El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-11
Bedtime Story For The Little Ones
UNCLE wIGGnY AND JACKoS FIFE
} JACKO'S FIFE.


! q. 10
with Jacko's fife" said Jumpo. II
I have drum"
Yes. 1 heard you had" said the
/ bunny uncle, as he twinkled his pink
nose How does It gO2"
Like this-rub-a-dub-d cried
] Jumpo, and he was about 10 beat the
drum again, when Nurse Jane like
the lady in the restaurant cried:
Take it away, Go anywhere you
I Ike, Uncle Wiggily. but don't beat
lnaL drum around here she said.
"Al right" answered the bunny
uncle with a twinkle OF his pink
nose "Far be it from Us TO make
trouble FOR Nurse Jane. JUMBO, my
boy. Wen 20 Off in the woods and
beat the rub-a-dub-dub."
And play soldier" said the monkey
Yes" said Uncle Wiggily. wei do
that. too"
Ny brother Jacko is there with his
iife,' went on JumpO.
oh, Wen have fine fun" laughed
the bunny rabbit gentleman
Then and he Jumpo went on to
gether over the fields and through the
woods, and they were almost at the
place where the other animal boys
were waiting to play soldier, when
an at once, out from behind a stump
jumped bad old Skiuflint
Now Skinflint is like a skeezicls
only worse It never gives anybody
. penny for a lolIypop.
All, ha-' sinckered the Skinflint
7 have you ut last. Mr.. Longears,"
and he made a grab for The bunny
Please let me co. begged Uncle
Wiggily.
"oh, indeed Tu-nOt." cried the skin
well. n I had my brother Iacko
hn with q L.
he'd make you let him 60" said
JUMBO.
10. Ho- But YOU haven't got them,
and you can't get them snickered
the Skinflint
VIII you grant me one last favor
before you take me away asked
Uncle WiEgily.
wei, yes. one. and only one" said
the Skinthnt- But II It's TO let you go
you needn't ask II, for I WON'T"
=. No, it isn't that" said Uncle Wig
giiE, make believe sad like. All I
want TO do is 10 play one tune on
Jumpo.s drum before you take me
away. VIII you let me do that"
We'll, that sounds like a simple
and reasonable request" said the
ture- Go ahead But, as soon as
you beat the drum, III hustle you
and Jumpo off TO my den"
So Uncle Wiggily caught up a big
stick with knob on the end OF il and
he began TO pound.
"Ruba- dub-dub. Rub-a-dub-dub
Rub-a-dub-dub," the bunny uncle
beat Jumpo's drum
"WellI guess you'd better come
with me now said the Skinflint
after a bit Beating the drum isn't
doing you any good"
''Oh, isn't it2" asked Uncle Wiggily,
suddenly. Look behind you"'
The Skinflint looked and there
stood a whole lot Of boy animal SOL
ers-sQuirrels: Jackie and Feetie
Bow Wow, the dog. and many others.
and they all had their talcum pow
de- guns
Get away from here," they cried
Let Uncle Wiggily and JUMBO alone
or wen shoot you. Bang, Bang" and
the Sllinflint was so frightened that
he ran away and didn't hurt the bun
ny OF monkey boy at all
I'VE heard you beat the drum" said
Sammie Littletail, the bunny boy.
and We knew you needed help, so we
came"
And IT'S a good thing you did"
said JumpO.
ITS a good thing 7 knew how 20
play the drum" said the bunny. Il
thought you soldiers boys would hear
it and save US"
So il was good all around you see,
and, if the butterfly doesn't stumble
over the slice OF bread and eat all
the Jam off the pickle. III tell you
next about Uncle WiEEily and Joie's
flag--COpyriEht 1917, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.