle
Wiggily. basket Of paper. rheumatic
crutch and all.
Ouch" cried the rabbit gentleman,
81 fear something is broken for he
heard a cracking sound as he fell.
He looked at his paws and legs and
felt OF his big ears. They seemed all
right Then he looked at the basket
of paper That was crumpled up. but
not broken, and the bunny uncle's tall
silk hat, while il had a few dents in,
was not smashed.
ooh, dear! It's my rheumatism
crutch." cried Uncle Wiggily ITS
broken in two. and how am I ever going
to walk without it this slippery day 7
don't see. Oh, my goodness salIes alive
and some bang-bang tooth powder"
Carefully the rabbit gentleman arose.
but as he had no red. white and blue
striped crutch to lean on, he nearly
fell again.
81 guess I'd better stay sitting
haps some one may come along. and 7
can ask them so get Nurse Jane to
gnaW for me another rheumatism
crutch out Of a cornstalk. I'll wait
here until help comes"
Uncle Wiggily waited quite a while,
but no one passed by.