El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-05

II. DEAR, There isn't bit
Ieft.' exclaimed AIRS. Bushy-
tail. the squirrel lady. as she
came out 10 the cupboard Of the hollow
tree house where she lived.
"Not a bit Of what Left" asked
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, the musbrat
lady housekeeper for Uncle Wiggily
kongears. the rabbit gentleman. who
was visiting the Bushytail squirrels.
81 hope you don't mean there is
nothing left to eat spoke Uncle
Wiu-iiy himself. as he came out of the
dining room. where he was finishing
breakfast. 81 would be sorry, indeed,
il 7 had eaten so, much since i have
been here that there is nothing left
Mrs. ushytaiL"
squirrel lady said. The flour is gone,
that's ALL"
'The flour all gene." cried UrcIe
WiEgily. making his nose twinkle twice
as on Sundays. because he was so eN-
cited. How did that happen?
wen, you see" spoke Mrs. Bushy-
tail, "sincc you started to make flap
sack pancakes we all like them SO
much. with maple sugar on. that L have
to make them every morning. And.
almost Before ! knew il. the flour,
that ] use to make the pancake batter,
is an gone
do we need more2r asked Nurse
Jane
we do # we are to- have more flap
jack pancakes" answered Mrs Bushy-
tail. "But Johnnie or Billie win
scampcr TO the store for some. They'll /
he home from school soon"
IN go myself" offered Uncle Wig
gily. 81 haven't been TO the store in a
long while. and IL viii be just a
pleasure for me to go. III bring a bag
Of flour for you. Mrs Bueii stail and
then we can have more fapjacks for
breakfast"
AN right answered the squirrel
lady, and I'm a little while Uncle Wig
gily, putting ON his fur coat. and his
tail, silk hat, while he tucked under his
paw the red, white and blue striped
barber pole rheumatism crutch that
Nurse Jane had gnaWed for him out of !
= cornstalk. started of for the store.
"a bag Of flour" said Uncle Wiggily
10 the monkey doodle gentleman who
kept the store
"Nou don't mean the flowers that /
bloom in the spring, tra-la. do you7" (
asked the monkey doodle as he tied his /
long tail i'm bow knot
NO. J mean flour for making flap
jack pancakes" answered Uncle Wig
aily. "If is like a white dust. YOU /
Know and Mrs Bushytall mixes il ND I
with milk into a batter. and when she /
puts it on a hot griddle-weT that |
makes pancakes or flapiacks; that's 4
all I know"
oh. so you mean that kind Of flour" !
cried the monkey doodle gentleman Il I
was thinking it was bit early for 1
spring flowers. There you aret' and /
he put up on the counter cloth bag /
OF flour. Uncle Wiggily. the nice old /
rabbit gentleman, slung the bag over
his shoulder, and holding il with one
paw, back he started for the hollow
tree house, where the Busytail squirrels
lived.
The old rabbit bunny uncle had not
gone very far through the woods before
he began 10 think that some one was 1
coming after him. He could hear the
bushes rustling and twigs swapping (
under foot, and when he got TO the top
Of the hill he looked back and there. !
surely enough, was the bad old fox I
creeping slowly along.
ooh. N.Y. Oh dear Good night,
cried Uncle Wiggily, sort Of afraid
like and discouraged. y wish he'd lei
me alone. 1 wonder what he wants
1owTr
IIe did not have long TO wait TO see
what the fox wanted. For the bad !