El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-21
Copyright by George Matthew Adams
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
UNCLE wIGGILY AND NURSE JAMES THIMBLE.
By HOWARD B. GAKIS.

OW. don't forget the right
NJ size. M. Longears,7 said
l Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy. the
muskrat lady housekeeper. as she saw
Uncle wiggily. the rabbit gentleman.
start off from MS hollow stump bunga-
low in Woodland one morning
size size for what" asked The
bunny uncle Am I TO get new suit
Of clothes, a hat or a pair Of shoes?
don't remember about it
oh. no, it isn't anything Of the sort
went on Nurse Jane. But you are
very forgetfuL Just the same. Don't
you remember you promised last night.
the first time YOU went to the five
and ten cent store. that YOU would get
me a new thimbie SO ] could mend the
holes Ia your coat2 Don't you remem-
ber2-
'Oh. now 1 recall it." spoke the rab-
bit gentleman chap. And let me see
what size was IL 10 be-
That's the part want you 10 re
member. went on the muskrat lady
I'd 20 to the store for il myself. but /
have TO bake a cake because Mrs Bow
Bow, the mother Of Peetie and Jackie,
is coming TO supper. and must get
something nice for her 10 eat
Get some dog biscuit for her and
some puppy cake for Jackie and Petite
spoke Uncle Wiggily-
4 VIII promised Nurse Jane but
would also like for you TO remember
the size Of the thimble you are 10 get
for me- II you bring one home thai
Just fits over the smallest part Of your
paw IL viii be the right size for me
Then 1 can push the needle in and out
of the cloth of your coat and mend the
holes" said Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy-
III bring it when ] come back from
my walk promised Uncle WlEglly- and
then ne started off through the woods
looking for an adventure
But. as he never could tell what
would happen TO him on these adven-
lures Of his he thought II best 10 go
10 the five and ten cent store first
yes. here is a thimble that just fits
the smallest part Of your paw. so II VIII
surely be right for Nurse Jane" spoke
the little mOusie girl who waited on
the rabbit gentleman
Thank you" he said. and putting the
thimble in his pocket off ne started 10
look for his adventure He looked first
on one side and then on the other, and
then along the middle. But not an ad-
venture did he see.
There did not seem TO be any ant
ladies who needed helping over a big
stone with a loaf Of bread they had
bought at the cake store. nor were
there any butterfly boys caught in a
spiders web, for IL was too late in the
season for butterflies.
on DEAR signed Uncle W1ggIly- I
don't believe I am going TO have any
adventure at all today. I must hurry
and look for one"
He hoped on very fast. and before
he knew it an adventure happened TO
him-only ne didn't know about il at
the time. For the thimble he had
bought for Nurse Jane hoped out Of
his pocket and rolled under the leaves,
while Uncle Wiggily kept right on
without It.
At last he gave up hope Of having an
adventure and soon he was near the
hollow stump bungalow
I'll Just take out Nurse James thin
bic and look at il to make sure it's the
right size She is so very PARTICULAR
said the bunny uncle But 10, When
he went to take the thimble from his
pocket II wasn't there mean the
thimble wasn't. though his pocket was
there. all right
+Oh. dear, I've lost it, cried the
bunny uncle. I've lost Nurse James
thimble and I shall have to 20 all the
way back and look for IT, Why. I'm as
bad as the little boy who loses his
IolIypop penny down a crack in the
boardwalk. Nurse Jane viii laugh az
me il she learns I can't even carry A
thimble home from the store without
losing it ] must look for it."
Back Uncle Wiggily started over the
woodland path. along which he had
come He looked on every side with his
bright. sharp eyes, and he made his
mink nose twinkle faster than ever
hoping that If he could not see the lost
thfmble he might smell II, for the little
rnousie clerk in the five and ten cent