El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-16

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the fire. too. Make yourself easy. III
I be all right"
Uncle Wiggny first started to make
! the fire. He put some paper IN the
I stove Of the hollow stump bungalow
l and on top OF the paper he put STICKS
| Of wood Then he touched a match TO
I the bottom part Of the paper.
But. oh. deari Something was wrong
for the stove began to smoke; not IKE
a nice grandfatheTs pipe, filled with
good smelling tobacco, but more like
, a fire engine standing on its head
/ And the smoke filled the room, and
/ floated upstairs. and Nurse Jane jan
/ sneezed and coughed and Uncle Wigguy
! sneezed and coughed and
"Keer-choo,' There 1 go, sneezing
myself ~ -
I Uncle Wiggily, his eyes now more PINK
! in color than his nose because OF the
! smoke. 4 wonder what IS wrong
"Aker-choo, Ker snitzioi Foo-f0oF
cOughed Nurse Jane from up stairs
! Did you open the damper in the pipe,
Uncle Wiggily. so the smoke could get
J Up the chimney" she asked
Bless my silk hat!' cried the RABBIT
gentleman 7 never thought OF that
After he had done that the stove did
not smoke. and the rabbit gentleman
got his breakfast fairly We'll he
burned the oatmeal, put the orange
in hot water instead of the egg, USED
salt instead OF sugar in his carrot COZ
fee, and pulle dthe tablecloth off -
use for a napkin But outside OF that
he made out all right
, Making the fire in the morning Is
the hard part though Uncle Nlgglly
said TO himself as he left the dining
room. Pm going to think up bet
Ter way than putting in wood and pa
per. and then coming down TO Hght
IL with a match. I'd like TO start the
fire by pushing a button, as 1 dc when
1 ring my front door bell.
Thinking of this pleased the old rab-
Bit gentleman so much that he did
not mind the burned oatmeal he had
10 eat, and a little later, after having
taken Nurse Jane up some toast and
tea, he started out for a walk
And. instead of looking for an ad
venture I'll try to think Of a new way
Of starting the fire" said the bunny
uncle as he hoped off over the fields
and through the woods. wouldn't
1t be fun If could"
And without saying. anything more
he stopped and laughed TO himself, out
there. alone in the woods
''Pll do il" Uncle Wiggily said 1T
probably viii surprise Nurse Jane
bit. but II Will be something new and
may make her headache better. But
first I'll have to find a store where
they sell EN-"
Mr.. LOngears did not say what it was
ne wanted to buy, and. while do not
tell you just now But if you wait a
little while you viii find out all about
That night Uncle Wfggily stayed
down IN the kitchen long after it was
time to lock up the hollow stump bun
galow-
Aren't you coming up?" asked Nurse
Jane, whose head was still aching.
IN just a moment Uncle Wiggily
answered.
Then he puttered around the stove.
rafting the covers and jingling the
poker, and finally he went to bed.
II 10 IN 7 ~
called to him:
Uncle wiggily. am very sorry, but
my head still aches. and II you will
kindly once more get up and fix your
own breakfast 1 shall be so glad"
Hal Say no mOrei" cried the jolly
start the fire, too"
IF you want anything hot I guess
you will have to build a fire in the
stove" the muskrat LADY said
''Hai Hat Listen" laughed the bun
ny Suddenly he pulled string at the
head Of the stairs There was a scratch
ing sound down in the kitchen, then
came a boom and then a crash. as II
all the pots and pans were dancing
around the fox trOt together and then
up came big cloud Of smoke
Mercy me!' cried Nurse Jane THE
house has blown up Or it's an earth
quake or q Volcano"
No. said Uncle Wiggiiy. coughing
and sneezing. 1T isn't exactly that"
Then what II it2T Nurse Jane want
ed to know.
Well began the bunny uncle. I'm
not sure, but I think that was my
new way OF starting a fire"
Starting q fire2' gasped the musk
rat lady. her tail switching 10 and fro
like the pendulum Of clock. "a fire?
Where. pray tell2'
In the Kitchen stove" went on the
bunny uncle. You see il was this
way" and he opened a widow so some
Of the smoke could get out to play tag
amnaH
too much work TO start a fire with
wood. paper and matches. so 1 thought
OF new Fourth OF July way
7 found a store where they had some
last years fire crackers. I put them
III the stove with some paper and kind {
ling and then 1 put some matches near
the flZzy strings Of the fire crackers, !
and near the matches I put a piece OF 1
rough sandpaper, like the tail of the /
skillery-scalery alligator.
q took the end OF the string up TO 4
my bed room and before getting up 1
pulled it The string jiggled the !
sandpaper, the sandpaper tickled the 4
matches, the matches flared up and 1
set fire to the fire crackers, they went 1
off with a bang and"
Pm sure they must have burst my
stove all to pieces said Nurse Jane. 1
as she ran down to the kitchen, never 4
her headache. And, surely
enough, the fire crackers were so
strong that they had knocked the stove
all to bits.
"Oh. dearr' cried Nurse Jane. This
is too badF'
Never mind" Uncle Wiggiiy said.
softly like. III get you another. And
I'll never try to start a fire in this
new way again
thank goodness said Nurse Jane.
Then the bunny uncle helped her clean
up the kitchen. picking up the pots
and pans and broken glass, and soon
everything was all right again
And If the new automobile doesn't :
go out playing in the mud puddle and
get its clean tires all covered with
stove backing. I'll tell you next about
Uncle Wiggily and the late children
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