El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-26

of the attic after they had played Hal
lowe'en with it"
''oh. you want that kind Of a dress.
eh2" asked Uncle Wiggily. We'll, I
guess the only persons who could give
| it to you would be Sindbad the Sailor.
Aladdin with his wonderful lamp or
some Of those Arabian Night folk"
Yes, I guess they're the only ones"
said Susie sadly. And We can't very
well ask them"
They've been doing too much for Us
/ already But why do YOU want such
Susie Littletail9"
7 want it to wear to p party. OF
I course" answered the bunny girl.
That's what pretty dresses are for.
! You see Lulu and Alice Wibblewobble.
the duck girls, are giving a party next
week. and do so want to wear new
dress when I go
"Ha. HUM said Uncle wiggily, and
! then he seemed to be thinking hard for
a minute. I have itt' he finally cried.
7 have it,
What, my fairy party dress?' asked
Susie. surprised like
NO. not exactly. But I think I know
4 way to get it,
'-Oh. joy and happiness cried Susie.
Now 7 can so to the party in new
fairy dress"
Don't be too sure" said the bunny
gentleman. slowly
"Oh. if you say a thing it is as good
! rs done" spoke Susie All we animal
/ girls and boys know that"
It's very good OF you to say" said
. Uncle Wiggily. as he started off
through the woods and over the fields.
for spring was at hand. and summer
would soon put 4 new green dress on
sll the trees and flowers Of the woods.
Let me see now" said Uncle Wig
gily to himself. as he came TO shady
spot in the woods. where 4 few trees
had just begun to put out their tiny
p d Nr - -
fairy dress for Susie I might as well
try some fairy business 70 get it for
I haven't a wishing and travelling
rug carpet like Sindbad the Sailor, not
have ] any wonderful lamp. like Alad-
din Stin. 1 will see what will hap
pen when I rub two sticks together.
Then I viii say Oshkosh Ko-Oshkyi
and maybe something viii happen"
said the rabbit gentleman
Uncle Wiggily rubbed the two sticks
together as hard as he could. at the
same time saying that Oshkosh funny
word and. all at once. he saw a big
spider spinning q large web on the
rail fence right in front of him.
Why. this is queer," exclaimed
Uncle WiggiIy. 'Just as I rub the
20 make SuSie'S dress Spiders web
lace is sure the most slimpsy and filmy
thing she could wear"
So Uncle Wiggily spoke to Mrs. Spin
Spider. asking her II she would spin a
thin, spidery web lace dress for Susie.
the rabbit girl.
"Of course I win" said Mrs Spin
Spider 1t shall Be ready for her to
But she also wants Il sparkling
with red and green and blue and purple
colors, like diamonds" said Uncle Wig
gily.
IN that case she has only to come
to ne in the evening, just before she
goes TO the party" said Mrs. Spin
spider. and the dress will be exactly
as she wants it"
Uncle Wiggily shook his head. say
ing:
We'll you dressmakers with your
curley-cues and thing-a- rne-bobs GER
tainly are wonderful. I'll surely bring
Susie here the night OF the party"
And he did. and when Susie saw
where they We're going. she said
oh, Uncle Wiggily. have You found
2 woodland fairy who will make a
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy. your musk
rat housekeeper. made a crutch for
yOu2"
Wait and see" said the bunny gen
ueman. mysterious like
Then he came 10 Mrs. Spin Spiders
home and the animal dressmaker
brought out the most lovely cobwebby
lace gown you can imagine. all COW
cred with sparkling spangles so that
it looked like a slice cut out of fairy
land
Ol. lnar Is ROrE eouS- erred susie
How lovely 1t is 1 cannot thank you
each enough" and she Rugged Uncle
WiEgily and blew a kiss to the spider
lady and away she went to the party
and her dress was one OF the prettiest
there
How did you get diamonds on that
cobweb dress2'' asked Uncle Wiggilv
when Susie was gone
"Oh. I just waited until some 1ev-
drops fell on it." said Mrs. Spin Spids-.
and then I caught some lightning
bugs and fastened them on the drsss.
so when their little lanterns we're
lighted they shone on the drops 81 dew
and made them sparkle like diamonds"
"Ha, This is as good as Aladdin
with his wonderful lamp could dc"
cried the bunny uncle. and wien after
ward he told Susie how - got her
dress by rubbing two sticks together.
which he did. she believed him and
thought il quite wonderful
And in the next story IL the clam
doesn't swim out of the chowder to
help the oyster in tie slew soak the
crackers I'll tell you neEf about Uncle
WiEgilv and the tAro sticks Copy
right, 1917, by Mcclure Newspaper Syn
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