El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-20

Uncle WIGGILT LONGEARS, the
rabbit gentleman, sat in the
~ warm kitchen Of the underground
house Of the Littletail family. Uncle
AViggily sat near the fire and, every
now and then he would stretch out ms
PAWS toward the warmth Ihen, every
once IN q while, he would sneeze-
"A-ker-chOo, Ker-snitZ-l-o-
Ny YOU certainly have a bad cold
said Nurse Jane Fuzzy uzzy' the
niuskrar lady housekeeper-
Yes I had a fiddle cold IN by head
said Uncle Wiggily. sort OF speaking
through his nose in a sn11fiy -snuIIls
sort Of voice.
the bunny lady Let me make you
some hot carrot tea
@Oh. YES. Wen do that" exclaimed
Nurse lane. and Wen also make
warm poultice OF cabbage leaves ana
nut il on the back of his neck
And make him soak his feet in mus
IA I'd water" went on the bunny molhel
OF Sammie and Susie LittletaiL
And give him some sugar ElneeaI
butter and mOlasses 10 eat sara Nnist
Jane That's good for sore throat
--Savtdo I hal to dake all dat asked
Uncle Wiggily. speaking IN ms queer
You do if you want to get over your
suuffles~ spoke Mrs LittletaiL
Well all right; signed the ra2 I....I
maybe id il worse TO dake all dose bedi-
zfns" He meant medicines. but II IS
hard 10 say through your nose
Anyhow. Mrs Littletail and Nurse
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzv made the hot carrot
Tea and the mustard water and the
cabba-e pOultices and the salTe from
rose leaves and some medicine from
slippery elm bark, and Uncle Niggily
took them all. ana did just as they told
The next day he was much better. but
he still sneezed. Oh, how he did
SE9r-choo. Aker-choo, Ker-snitz-
10. Ker fOzzilum, Whoop-er-zoo
Those were some OF the ways Uncle
But / don't bind he said. still talk
ing oueerlv a snecdze in tim BE
bakes you feel jusd fide,' and he aker-
Samuie and susie LittletaiL the two
rabbit children. came home from school
and went out 10 play in the back yard
where there was a big pile OF snow al
most up 10 the back door
Cant YOU come out 70 MAY w llll
u.s. asked Sammie OF Uncle MigSllN-
.soh dough. indeed. dough- ansW ereq
the bunny gentleman 'Dank you Juso
de sambe. bud ] can't aEer-chOo-go
out i'm der-ker- snitzio-snoW when /
bab such a -ker-fozhuui w oosh-
and he ended up with sneeze-
Sammie and Susie telt sorry loI
Uncle Wiggily, and when they were
plavine in the snow they waved their
paws TO him as he sat near the win
-Oh. I know what let's do" cried
Sammie. after a bit
What" asked. susie
Let's dig a long snow tunnel. went
OIL the little boy rabbit. we made
tunnels ia the sand when we were
down at the seashore, and now that
there is a big pile Of snow here let
dig q tunnel through it,
All right" agreed Susie 50. WIN
their VS. and with little snow shovels
made from pieces Of wood the bunny
children began scoOping out the middle
of the snow pile in the back ward
TEev tossed the snow out behind them
and soon they were so far inside the
white tunnel that you could not see
them unless you went inside your
self d,
There. this is as far as we can go
said Sarumie. when he came out into
me ward again. having MADE long
tunnel. or hole. all the way through
sob. isn't it nice in here. said
susie looking at the white SIDES, rooL
and floor Of the tunnel
"And so nice and warm SPOKE sam
rnfe Why ii is so warm tnaL con
believe il would hurt Uncle NiSSli!
cold II he came out here
LET'S ask him, cried aasle, "a
dren ran in the underground mouse
and called: