El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-10
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
"Unce Wiggily and the Peppermint
HOWARD, B. GARIS.

! Kitchen Of the hollow stump bungalow,
where she had been getting ready 'hs
breakfast for the rabbit gentleman.
60 to the store? Why Of course
II go MISS Fuzzy WuzZy," answered.
the bunny uncle which store"
me drug store"
The drug stOre- What do you want
talcum powder or court plaster
Neither one" answered Nurse Jane
want some peppermint"
peppermint candy?" Uncle Wiggily
wanted to know.
Not exactly" went on Nurse Jane.
But ] want little Of the peppermint
juice with which some candy is flaw
ored- want to take some pepper
mint Juice myself. for [ have indiges-
ton Or. Possum saws nepermint is
kouu TOT H. i must have eaten a little
TOO much cheese pudding last night"
u eel you the peppermint with
PIeasufe, said the bunny uncle, start
ING OH with his tail silk hat and his
req, Mhlte ana blue striped rheuma-
Better get it in bottle" spoke
Nurse Jane, with laugh. You can't
carry peppermint in your pocket unless
~ ~ $ peppermint candy, and don't want
All right" Uncle WiggiIv said and
then, with the bottle, which Nurse lane
gave him. he hoped on, over the fields
and through the woods to the drug
But when he got there the oupboard
was bare No I mustn't saw that
II doesn't belong here. mean when
Uncle Wiggily reached the drug store
u was closed, and there was n sign in
me door which said the monkey-doodIe
VINO Kept the drug store had gone to a
baseball -mOving-picture show. and
wouldn't be back for a long while
Then 1 wonder where / am going To
Ret Nurse rs James peppermint asked
go see II Dr. Postum has anv"
But while Uncle Wiggilv was going
on through the woods once more. ne
gave sniff and a Whit. and. am Of a
sudden, he smelled peppermint smefl
me rabbit gentleman stood stlIl.
nose twinkle like n pair of roller
skates While he was doing this alone
came COW lady chewing some trrass
for her complexion.
49,. What are you doing here. Uncle
Wlggily?" asked the COW lady
Uncle Wiggily told her how he had
gone TO the drug store for peppermint
Tor Nurse Jane, and how he had found
me store closed, so he could not GET
,,., But !, smell peppermint here in the
woods, went on the bunny uncle. Can
II be that the drug store monkey
noodle has left some here for me2r
NO what you smell is-that." said
me COW lady, pointing her horns to-
"aru some green plants growing near
a Httle babbhng brook Of water. The
plants had dark red stems that were
square instead OF round.
. II does smell like peppermint" said
. ncle Wiggtly, going closer and sniff
ng and sunffing
1T is peppermint" said the cov, lady
Ihat is the peppermint plants YOU
oh, now remember" Uncle Wig
sliy exclaimed. They squeeze the
uice out of the leaves. and that's mem
sestion."
Exactly" spoke the COW lady. land
IL help you squeeze out some of this
ulce in the bottle for Nurse Jane"
Ihen Uncle Wiggily and the COW
auy pulled up some of the pepper
mint plants and squeezed out the Juice
'etWeen two clean, flat stones. the COW
aqy stepping on them while Uncle
" isgliy caught the juice in the empty
MY But that is strongl9 cried tho
unny uncle. as he smeIIed of the hot
le or peppermint. 1t was so sbarp
nat il made tears come into his ewes.
] should think that would cure indi- (
l res ION ana everything else" he said 20
Tell Nurse Jane TO take only little
II IN sweet water" said the COW /
lqy. II is very strong. So be care /
IA OF IL
II viii" promised Uncle Wiggilv. /
ana thank you for getting the pepper- 4
mt Tor me. I don't know what I
'ould have done without you, as the
rug store was closed"
Then he's hoped on through the
,oods TO the hollow stump bungalow. 4
.e mad not quite reached it when ali
1 sudden, there was a rustling I'M
he bushes, and out from behind \
ramble bush jumped a big black bear. |
OF nice good bear, like Neddie OF
eckie Stubtail. but bear who cried:
An. hai Oh. no, Here's some one
hon / can bite ana scratch, A nice
'nder rabbit chap! All. ha, Oh. ho,"
Are-are you going 20 scratch and
ne me?' asked Uncle Wiggily.
II am" said the bear. snappishlilSe.
iet ready. Here I comet" and he
arted toward Uncle Wiggily. who was
frightened that he could not hop
way.
IN going to hug you. too" said the
ear. Bears always hug, you know.
We'll this is, indeed, a sorry dav for
e, said Uncle Wiggily. sadly still. !
you are going TO hug, bite and
,Tatch me / suppose it can't be
Not the least in the world can it