El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-01
OLLIE. JOLLIEl Where

yOu2" called Mrs LOngta1l, the
mouse lady, one day. as she
went out on the front porch of the
warm nest-house where she lived with
Jollie and Jillie, the house children.
Here I an. mother, What is it7'
asked Jollie. who was out In the back
yard playing a SNOWFALL game with
Jackie Bow Wow. the puppy dog boy
VIII you 90 to the store for me,
Jollie2' asked Mrs. LongtaiL I need
some cheese for our supper. Your IA
Their is sure to be cold and hungry
when he comes home tonight. and I am
going to give him toasted cheese on
crackers with maple sugar sauce
sprinkled over the top"
My, but that sounds" squeaked
Jollie, all excited like. Il surely will
90 to the store for the cheese How
much do you want"
Well. you might as well bring a
whole cheese" said Mrs Longtail, put
ting a hairpin in her whiskers so they
would not tickle her nose and make
her sneeze.
Take your sled as there is snow on
the ground and II will pull easily
Bring home a big round cheese You
could not carry it, I know, but you can
easily pull It on your slippery sled
of course I can" laughed Jolly
Then he stopped playing the snow
went to have a game of dolls dresses
with Mamie Wagtail. the goat girl,
while Jolly brought his sled from the
woodshed and started for the cheese
store.
And oh, such a fine. big. round
cheese did the monkey doodle store
keeper man put on Jolly's sledi Oh. 1t
was such a grand cheesei
It was as round as a baby carriage
, wheel and as thick as the thickest
slice OF bread and jam your grand
mother ever gave you In fact il was
five times as thick
And what a good smell that cheese
had, If you should take all the bot
ties Of perfumery. talcum powder. nose
powder, sachet and other things (about
which I know nothing) from your big
sisters bureau. and put all those nice
smelling things into one bottle It
would not have been as good TO Jollie
4. rs was the smell of that cheese.
For mice children love cheese better
even than you love lOllypops.
oh. this is going TO be so good
cried the little mousie boy as he pulled
the cheese after him on his sled over
the snow Il can hardly wait for sup
per Toasted cheese and crackers, Oh,
my"
pulling his sled and the cheese. when.
all of a sudden he came TO a hill It
was a very steep hill
I am going to have hard work pull
lie ! wish 7 had the airship. OF the
automobile of Uncle Wiggily LOngears.
However, will do the best I can to get
10 the top
SO Jollie. the mousie boy, pulled and
tusged at the rope Of his sled with the
cheese on il. and soon he was at the
top OF the hill though he was quite
tired
Now for little rest. and perhaps
can coast down on the other side of the
HILL said Jollie. 1T will take me al
most home. that slide will
He sat down to rest. and then-O
sorrow that I have TO tell it,-an at
once the cheese slipped off Jollie's
sled-right off it slipped, and away 1t
slid
1 guess there were some snowflakes
under that cheese. don't you?
Anyhow Il slipped off the sled and
rolled into some bushes But the sled
kept right on going down hill Faster
and faster II went. and Jollie started !
running after it. For the mOusie boy (
knew that without mis- sled he never !
could get the cheese home It was too l
big for him to roll. and too heavy for !
him to carry
Down the hill he ran after his sled, 1
but the sled. being used TO such work. |
went on faster and faster. and at last
IL fell off and rolled down the side of
The hill. and tum bled down into a big
deep hole, so deep that Jollie dared not