El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-02
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY AND RIP VAN WINKLE.
HOWARD r. GARIs.==

that It looked only like scrap iron. and
bits OF rotten wood were mixed with
WHY. he must be one of the men
out of the Arabian Nights hook said
Uncle Wisgiiy 20 himself Then. aloud
he called;
can I do for vou2 You seem to be IN
trouble and I love 70 helm"
oh. dear, Oh, On, dear me" ex-
claimed the old man in a faint and
have. It's the rheumatism, 1 guess"
'Ha: ] know what that is. said
Uncle Wiggily- I have il myself But
III lend YOU my crutch that Nurse
Jane Fuzzy WuZzy gnawed for me out
OF a cornstalk. That always helps
Thank YOU" said the old man. But
90 YOU think II will help rheumatism
that had been coming on from twenty
years sleeping in the woods
What? Sleeping out doors in the
woods here for twenty years cried
the bunny uncle Have You been do
7 guess you don't know about me-"
said the old man 4 am not in the
Arabian Nights book. as you seem 20
think but in one almost like It NV
name is Rip Van Wrinkle
oh. I remember reading about you
said Uncle Wiggily. You and your
wife Couldn't agree, so you went
away"
speaking sort OF like a German. 1t Is
easier to come away than have hard
words. SO ] put my gun on my shoul-
DER. called my old dog Schneider, ana
went ID into the woods on the noun
tains.
'On nv way I met a lot Of little men
men who roll bowling balls about on
the rocks in the mountain to make the
thunder. Then I fell asleep and the
little men must have cast 3 spell over
me, for just now 1 woke UP. and II was
twenty years ago that l went TO sleep.
I've been sleeping here ever since
How do you know that asked In
Gle Wiggily.
nv book" said the old man. Besides.
look al my whiskers. They neVeT
conid have grown down to my feet in
less than twenty years And look al
my gum See how that has rotted away
until IL f. OF no more use than rusty
Hat iron. And my dog-my good dog
Schneider Where is hey
He looked all around through the
woods, Rip Van Wrinkle did, and ne
whistled. and called:
Here. Schneider Schneider Where
are you2 Come 10 me. old dog Come
10 your master who has slept twenty
years in the woods and caught the
rheumatism But no Schneider came.
what shall I do7"
s'Do?" cried Uncle Wiggily, why so
back TO your home. OF course Your
wife will be glad TO see you and you'n
All. but I cannot go back said the
old man. See. twenty years have
passed. Nv wife would not know me
in these ragged caothes-this long
white beard She would not know my
old rusty gun, and without my dog
Schneider" he shook his head-"t
cannot be done"
oh nonsense" laughed Uncle Wig
xily. in his jolly voice; that's all non
e f~rT
But the book says when I awoke
from my long sleep no one remembered
me; not even my wife or children They
made fun of me and drove me BACK 10
the mountains again
well, then. wen just change the
book" said Uncle @igGily, happily
Now. all you need IS 4 shave and
shave a pig. how many hairs will make
a wig2 -Four and twenty That 8
enoughl Give the barber a pinch OF
snuff Not that you're a pig. though,
said Uncle Wiggily. laughing
Yes. but my old clothes, ny Ole
gun. no dog Schneider. Nov can 90
without them2" asked the old man
I'll fix everything. Rip Van Wrinkle,
said Jolly Uncle Wiggily. Come and
get your hair cut and your whiskeTS
trimmed That will take q long while
So Rip Van Wrinkle went with Uncle
WiRRfIv He could walk pretty well.
uncle's rheumatism crutch- and soon
The pig barber had hair cutted and
shaved him Then Uncle Wiggily got
Rip (as I call him for short) some new
clothes from Sinbad the Sailor, who
gladly gave one of his extra suits
There now cried Uncle WlggIy,
Jolly like You look fine enough 10 90
back to any wife" and indeed you
would hardly have known Rip Van
Wrinkle if you had seen him
But what about my gum asked the
old gentleman, who looked ten years
younger, with his long hair trimmed
and his beard shaved
sTu Fix that said the bunny IN
Gle
Then the rabbit gentleman asked
Johnnie Bushytail, the boy squirrel TO
lend Rip Van Wrinkle a popgun, which
Johnnie very gladly did.
And as for dog" said Uncle Wig
glly, Jackie Bow-Wow, my little pup
py friend. viii be glad TO take The
psace Of your Schneider, who probably
wandered off in the woods 'Enen you
went TO sleep SO long time"
50 the new Rip Van Winkle gent
home with his hair and beard nicely
trimmed. with the new popgun johnnie
loaned him and the BoW-WoW puppy
dog boy. And Mrs. Van Wrinkle said:
well. Rip, How fine you look, Now
YOU must never go away again and
he never did So Uncle Wiggily made
two people happy, which is a big thing
10 90 in this world. And II the nut
cracker doesn't break the pianos leg
when playing tag with il. I'll tell you
next about Uncle Wiggily and Henry
Penny--Copyrigh 1917, By Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.