El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-23

! lie was thinking Of going inside, and
perhaps playing a game OF checkers,
! as he used to do with Grandfather
! Goosey Gander. when, all at once. the
/ bunny uncle saw a lady looking at
him from the kitchen window.
The lady had on a silk dress all
( spangled over with red hearts, like a
| valentine. And on her head was a
/ cap, and that had blue hearts on, so
! she looked very pretty indeed.
! How do you do?" asked the lady of
/ Uncle Wiggily.
Very we'll. he answered. "And
| how are you?'
oh, not well at all" was the answer.
/ and the lady sighed sadly. "Oh, there
! is so much trouble here"
/ Trouble? Trouble?' asked Uncle
Wiggily Why. then I came to just
/ the right place"
How is that?" asked the lady. sort
! OF surprised like.
Because I always try to help trouble
/ or those who are in it Let me see
now ] don't believe have the pleas
ure OF knowing you"
''Oh, you must have heard about me-
said the lady with a smile. Pm in
Mother Goose's book, you know Lis
I ten to this:
THE Queen OF Hearts she made some
tarts,
All on a summers day.
The Jack Of Hearts. he took those tarts.
And with them ran away"
I am the Queen Of Hearts" said the
, lady. bowling.
PLEASED to meet you" spoke Uncle
| Wiggily, with q low bow. $50 that is
the trouble, Ell? The Jack Of Hearts
has taken the tarts away"
Well, no, not exactly" answered
yet made the tarts. But. when I do. I
suppOst the Jack will take them, and
then therell be trouble, for Old King
Cole specially wants them"
why haven't you yet made them?"
asked the bunny uncle "If it says in
the Mother Goose book that you must
make the tarts, why don't you make
them2'
Because. in the first place" an
swered the Queen Of Hearts. sort Of
shiverinE like this isn't summer day
And, in the second place, don't know
how TO make the tarts-thst's the
trouble"
well. that is easily menced.'' spoke |
the bunny uncle, L can't make a sum-
mer day out OF a spring one. but 1 can |
show you how to make tarts'
"Oh, can you-and will your" asked /
the Queen OF Hearts, clapping her I
hands in delight.
'I can and will" said Uncle Wig
gily kindly. Il have often watched |
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, my muskrat |
lady bungalow keeper. make them, so /
1 ought to know how"
You take flour and water and milk 1
and sugar and yeast cake and spices |
and make a pie crust" said the bunny
uncle. Then you bake it in the oven
after you have cut ii out in little /
round pieces. some with three holes in |
and some just plain
"Oh. how lovely that sounds" cried
the Queen. clapping her hands again.
Il have all the things you need. Let's
make the tarts."
"And when the crust is baked in the
oven" went on Mr. LOngears. you
take out two pieces Of tarts, put jam
in between them. press them together, |
and-there you are"
"LOvelier and more lovely" cried the
Queen. ''Oh. I am so glad you hap
pened to come along Now we'll begin"
So she and Uncle WiRgily mixed up |
the sugar and spice and other things
nice making the pie crust out OF which
the cut round, flat pieces. some with
three holes in, and some plain.
oh. what lovely tarts they'll be-"
that the Jack OF Hearts must take
them away2'
well, II it's in the Mother Goose
book it can't be helped" said Uncle
But when he takes these
Wen make some more"
So the tarts were made and set aside
Now wen hide behind the kitchen
door" said the Queen of Hearts. land
watch the Jack as he comes in to get
them. I hope he doesn't take them
ALL
Maybe he won't" said Uncle Wig
gily.
Pretty soon. as the bunny gentleman
and the Queen Of Hearts were hiding,
into the kitchen came the Jack OF I
Hearts. He was a funny chap with
little candy hearts all over his clothes
and cap.
''Ahl hal" said the Jack. smacbing
his lips. This is tart day. Here Is
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the Queen OF Hearts tarts."
Laughing to himself the Jack went
up to the shelf where the tarts were
cooling. He lifted one down. and took
a big bite from it, saying:
I'll taste them before I take them
away"
But. no sooner had he tasted it than
the Jack OF Hearts he dropped that
tart and. all excited like. he cried:
"Oh me- Oh my! Oh ice water and
lemonade! Oh how my mouth burns!
don't want any Of those tarts. Oh,
no." and away he ran, not taking one.
why. that's queer" said the Queen.
He should have taken those hearts.
That's the way II is in the book
The bunny uncle looked at the tarts
he and the Queen had made He took
4 little taste of one, and then Uncle
Wiggily said
NO wonder the Jack didn't want
hem. BY mistake we have put red
pepper I'm the tarts instead OF red rasp-
very jami They're as hot as a stove
IN dearr'
Never mind" said the Queen sweet
v. ''We'u make some more tarts. and
his time Wen do it right and put I'm
he Jam. Anyhow I'm glad, for now the
lack won't want to take the new tarts
make" knd the Jack did not. He
lad had enough.
So the tarts were made over again
" Uncle WigEily and the Queen
light, this time. with real jam-and
King Cole ate them and said they were
Inc. And il the paper boy doesn't
urn into a bottle OF ink. and make the
ountain pen go swimming with the
old fish, I'll tell YOU next about Uncle
yiggily and the jumping COW.
Copyright, 1916. by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.
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