El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-18

- low stump school one after
noon. tomorrow I want you each 4
bring a bottle Of ink when you come I
class am going to teach you t
write with pens instead Of pencils. a
you have been doing. For I think yol
are old enough to be careful. and no
spill the ink on yourselves or the desks
And may we write real letters >
asked Lulu Wibblewobble the duck girl
"Of course you may" answered th'
lady mouse as she tied her cheese-coI
ored tail ribbon in a fresh bow so sh,
would lok nice going home on the jit-
ney trolley that afternoon
I'm going to write to Uncle Wig
gily." said Susie LittletaiL
so am IT, cried the other ANNA
girls.
And well write too" the boys said
He'll be glad to get ink letters from
Us"
That Is II they're not all blotted and
scratchy and scrawly." laughed the
lady mouse However, all Of you dc
the best you can, and come with your
bottles OF ink tomorrow. Then vel
see what sort Of letters you can write -
What color2' asked Jennie Chimp
muuk, for this was sort OF after school,
when you could talk without getting
= cross mark.
DO you mean the color Of the let
tiers or the color Of the ink2" asked
Iollie Longtail. the little BOY mouse,
making his white teeth shine like a
cake OF soap
7 mean the ink" said Jennie. Are
we TO bring red, green, black, blue or
PURPLE
whatever color you like best" said
the lady mouse teacher. I'll leave
that 10 you Any color will suit me"
I'm going to bring red" said Jen-
I'll bring bIue." cackled ArabeIla
the chicken girl.
And I'll bring white" said Susie
Li1letail- Then We can write letters
Just like the colors Of Uncle WiggiIy's
striped barber pole rheumatism crutch-'
Very good" said the lady mouse
teacher. Now children. school IS Cve-
for today. Come back in the morning
with your bottles of ink"
The next morning Uncle Wiggily
LNngears, the rabbit gentleman, was
OFT early. walking in the woods looking
fU an adventure.
On his paw he carried a basket filled
with tumbiers of jam and jelly that
Nurse Jane Fuzzy. the muskrat lady
housekeeper. had sent BY him to Grand
father Goosey Gander, who was not
feeling well. There was grape jelly.
raspberry jam. currant jelly and straw
berry jam and many other kinds.
This surely viii be n treat for
Grandpa Goosey." thought Uncle Wig
gily. still. II is not like having an
adventure, and I wish one would hap
pen to me"
Harily had he said this than. all OF
= sudden, the bunny uncle rabbit
gentleman heard a voice calling:
''Oh I've dropped mine and spilled
ft,-
And so have IT. cried another voice
"Oh dear, Isn't il too bad Now we
can't write any letters 10 Uncle Wig
gily'
asked himself Some one writing let
tiers 10 me. Ell? I wonder If IT can be
SaTta Claus so early in the season.
SO the rabbit gentleman carefully
peeked around the corner Of A stump,
Mt wanting to scare dear old St Mich
oas. but instead of seeing Santa the
alnny man saw Susie LittletaU and
lennie Chipmunk- The two little ami
nal girls were standing close together
boxing down at something near their
lind paws
What has happenedZ" asked Uncle
Wiggily. as he hoped over TO them
I'VE have dropped and spilled our
bottles OF ink that we were taking to
school" said Susie. Mine was a nice
red bottle. and now it's gone and
Oh dear Boo hooH'
And mine is broken. too" said Jen-
ME Mine was blue ink. and We were
going TO write you a nice letter today.
Uncle Wiggily.'
That is too bad the bunny made
reply. Spilled the ink, Ell? Well, It
broken as far as I can see. Only the
corks have come out and the ink has
dri5b1ed away. 1t might be worse"
II can't see how it could be any
worse" spoke Susie All the ink is
gone and Il is so near school time that
we can't run home or to the store for
more And teacher said for US to be
sure and bring the ink today"
and so you shalI"' cried the bunny.
setting down his basket Of jams and
How can we get ink now asked
Jennie "All my pretty blue is gone
Or dearl'
Uncle wiggily picked up the ink
bcttle. Then he took out a Jar Of elder
berry Jam from the basket Into the
empty bottle he put a little OF the Jam,
which was sort Of blush purple color.
snd on top OF the jam he put some
water from spring that was not frozen
over that day Next he shook up the
bottle
There you are" he cried to Jennie
There is some fine ink for you. And
the nice part OF It is that if you write
a letter with that kind OF ink the letter
paper will be almost as good as jam
tart and Il can be eaten"
@Oh. thank you" cried Jennie.
But what about my ink" asked
Susie I spilled ali the pretty red
and
Don't worry a bitr laughed the
bunny gentleman. 4 have here some
red trawberry jelly. and from that 7
can make as fine a red ink as was ever
seen I'll do II. too. which is more"
Into SUsies bottle he put some red
Jelly and some water. Shaking Up that,
ne soon had some red ink, and that. too,
would make a letter like a piece of pie.
il would be so sweet
Tt Is very good Of you to make new
ink for u.s., said Jennie, as she and
Susie hoped on to school
PREY do not mention It." begged /