El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-28

L~ AT-a-ta-tat" came knock on
the door OF the hollow stump
bungalow. where Uncle ls-
tily Lougears. the rabbit genuelldh
.Fu see who it is he called nc, no
Nurse Jane Fuzzy W uzZy "HH ~
1nusl,r4t lady housekeeper was Siad on
tb,t for nor pavs were ina the dish
water up 90 her elbows, ana you hIoN
how il les yourself. you don hHe ~
answer the bell with your haHuS I'll"
soap bubbles. like pine ,
80 Uncle Wigrily went 10 Jhe uvVl,
and standing there. De- SAW Nanule
WaEtau. the goat girl. Ana there were
tears i'm NauniC's eyes, ana she W'7 !.
ing TO wine them away with me ltPs
of her horns. But when she ga iui5
she only ticlSled herself ana sne H''
But She didn't want to laugh she
wanted TO cry, for she was sac ~ ~,
won know how it is yoursell-!ou
can't laugh and cry at the same ulle'
why. Mamie, What is the mat
tere~ asked Uncle Wiggily, kindly:
Come iu and tell me all your troubles,
ooh. dear, Boo hoo. Hoo Doc
have lots OF troubles,' said the NIUE
roat girl "Alv best doll, Priscilla
Spicecake Orangeiuice. is gone"
Gone" cried Uncle WigEily.
Taken" exclaimed Mamie II was
out in front of our house while ago
TIaving dolls with Beckie Stubtail
tine little girl bear Beckie had her
doll Esmeralda Pancake EggturneI
with her, and we were having lovely
But I laid my doll down to go in
the house to get some cookies. ana
when 1 came out my doll was gone, and
Ieckie was crying"
why, what happened asked Uncle
WiEgily, surprised like.
"Beckie said a man came running
along grabbed up my doll, and DeIore
she could stop him he hurried off into
the woods with my dear Priscilla Spice
cake Orangeju ice!
"Oh. that's too bad" said the bunny
uncle Now don't YOU cry any more. GU
Just tell me what sort Of a man took
YOUR doll and I'll go after him and
make him give IL back. even If 1 have
10 get the circus elephant to squirt
water on him from the lemonade
barrel Tell me what sort OF a man
he was
"IIe was man who wore glasses
aSav no more cried Uncle Wiggily.
'1 think I know exactly who he isl
TIL so after him at once.
So the bunny uncle. telling Nurse
Jane not 10 wait lunch for him, started
Off over the fields and through the
woods 10 look for Nannies doll. on
the way he met Mother Goose, and he
asked the old lady:
Are any Of your friends the kind
81 man who wears glasses, and
would take n little goat girls doll?'
Well YES" said Mother Goose slow
~, "the wise man might You sec he
spoiled his eyes reading so much to
make him wise that he has to wear
glasses But he is really very kind.
] think he only took Naunie's doll for
q joke or perhaps he wants to get
her another just like it,.
Perhaps" said Uncle Wiggily. But.
anyhow. Tn find him and ask him
about H."
So he walked and hoped on and
on through the woods to where the
wise man used TO live, and pretty
soon from behind q big bush. the bun
nv uncle heard some one singing this
song.
There was n man in our town.
And he vas WOndrOus wise.
lie jumped Into berry bush.
And scra ched out both his eyes.
But when 10 saw his eyes were out.
With ali his might and main,
He jumped into another bush
And scratched them in again"
"Ha " said Uncle Wiggily softly y
thought so The wise man, I have
found him Now tc see II he has
Nannie's dbl"
Uncle Viggily peeked through the
hush. which was blackberry one,
only there were no berries on Il now.
ON the otnsr side. sitting on the
ground, was the wise man, wearing
glasses and he had Nannie's doll in his
hands He vas talking TO the doll say
"Now. little doll. don't be afraid.
won't hurt you. I'm Just going to toss
Won into the berry bush. and scratch
out both your eyes. But that won't
hurt for as soon as I see your eyes are