El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-07

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swer. @and one Of my feet is caught
in a crack in this rail fence. wish
you would help me out.
I WILL" said Uncle Wiggily, and he
did.
favor, and 1 would like to do one for
pray do not mention it." spoke the
bunny uncle, diffident-like and IN
supercillous. '"Twas a small matter
Not to me, though 1 am not very
comes il. Uncle Wiggily. that you are
not on guard in front Of your soldier
tent2 I thought you never left II since
the mosquito war started"
I am off for the afternoon. said
the bunny. -'Sammie Littletail, my
rabbit nephew, is getting to be quite
a bunny boy now, and he is almost as
large as / am So I dressed him up
in my tail silk hat ian old one had),
put my fur overcoat on him, with my
trench boots, and so with my talcum
powder gun on his shoulder, he looks
almost like me. The mosquitoes will
think am On guard and will not try
TO blow up my trench or capture my
.sThen you are out looking for ad-
venture2'' asked the lady bug.
4 am" said Uncle Wigglly, and,
thanks to having helped you, I have
had one And that reminds me-" he
said. suddenly. Nurse Jane Fuzzy
Wuzzy, my muskrat LADY housekeeper.
asked me to bring her a bottle Of per-
fume, as she is going to party az
the home OF Mrs. Wibblewobble, the
duck lady, tonight But I forgot all
about the understanding stuff. !
shall have to go back TO the drug
store for il, and 1 hardly will have
time. for I promised to be back early
- l. 7 - { -1Ta
bles with Johnnie Bushytals the
squirrel Oh. dearl"
Don't worry" said the lady bug. Il
can get YOU some perfume from the
woods that will be as nice as any you
could get Nurse Jane in the drug
and viii you do it," asked the
Il will indeed, because you helped
me. Wait here"
with that the lady bug flew away
home. not because her house was on
fire. but because she wanted TO help
Uncle Wiggily, and soon she came
back with q bottle almost as large as
herself. but quite small at that.
This perfume is very strong" she
said. and all Nurse Jane will have TO
use viii be a drop as large as the
That is very little" said Uncle
Wiggily. I'm sure Nurse Jane will
ike it Thank youi'
Then Uncle Wiggily hoped back on
his way to his soldier tent and the
trench near his hollow stump bunga-
low. where he kept guard against the
mosquitoes who were at war with
him
Uncle Wiggily put the tiny bottle OF
perfume in his pocket, and, pulling his
tall silk hat down tightly over ms
ears. he hurried on. for he did not ike
to keep Sammie on guard too long
since the rabbit boy had said he want
ed to have some fun
But the bunny rabbit man had come
farther than he knew. and afternoon
was almost over when he was sun
long way from his bungalow.
I know what I'll do" said Uncle
Wiggily. I'll take a short cut through
the mosquito swamp. It IS dayllgnt
yet, and 1 don't believe any Of the
bad bugs viii be flying about TO bite
me. III take a chance"
So he took a short cut across the
swamp, but when he had hoped near
" through II, leaping from one clump
Of grass to another. all of a sudden
out swarmed the bad buzzing mos
ma! Now we have him! Now we
can get Uncle Wiggilyi He has no
gun with him. they cried
Right at him they flew, some get
ting ready to bite him on his ears,
others on his legs and still others on
his pink. twinkling nose
"Oh, 6eari" cried Uncle Wigglly,
Shaping his paws about, as you do
your hands vixen you're in q cloud OF
mosquitoes. AMI, all OF sudden. as
lie slapped 1Jncle Miggily hit the bot
tie OF perfume in has pocket, and the
glass brCket
All at once 4 strange smell filled
the air The mosquitoes shifted II and
cried:
sOh, we must run away, quickly, Oh,
we can not stand that smell! It viii
give US the epizooticr'
''Hai OF course it willi'' cried Uncle
Wiggily, for that perfume is penny
royal, and no mosquito can stand that
any more than he can the smell Of
citronella. I'm glad the lady bug gave
me this kind Of perfume for Nurse
Jane"
Then Uncle Wiggily sprinkled more
Of it around. driving off the last OF
the mosquitoes, who were almost
choked by II. But the pennyroyal
smell did not bother Uncle Wiggily at
all He used up all the lady bug had
Nurse Jane could 90 to the party,
and everything came out all right.
you see
So the mosquitoes didn't get the
bunny uncle that time. and Sammie
had fun playing marbles. And If the
rain drop doesn't fall down stairs and
splash all over the June bugs new
dress I'll tell you next about Uncle
Wiggily and the tin can--Copyright,
1917, by Mcclure Newspaper Syndi-
cate