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


from the mantel in the dining
room?" called Mrs. Bushytail the SPUR
rel lady, TO the rabbit gentleman, who
was paying a visit to the hollow tree
house in the woods, where Johnnie and
Billie, the squirrel boys, lived.
THE cook book? Why, certainly, Mrs.
Bushytail," answered the bunny uncle.
Are you going to make a new kind of
pier"
NO, I am going to make carrot
cake for you. Nurse Jane is going to
help me, but We thought we would
look in the cook book to see how to
make a new kind"
That is very good Of you" spoke the
rabbit gentleman. with a low bow.
Then, as he went out in the kitchen
with the cook book, he turned the
pages and saw something which made
him smile.
.Ha! That's what I'll do" said Uncle
Wiggily to himself "Pn make some
when they go out shopping this after
And on the page Of the cook book
which Uncle Wiggily took out to Mrs.
Bushytail was a word in big letters,
like this;
While Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, the
muslkrat lady, who, before it had burned
down, had kept the hollow stump bun
galOw for the bunny uncle. and Mrs
Bushytail were making the carrot cake
Uncle Wigsily was doing something
else.
He went out in the woodshed Of the
hollow tree house. and with two stones
which he dug up where the ground was
not frozen too hard, began cracking
hickory nuts. The meats he picked out
with a splinter Of wood, and these nice,
nutty meats he put in one dish, while
he placed the hard. sharp, no-good
shells in another dish.
I hope they viii like the nut can
dy after j have made it" said the rab-
bit gentleman 70 himself. For that is
candy, having read the directions in
the cook book.
That afternoon when the carrot cake
was all baked, Mrs. Bushytail, the
Wuzzy went down to the three and four
cent store, shopping, TO buy a gold
piano and a diamond dishpan. So Uncle
Wiggily was left to himself.
Now TO make the candy" he said,
as he brought in the kitchen the dish
Of nut meats, all nicely picked cut,
leaving The hard, sharp, no-good shells
in the woodshed.
Let me see said the rabbit gentle
man to himself 1.-THE cook book says
to boil up some sugar and water on the
stove, and when it is ready pour It
over the nut meats in a buttered pan.
I'll do it,"
Uncle WiggiIy put the water and su-
gar on the stove to cook and then he
a tin pan so the candy would
not stick to il. And then, while wait
ing Tor the sugar and water TO Doll, the
bunny uncle sat down in a char by the
fire and went to sleep.
And while he slept there crept up
outside the hollow tree house a little
fox. The little fox looked in the win
dow and saw Uncle Wiggily asleep. and
he saw the nut meats on the table and
also the boiling candy.
Il am too little to 90 in and catch
that big rabbit man myself" thought
the fox boy, but I will slip in, take
away the nut meats and put the bro
ken shells in their place. That will
spoil the candy for him, anyhow. and
perhaps he will eat some of *, full of
nut shells. and break Off his teeth. so
my mother can eaten him to put in a
Wasn't he the bad little fox bov.
though? Softly he opened the kitchen
door and crept in. And then, while I'm |
Gle Wiggily was stun asleep the, fox !
boy took the nice nut meats, which he |
put in his pocket, and in their place, on /
the table. he left the no-good, sharp
shells from the woodshed.
Now we will see what happens" |
said the fox boy. as he slipped softlv 1
out Of the kitchen. Il guess when |
Uncle Wiggily bites on the shells i'm /
the candy he'll wish he'd let my mother |
catch him for n rabbit stew"
The candy boiled and dubbed on the
awakened with jump.
Just in time." he cried. for the cam
dy was about to boil over, because II /
felt so happy and bubbly Then. with I
out looking very carefully, the rabbit |
gentleman caught up the dish Of nuf !
shells thinking they were the good 1
nut meats, and he put them I
in the buttered pan. And over them I
he poured the hot. melted candy. 4ust !
as the cook book told him to.
"Ah, fine" cried Uncle Wiggilv r,,b /
bling his paws. Now I viii set the can |
~ out on the back porch to cool ana /
when Billie and Johnnie come home
from school will have a surprise treat /
for them"
SO Uncle Wiggily put the pan Of ]
ANDY with the nut shells in Instead OF /
the meats out to cool. only. Of conrse
the rabbit gentleman did not know; /
there were shells I'm the CANDY He |
mad not seen the bad fox boy. Then /
lncie WiEgily went to sIeep again
And pretty soon along came had old /
All. FoX, who was a sort Of grandma TO /
Lhe niue ioN boy The bad old Mr. Trov
saw the pan Of candy cooling on the
porch. ana he said to himself, said MI |