El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-07
bedtime otor, or c.ie Little Ones
UNCLE wIGGILY NIGHTINGALE.
By HOWARD * GARIS.

sweetly than any other bird in the
world
You have made a birdc" cried Uncle
Wiggny- Excuse me, but 1 thought
birds were Matched out of eggs Dickie
and Nellie Chip-Chip. my little spar
row friends. came Out of eggs.
An but my nightingale did NOT.
said Fan-Tau. i made him like "a
photograph, out Of gold and silver
leather and rubber. springs and wheels.
like a little toy Christmas AUTOMOBILE.
my nightingale sings very sweetly
Listen and you shall hear
Then Fan-Tan took from inside his
tall peaked hat like the one worn by
Mother Goose, a little bird covered
with feathers
Fan-tan put the little bird down or
the stump beside him. and al once the
nightingale began 10 sing:
--Tra-la-la, Tra-la-lal Tra-la-la-
tt filtered its wings. ii wObbled its
tail and moved its head from side TO
side. all the while singing very sweet
~ indeed
surely that IS a real bird" said Tn
Gle WiEgily.
NO. it is one I made myself. Of silve-
and gold. of rubber and leather ana
wheels and springs" said Fan-Tan-
And ] am going TO take II to the en-
perOr. who viii give me much money
for il 7 am iourneying 10 the en-
peror's palace now
Then I viii 90 with YOU said Tn
Gle Wiggily. That is, II I may. and
perhaps I shall have an adventure
fright glad shall I he to have You
come with me- said Fan-Tan, and to
gether he and the rabbit gentleman sci
off through the woods.
II was not long before they came TO
the palace Of the emperor. and when
Fan-Tan had wound up his phono-
graph nightingale il sang so sweetly
thar the people in the palace all nodded
their heads 10 keep time 10 the music
and the emperor wobbled his head and
murmured;
La, La. Never have 7 heard so
sweet song Surely that must be
real bird
No said Fan-Tan: 1t is not See. IT
viii stop when 1 press on this button
and begin again when I press on the
other" and he touched a little button
like an eve in the birds back At once
il stopped singing
-O-o-o-o-o-oh.' cried ali the people
sadly
Wait said Fan-Tan. He pressed
the other button in the nightingale's
back and At once the make-believe bird
began 10 sing
'-Tra-la-la, Tra-la-la, Tra-la-lat"
"Ah. how lovely" said the people IL
the palace. and the old emperor nodded
his head in time to the music. and he
was so pleased that he hung a golden
chain about the neck of the nightin-
gale and gave Fan-Tan. the magician.
much gold
Uncle Wiggily shook his head as h
hoped home 10 his hollow stump bun
galow from the emperor's palace. while
Fan-Tan travelled on with his golden
money 10 a new country
1T is not good" said Uncle WiGcfly-
that a make-believe bird should he
cared for so much. when the real birds.
in the woods. sing much more sweetlv
and do not have 20 he wound up with
a key. or have springs inside them II
Is not right,
nightingale sang in the /
palace. Then. all Of q sud- /
den. one night. when the 5ird was sing 1
Ing "Tra-la-la," and the emperor was !
nodding his head in time to the music. /
and all the peOnle in the palace were !
saying "Ah-a-ah.r all OF a sudden /
there was a whirr. a whizz and a vince j
inside the mske-believe bird. and = !
STOPPED singing
Quick called the emperor. send /
for Fan-Tan that he may mend the
nightingale. 1t is broken. It viii sing !,
40 more"
They sent for Fan-Tan. but he could |
not be found for he had CONT to far !
country
Then send for the court physician" |
cried the emperor. and let him cure /
the broken ni-htingale.- But the court I
physician could do nothing
q
cried the emperor. He was with Fan I
Tan and maybe ne knows how TO mend /
the bird"
Uncle Wigsily hoped to the en- |
peror's palace on his red. white and b!
blue striped rheumatism orutch He /
looked at the broken nightingale.
NO. emDeror." said the rabbit gem
tleman- 7 cannot mend this bird. but {
I can bring in a real nightingale to |
sing for you.
Please do said the emperor Uncle {
sent Dickie Chip-Chip. the !
sparrow 5ov. for real nightingale. 1
and when II came this bird sang so |
sweetly that all the people said "Ah- /
ha," and the Emperor. nodding his /
head in time 10 the music. said
That is the sweetest song 7 ever /
heard. for il reminds me OF when was 1
a little boy in the woods" and he slept !
happily that night which he had not !
done in a long while.
Then the real nightingale lived in the !
woods. outside the emperor's palace. !
and sang each evening. and everybody |
thanked Uncle Wigsilv for what he |
had done And If the wind doesn't /
blow our chimney over in the next ward /
so the puppy dog can build a play /
house Of the bricks I'll tell you to-
morrow about Uncle Wiggily and the |
Water Queen--Copyrigh 1917. by Nc
clure Newspaper Syndicate.