El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-23

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down to rest" and he made a low
bow with his tail, silk hat
Thank you. 1 haven't time Nurse
Jane made answer But 1 was Won
dering if you had time to go to the
..surely l have" Uncle Wiggily an
swered. What is il YOU want?
..Soap and starch and bluing, re-
piled Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy- MIS- WaS-
9Ietail the duck wash lady is coming
tomorrow, and want to nave every
thing ready for her TO make the
clothes nice and clean.
.sTu get the soap and other things
for Won at once" said Uncle WlgSily-
Just as soon as Billie Bushtail' tne
squirrel boy, comes back from MS
lunch of nut sandwiches 10 stand on
guard in my place You see, we SOL
diers, in this mosquito war. nave 70
take turns guarding the tent said
the bunny rabbit gentleman.
PRETTY soon the squirrel boy came,
and then. when Billie hao taken tne
bean shooter popgun over his shoui-
der, Uncle Wiggily went 10 Inc store
for Nurse Jane
and while you are putting up some
starch, soap and other Things, 70
make clean clothes for Nurse Jane,
said the rabbit gentleman 10 the
rnonkev-doodie store keeper, put up
some for men. We soldiers must wash
VERY good" spoke the monkey-doo-
die gentleman. and ne put IN the
package some nice soap Tor Uncle
The rabbit gentleman gave Nurse
lane her washday things and then ne
went into his own tent II was Ilttsu
with little cots for him and the animal
bow soldiers TO sleep on, and me
sheets. blankets, pillow cases-ano
whatever else goes TO make Up
had-needed washing
And I'll wash some OF our OLD UNI
forms to make them look Iresn ana
clean, too, Johnnie" said the bunny
to the squirrel boy soldlers l,-tns.
learn to wash clothes for themselves,
for in war time they cannot always
be near a laundry.
That's right" Johnnie said and ne
gave one OF his uniforms 10 Chc4e
Wiggily so it might be made clean
The bunny uncle got out a Dig wa
ter nail for a tub, and for wash
board he used a slab OF rougn DARK
from the hickory tree: 49,
How are you going to wiring the
clothes?" asked Johnnie.
I'll get two round pieces OF io -
ike the round rubber rollers OF tne
Wringer." answered the bunny RABBIT
and he did. Soon he started 70 WaSh
The clothes. Johnny and some OF the
other animal boys helping him.
How are you going TO make me
c ciotbes 1ins To hold them asked
BJIIie WagtaiI, the goat. You haven
wen hold the clothes on the line
I for Uncle Wiggily," said some httie
voices down in the grass W.T.
Who are you asked Ohcls WIS
-. W. are pinching bugs" was the
srsver we are cousins 10 the June
/ Bugs. who viii be here next montn
With our strong, pinchins Jaws we !
/ hold the clothes on the lie Tor you a
good as clothes pins. -.-,,--
THANK you" said Uncle MlggiIy
/ Then the clothes were washed IN nice
/ soapy water, rinsed IN clean "atei
and made blue in water mat W
I kindly colored for the raoplI ge -,
f man nv some pretty blue violet 1loN'
e-s that grew near an old, green
mossv log. Then the bunny wruns
the clothes through two round plece'
OF logs. - .,,.h..- ssif
Uncle Wiggily, and, when he and IN
e15-,al hovs nut the sheets. pillo"
! cases and their uniforms on the me
fbe Diuchiug bugs held them there Sc
+ the wind would not blow them uo"l
I in the dirt. -. -.
animal boys went to play bail OH II
! the woods, and Uncle Wlggiiy NeLt :,
SIeeD near his tent, for he thought u
+ broad DAYLIGHT there would De no neee
[ TO be on guard against the mosQul'
Rnr all OF a sudden. as the rabbi.
/ gentleman had his eyes closed pao
I'D rrfzzilv fox came creeping, creep
I ing. creeping out Of the WOODS .,,.,
4 aAh. hal" snickered the foxs
/ pull that rabbits ears, thaus VIVA
Wei. he was just going to do !
Il when one Of the pinching bugs. see
. ing the fox, perched as the pug Wa
upon the clothes line, called out;
Wake up. Uncle WigglIy5 Na s,
m, Look out, Uncle Wiggily' 100
Uncle wiggily awakened and starte
- IN The fox ran after him. Bacl
and forth they ran beneath the III
Of clothes.
BIT gentleman, and poor Uncle " X
giIv was so out OF breath that u
couId run no longer, and he droppe
his bean shooter gun, when, al OF
sudden. a big pinching bug CRIED
quick. Uncle Wiggily. Jump =
ing on the line. Jump up ana snugs
down inside the pillow case ana u
fox can't get you -
in time. Into the clean-washed pil
low case he jumped, ana the Io1 co ~
not get him The pad OK tried, ou
when he jumped up pinching. bu
nipped him. and he was glad 10 S1Il
down and run away Inen Chci
Wiggily. who had been swinging
the pillow case as Il in hammocl
could hop down, and he wasn't hui
a bit
So all the clothes were nicely washe
b-- the bunny, and II the ASH ma
doesn't try to clean off the black
boards and make them look like
bath room charcoal tablet, III tell 70
next about Uncle Wiggily and II
loIlypops.-Copyrigh 1917. by Nj
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