El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-31

- tail and his brother, another
si1uIery -scaIery chap, with a double
jointed tail, were waking along
/ through the woods together
Brother" began the hump tailed
( gator (Which 1 call him for shorJ,
brother, wouldn't you Ike a nice ra6-
] bit?'
( Indeed I would" answered the dou-
! ble-jointed tail gator. who could wob-
BILE his flippers both ways. AND
/ know OF no nicer rabbit than Uncle
/ Wiggily Longears-"
The very same one about whom I
was thinkingi" exclaimed the other
alligator Let's catch him"
That's what wen dol' said the dou-
BILE ointed chap. well hide in the
woods until he comes along, as he does
every day, and then well jump out and
grab him. Oh. you ynm-yumF
"Fine" grunted his brother. Come
on"
off they crawled through the woods
and pretty soon they came to willow
tree where the branches grew so low
down that they looked like curtain
that has unwound itself off the roller
when the cat hangs on IL.
This is the place for US 70 hlde-Dy
the weeping willow tree" said the skill
lery-scalery alligator with humps on
his tail
THE very place" agreed his brother.
So they hid behind the thick leaves
OF the tree. which had leafed out for
early spring, and there the two bad
creatures waited.
Just about this time Uncle Wiggily
himelf had started out from his hollow
stump bungalow &c walk in the woods
and across the fields, as he did every
day.
ct wonder what sort OF an adventure
7 shall have this time? he said to HIM
self IT hope it is real nice one
OH If Uncle Wiggily had known
what was in store for him, 7 think he
would have stayed in his hollow stump
bungalow But never mind. III make
it all come out right in the end. you see
IL I don't I don't know just how I'm
going to do it, yet, but I'll find way,
never fear.
Uncle Wiggily hoped on and on,
now and then swinging his red-Whtte-
and blue-striped rheumatism crutch
like a cane, because he felt so young
and spry and springlike. Pretty soon
he came to the willow tree. He was
sort Of looking up at it, wondering If
a nibble Of some OF the green leaves
would not do him good, when, all OF a
sudden, out jumped the two bad ALL
gators and grabbed the bunny gentle
man.
NOW we have your cried the
bumped tail gator
And YOU can't get away from US"
said the other chap-the double
iointed tail one
"Oh. please let me gor' begged Uncle
Wiggily, but they hooked their claws
in his fur and pulled him back under
the tree, which held il branches so
low. 1 forgot to tell you it was
weeping willow tree ana just now II ;
was weeping, I think. because Uncle I
Wiggily was i'm such trouble.
Let's see now" said the double
jointed tail alligator. TIL carry this f,
rabbit home, and then-
You'll do nothing OF the sort" In !
terrupted the other and not very po |
ltely either. Til carry him myself. !
Why. I caught him as much as you |
did"
well, maybe you did. but I saw him
II don't care, It was my idea. ! |
first thought Of this way OF catching |
And then these two anigaors dis
puted and talked very unpleasantIy, /
indeed, to one another.
But all the while they kept tight |
hold Of the bunny uncle so he could not !
well said the double-iointed tain /
after a while. we must set /
tie this one way or the other. Am 7 /
10 carry him 20 our den, or your
Me. I'll do it. If you took him !
you'd keep all for yourself. I know ,
-ouY
no, wouldn't, But that's just
What you'd do. 7 know You only TOO
Well. No. if / can't carry this rabbit /,
nome myself you shan'tl"
Il say the same thing. I'm going TO /
rave my rights"
Now. while the two bad alligators
we're talking this way they did not /
Jay much attention to Uncle WiEgfly
1hey held him so tightly i'm their claws
hat hetcould not get away. but he could
Use his own paws. and when the two /
,ad creptures were talking right i'm
ach others face and using big words
piece OF wollow wood with the bark (
And then. still when the gators were
isputinsf and not looking the bunny
ncle made himself a whistle out of the I
ark. which came off like a kid glove.
nd them he cut a place to blow mis-
reath in. and another place to let the
ir out and so on, until he had a very
inc whistle indeed. almost as loud
lowing Z those the policemen have
D stop the automobiles from splashinr
iud on 1ou so trolley car line can
umD intb YOU
an telA yI1~~sbat we'll do" said the
- rsf.et laSt Since Won
ont let - "A home and
ont let airy him to-
ether In on one
de and
Good" 49,
"Oh. no!
unny unC
ont eth
n 20 your
why nd