El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-31

tT Uncle WIGGILY.- said Nurse
Jane FUZZY wuzzy. muzlsrat
lady housekeeper TO the ra5-
a-t gentleman. one morning. I'D Ike
to so away on picnic today. If you
DO not mind"
-Nude Certainly Hot-r ha exclaimed
most pleasantly. ~Hcp along with You.
I'm going away myself TO look for an
adventure. and wen just lock up the
hollow stump bungalow and let it
take care Of itself"
"Iu the ice box you'll find plenty to
eat.' spoke Miss Fuzzy WuZZy. and if
Sou should happen 10 want change
of clothln-- I've laid out everything
Oh your bed.
Fine and dandy exclaimed the
bunny rabbit gentleman. enthusiastic
Ike HOP away Nurse Jane. Have a
-ood time"
So Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy hoped away.
her tail tied in a pink bowknot to
keep II from dragging in the dust
Ana Uncle Wigglly, after locking the
bungalow, went off through the
woods to look for an adventure. He
had not gone very far before he met
Grandfather GOosey Gander
We'll, 1 was just going over TO YOUR
house, spoke the old goose gentle
man Il s'posc you've heard all about
It, haven't yOu2"
About what" asked Uncle Wig
gily.
The little afternoon tea I'm going
10 give today" went on Grandpa
Z Goosey. I've invited You, and some
Of my old friends. Come and Wen
have good time. And be sure to
wear your blue coat, as I'm going 20
wear mine, and so is DR. Possum. and
g. Whl-eWashs the polar bear, and
Mr. Stubtail and Grandpa Bumper
the goat gentleman
"Oh, ri come all right" said Uncle
wlgEily thoughtful like. land I'll wear
my blue coat, If / can find it, But
afternoon tea"
IT'S the first I thought about IL
myself said Grandpa Goosey Gauder-
"l m just getting the party up. and
you're the first one I've asked I'm
going now to invite the others. but be
sure 70 come and wear your blue
coat"
-Tu do IT," promised Uncle Wig
EllE. as he hoped back TO his hollow
stump bungalow There. just as
Nurse Jane had said, We're his clothes
and his Palm Beach suit lying on ms
bed.
But 7 want my blue coat said
Uncle WiEElly. and. after diving, and
almost swimming. through his clothes
closet he found it,
-MNh .. al. SAM NA.H A.-a...aH
uncle. But when he held the coat up
10 The light. alas, The moth bugs
had EuaWed of every button, Not a
one was left on the coat Alas, again.
Il can't wear IL that way said
Uncle WigElly. Il must sew on some
buttons 1 wonder where Nurse Jane
keeps them
50 he looked all around the hollow
stump bungalow and finally he found
the muskrat lady h1usekeepe r.s work
basket. in IL were needles lnlmUle,
thread of many c0Iors and lots OF but
tons OF many sizes
Wei. 1 ought not 10 have any trou-
bic sewing some buttons on my blue
coat" said Uncle WiSEily-
But you know how il is with cd
gentlemen. even rabbits, when they
try 10 sew on buttons II was TINS
way with Uncle WigEily-
In the first place the thImble .
wouldn't fit. 1t was either TOO tight or .
too loose Anyhow, Ny. LOnsears .
couldn't use IT, Then he pricked his .
paw with the needle. Next the thread .
got all tangled, and when he did man .
aEe 20 get the needle threaded. after .
about an hours work. and had stuck .
-r through . hole in the button. why T.
ne couldn't find the hole through the f.
button on the other side of the cloth. .
10 push the needle back again.
My goodness me sakes alive and F.
some oatmeal musht' cried Uncle .
WiEEiIy. "Tu never be able 70 sew
buttons on my blue coat in time for
the party" and he jabbed the needle F.
every which way through the cloth, j
but only sticking his paws worse.
oh dear, Such trouble as I'm i'm
he cried.
Hal Perhaps can help you.7 said /
a voice
Who are YOU asked Uncle Wig +
g5ly-
The tailor bird was the answer. .
can't sew regular buttons on your
coat, with g regular needle and thread
such as Nurse Jane uses, but can .
use a needle from the pine tree a
SPIDERS cObweb for thread and little
pine tree cones for buttons. VIII they
be all right
Indeed they wiu"' cried Uncle
WiEgily. who would have been glad
Of even ice cream cones for buttons.
So the tailor bird fixed Uncle Wig
gily's coat for him very nicely indeed.
and when Grandpa Goosev and the
other animal friends saw the piuetree
cone buttons they said they were