El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-25
Story For the Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGnY'S HOME RUN
HOWARD r. GARIS.=

Then the bunny uncle hoped into
his automobile, and, as he was Ia
hurry to find an adventure. he sprin-
] killed. some pepper on the bologna sau-
sage tires to make them go faster.
over the fields and through the
woods rode the rabbit gentleman, look
! ing on all sides for an adventure, but
| ne could not seem to find one.
Il guess I'll stop at the butcher store
and hand in Nurse James note said
! Mr. LOngears, after a bit Then 1 can
/ ride as far as 1 please"
"Ah, Ia, So that's what she wants
ehc'' exclaimed the big, fat pig gentle
man, he read Nurse James note
when Uncle Wiggily handed it to him
Just sit there in your automobile, In
l Gle Wiggily. and I'll bring them out in
a jiffyi" and the big butcher hurried
back into his shop, sort OF whispering
to himself; ''Steaksi Chopsi Nice
chicken. HAM" Then he made a noise
! like sharpening knife and Uncle Wig
gily sat in his automobile waiting.
There you aret" cried the butcher.
! as he came putting out a little later,
for ne was very fat All wrapped up
| nice and proper like"
Il suppose it's something for my
! supper" said Uncle Wiggily. And now,
as long as 1 have ii. and can't forget,
/ I'm going TO look once more for an adj
venture.
So he rode on and on IN his automO-
bile and pretty soon, as he came near
q
I That's the way. Rum Rum RUM
Knock out a home run. Hurry"
Goodness mer' thought Uncle Wig
gily. That sounds like animal boys
PLAYING baseball. I must stop and
And. surely enough. there was Sam
ME Littletail the rabbit; Johnnie and
Billie Bushytail. the squirrels: Jackie
and Peetie Bow WOW, the puppy dog
boys. and many others having a game
of hall in the LOT
~Oh. come on, Uncle Wiggily"' called
Billie Wagtail. the goat chap. who was
pitching the ball Come on have a
game with us"
Pm too old" spoke the rabbit gen.
tleman. sort OF bashful like and hop
ing.
Not at allT' DRIED the boys. Come
on. You can bat the ball as soon as
Jimmie Wibblewobble. the duck, hits
it"
-Au right said Uncle Wiggily, for
he did not want TO disappoint the lit
the animal chaps. Slowly the bunny
walked over to the home plate. at
which stood Jimmie, swinging his bat
under his wing
He'll never hit that ball" said
Jackie Bow Wow, who was catching
the balls Billie Wagtail was pitching.
81 won't eh2 What do you call that?'
cried Jimmie. and he struck at the bah
so hard that he spun around like the
wheel on a roller skate
"Whack-o" went the bat on the ball.
~Oh, Jimmie did hit it, cried some
OF the animal boys That's = fine one.
Run, Jimmiei Rum"
So Jimmie ran. or ~addled, as fast as
ne could and he safely reached second
boy, got TO the ball. which fell near
Uncle Wiggily's automobile
Now, hurry. Uncle Wiggily. It's your
turn said Billie Wagtail, the goat boy.
10 e--4-, ~-r- IL H. I..HN
that Neddie tossed TO him. See II you
can hit #. Uncle Wiggily."
Yes. hit It so hard that you can
make a home run-an the way around
ball TO put you out" explained Sammie
Littletail.
I'll try" said Uncle wiggily, twink
ling his pink nose. He took firm hold
Of the bat. and when he saw the ball
coming toward him he swung at II as
''Plink-plunkl'' went the bat on the
ball and some of the animal boys
cried:
~Oh. he missed it,
NO. he didn't cried the others. I'm
cie Wiggily has knocked the ball out
OF sight, He can make q home run"
And, as fast as he could go, away
ran the rabbit gentleman around the
bases. All the animal boys looked for
the ball Mr. Longears had hit, but Il
was not in sight They stared I'D at
the sky. but no ball could they see.
And then, when Uncle Wiggily was
back safe at the plate. having made a
home run. there began to sift down out
Of the clouds some little. fine scraps of
meat. like hail or rain
Whats this?' cried the animal boy
ball players
Uncle Wiggiiy must have knocked
the ball all to pieces" said Sammie.
and these are the odds and ends COM
ing down. Why. They're bits OF meatr"
he cried, picking some up"
Wait a minutei" cried Uncle Wig
gily. INNING over 10 his automobile.
Yes" he called back. a second later.
That's what IL was. 7 struck at q meat
ball and knocked It all TO pieces Nurse
Jane gave me note to the butcher and
he put in my auto some chopped up
meat balls TO bring home for supper.
Neddie Stubtail must have picked up one
Of the meat balls instead of the base
ball. 10 throw back 10 Billie. and I hit
it No wonder il flew all 10 piecesi'
But you made home rum" said Bill
lie. the goat. as some one found the real
ball and the game went on. And so IN
ole Wiggily had his adventure after all
Then he went home with the rest Of the
meat balls. which nurse Jane fried for
supper.
And II the roller skate doesn't step on
the cocoanut cake and make il all fiat
ike an egg turner I'll tell you next
about Uncle Wiggily and Beckie's
butter--copyright 1917. by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.