El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-24

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bed and went TO the window OF
his hollow stump bungalow TO look out
"Heigh-ho, It will soon be spring,
hope, for I am tired Of winter"
Then he went downstairs. where
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy. the muskrat
lady housekeeper, had his breakfast
ready on the table
Uncle Wiggily ate some cabbage pan
cakes with carrot maple sugar sprinl5led
whiskers on his red tongue which he
used for n napkin, and as he twinkled
his pink nose to see if 1t was all right,
Nurse Jane spoke:
Yesterday. Uncle Wiggily, you said
you would like me to make some lettuce
cakes today; did you not?"
Il did" said Uncle Wiggily, sort Of
slow and solemn like. But what is the
matter. Nurse Jane2 I hope you are not
going TO tell me that you cannot, or will
not. make those lettuce cakes
"Oh. I'll make them. all right enough.
Wiggy.' the muskrat lady answered,
"only I have no lettuce. You will have
TO 20 10 the store for me-"
And right gladly will ! go! eN-
some one in an old fashioned story
book. III get my automobile out and
20 at once
Uncle WigRily had not used his ma
chine much that winter. as there had
been so much snow and ice. But now it
was getting close to spring and the
weather was very nice. There was no
snow in the woods and fields, though.
Of course. some might fall later
1T viii do my auto good to have me
ride i'm it," said the bunny uncle He
blew some hot air in the bologna saus-
age tires, put some talcum powder on
the steering wheel so il would not
catch cold. and then. having ticltled the
whizzicum -whazzicum with goose
feather, away he started for the lettuce
store
Ii did not take him long to get there.
and. having bought a nice head of the
green stuff. the bunny uncle started
back again for his hollow stump bun
galow.
Nurse Jane will make some fine let
tuce cakes. with clover ice cream cones
on top" he said to himself as he hur-
ried along in his automobile
He had not gone very far. and he was
about halfway home, when from be
hind a bush he heard the sound of cry
ing. Now. whenever Uncle Wlggily
heard any one crying he knew some
one was in trouble, and as he always
it this time. stopping his automobile,
he called:
who are YOU. and what is the mat
ter2 Perhaps ( can help YOU
out from behind the bush came boy.
a nice sort OF boI except that he was
crying.
"Oh. are you Simple Simon" asked
Uncle Wiggily. land are you crying be
cause YOU cannot catch a whale in your
mothers water pail?
mo; 7 am not Simple Simon" was
the answer Of the boy.
Wen, you cannot be Jack Homer,
because YOU have no pie with YOU. and
you're not Little Boy Blue, because I
see YOU wear a red necktie," went on
the bunny uncle. do you belong TO
Mother Goose at all2"
YES" answered the boy, 'T do. You
must have heard about me I am Dill
ler-Dollar. a 10 o'clock scholar, why do
YOU come so soon? ] used to come at
10 o'clock. but now I'll come at noon.
Don't you know me?"
''Ha, Why OF course, 7 know vour'
cried Uncle Wiggily in his Jolly voice
as he put some lOllypop oil on the doc
dle-oodleum Of his auto. But, why are
YOU crying
Because I'm going to be late ar
school again" said the boy. 'EYou see
OF late ! have been late a good r,a,,-
mornings, but this morning 1 got m