El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-31

, and I'll send you up something witt
which to decorate your tent"
What will It be-" asked Uncle
Wiggily, cautious like and crafty.
I don't yet know" answered Nurst
Jane. I'll have TO look about anC
see what they have"
sAnything'll suit me-" said Uncle
Wiggily unassumingly, Indifferent
time appreciative- "A tiger skin
rug OF a cut glass bowl full of arti-
fetal roses will ornament my tent
all right. We soldiers are nre mol
T know that said the muskrat
Ilady. and away she hoped down &c
the ten and II cent store TO get
something with which to ornament
Uncle 'Wiggily's tent, just as your
! teacher puts some pretty pictures on
the blackboard so the room will look
more like home
marching up and down in front OF
his tent, now and then hopping down
| in the trench, or ditch. he had dug so
! the MOSQUITO enemy could not throw
stones at him Uncle Wigglly rheu-
matism hurt him hardly at all now
SO he did not very often have to use
his red. white and blue striped
crutch that Nurse Jane had gnawed
for him out of a bean pole-I mean
| cornstalk.
! All OF n EuLutAts d. int tAA--A-
/ hit gentleman soldier was putting
some taleum powder in his gun, so
he could shoot any mosquitoes IN
case they flew up to bite him, ne
heard some one call, in loud voice;
"Hai wonder IL the mosquitoes
are riding UP on horseback to get
me~ thought Mr.. Longears. but when
he looked he only saw an automobile
from the II and y cent store II
stoned in front Of his tent and the
coachman from the u and 10 cent
shop got down and asked;
Does Uncle Wiggily Longears i've
ne He does. am he" spoke the
bunny, saluting with his sword
Then this is for you" said the
coacbn1an from the 13 and II cent
store. "and Nurse Jane said be care
full of it, and put in fresh water
'She must have sent me some
flowers" thought Mr.. Longears as
the coachman from the Il and 10 cent
store drove away in his airship, aIter
handing the rabbit gentleman soldier
GncIe 7Wiggily opened it. but, in
stead OF being flowers there was a
beautiful glass tank Of goldfish,
swimming about amid waving green
plants. while white sand cleaned on
the bottom. Just like on the floor OF
the ocean. where Father Neptune had
his wonderful sand rugs.
And the tails Of the fish were like
waving palms. as they moved ABOUT
like a fairy princess at waltz dance;
.sHa, They are very beautl1ul-
said the bunny uncle rabbit But l
did not think Nurse Jane would send
me such a thing to ornament my
tent However, I shall keep it
Then the bunny put a little more
water in the tank TO take the place
Cnf11an
by the Is and 16 cent store and after
that Uncle Wiggily kept on march-
ing I'D and down in front OF his tent
to be on guard against the mosquito
enemy
beautiful goldfish. and they swan
about talking in whispers TO them
selves, for fish never talk out loud,
or at least very seldom
And then. the day being warm.
Uncle Wiggily sat down IN the shade
of his tent to rest. thinking no mos
quitoes would some to bother him.
But. all Of a sudden he fell fast, fast
asleep
flying high in the air
in a hollow log fort, saw the bunny
"a bbit gentleman
Hal This is the time We can !
down, hide in his tent and as soon as 1
be gets TO sleep a little more sound /
". wen grab him and fly away with I
him. All. hat'' and they played son, 4
music on their bills
Softly the mosquitoes flew down |
and into the tent OF the brave. but I
sleeping soldier rabbit gentleman 4
they went TO hide But the first 1
going in. stumbled over |
the tank Of ornamental goldfish and I
fell down.
Ouch" cried the mosquito, for he |
bumped his nose. Then the second /
MOSQUITO bumped into the first. and
the third mosquito bumped into the I
second and the fourth mosquito /
bumped into the third, and the fifth I
Wen. you know how 1t was-just |
like the II and Is cent store business 4
that came TO steal Uncle |
Wiggily fell down one over the other /
and the whole pile Of them stumbled I
and toppled over into the goldfish 4
And the goldfish. being very /
hungry, and especially fond of mos /
1uitoes. ate up every one of the bad, I
biting bugs, until there wasn't one /
left of that particular army to bother !
the rabbit gentleman
Ny. It certainly is a good thing /
Nurse Jane sent me that tank Of I
awakened and saw what had hap I
pened. So everybody was satisfied 1
except the mosquitoes. And if the 4
pussy cat doesn't try to make ham I
mock swing on the dogs tail, and 4
Tall off in the pansy bed. I'll tell you /
next about Uncle Wiggily up 4 tree. /
Copyright, 1917, by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate
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