El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-19
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGILG AND THE DUCHESS.
NJ HOWARD n. HARIS -

ibid. "and that's almost as good a.
NO. there isn't any honey, either
said the bunny. The jam Of the doc,
is the wooden frame that goes around
il, to hold it in place"
Then I don't want any door jami
IL want bread and JAM" said the
katydid. hopping off to find her sis
ter. Katydidn't, leaving Uncle Wig
gily to stare at the lone door
Well" said the rabbit gentleman
[ to himself i may as well see hats
on the other side Though a door all
/ by itself in the woods is the strans-
est thing I've ever seen"
However, he turned the knob,
opened the door and stepped through,
| and. to his surprise, he found himself
I in a big kitchen which seemed magi-
cally TO have appeared the moment he
! entered il. At one end was a big
/ stove, with a hot fire in il. and on the
stove was boiling a kettle of soup
I which was being stirred by a big fat
! cook lady, who was shaped like a
ham. without the string in the end.
/ Of course. For the cook could stand
and didn't need 10 be hung on nail
as ham is.
In front Of the fire was another
/ large lady with a bonnet on almost as
I large as the Hatter's hat. over the
bonnet was a fluffy, flowing veil.
claimed the sitting down lady to
something in her lap, and Uncle Wig
gily saw that it was a baby Come
cookP she cried. is that hot soup
ready yet for the baby?"
Not yet. num- But it soon will
be-" answered the cook, and Uncle
Wiggily was just going to say some
thing about not giving a little baby
hot soup, when the door opened again.
and in came Alice from Wonderland.
"Oh. I'm so glad you're here, Uncle
Wiggilyi' Grief Alice Now it viii be
all right"
what wnI?'' asked the bunny.
What will he right?"
My left shoe" said Alice. You see
I just came from the Pool of Tears.
and everything got all mixed up.
When I came out had two left shoes
instead of a right, but now you are
here it's all right mean one is right
and the other is left, as it should be, q"
and with that Alice put Oh one shoe
she had been carrying in her hand,
and smiled.
But who is thisg' asked Uncle
Wiggily. pointing with his white and
blue striped rheumatism crutch at
the big lady holding the baby, which
was now squirming like an angle
worm
Queen Of Hearts" answered Alice.
iii introduce you to her in a min
ute Are YOU fond Of sneeZing?"
Only when I have a cold" an
swered Uncle Wiggily. Why do you
ask" and he began TO think he was
deed Why should I be fond Of sneez-
ing2"
because you'll have to whether
you like it or not" answered Alice.
The Duchess is going to talcum
powder the baby noW-it's just had a
bath"
With that the duchess. who is the
wife Of a duke, you know, called:
Here, cooki Meyer mind the soup.
Give me the pepper"
Goodness me sakes alive and some
hOrseradish lollypops," cried Uncle
Wiggily- she isn't going to talcum
powder the baby with pepper. is she2'
"Of course" answered Alice. Its
that way in the book from which 1
came TO have an adventure with you.
so, Of course, il has to be- Look out
here come the sneezes" and Alice got
out her handkerchief
Uncle Wiggily saw the duchess with
a funny smile on her big face take
the pepperbOx the cook gave her and
start to sprinkle the black stuff over
the baby in her lap. The baby. was F.
cooling and Eurgling-aS all babies
10 after their bath-and didn't seem 4
II all to mind being peppered-
They season turkeys. so why nos
"a bies2" asked Alice of Uncle Wig
sily- The bunny gentleman was just
going TO say he did not know the
answer to that riddle. when the door
opened again and in came a
great big dOdo bird. which is some
hing like a sl1illery- scalery alligator.
1nly worse, with a beak like that OF
4 mosquito.
'Ah. hai" chirped the dpdo. at last
have found him" and he made a
Hart for Uncle Wiggily. The dodo was