El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-28
BEDTIME STORY FOR THE LITTLE ONES
UNCLE wIGGILY AND THE ICE MAIDEN
BIZ HOWARD r. GAEIs.

oh. dear. I don't know what to do,
] can't find him anywhere, and, unless
1 do soon, all these pretty things VIII
/ spoil"
IA. That sounds like trouble" said
/ Uncle Wiggily- Here's where / come
| in. rheumatism or not" Then he stepped
I out from behind an old stump, ana ne
| saw. sitting on another stump not Tar
away. a beautiful maiden She was
dressed in white furs from the top OF
! her head to her little feet, on when
were fur boots. Snowflakes were IN
her hair. and the fringe on her cloak
I " as made OF icicles-
oh. dear,' cried the maiden How
! sad Il all isr'
What is sad?' asked Uncle Wiggily.
I the bunny gentleman I seem TO think
| everything is all right. for spring viii
soon be here with fresh lettuce
That is justine trouble said the
other 1T IS getting so warm tnaI
! the snowflakes in my hair are melting
and SO is my icicle fringe. while. a.
for the things in my basket
Excuse me-" interrupted Uncle Wig
giiy with d polite bow, but VINO are
and what have you IN your basket
I am the Ice Maiden" was the an
swer. land in my basket we're some
beautiful hard frozen ice cakes and
snow buildings that Old Boreas the
North Wind. made for his friend Jack
Frost Boreas gave them TO me, the Ice
Maiden. 20 bring 10 Jack. but ] must
snOwflakes are melting. as are my
icicles, and all the good things in my
Z basket are melting. too Oh, dear " hat
shall I dO2 ]. myself. feel like melting
oh. I would not like to see that"
said Uncle Wiggily-
Neither would J." said the Ice Maid
en- for when I get TOO far south l
change into a puddle Of water. and
am not at al nice to look at that way.
I'm not At all pretty. Ike woodland
THAT is too bad" said Uncle Wig
gily. i must see how I can help you
But how did you happen 10 get so far
south. where IL Is getting warm, so
that every thing made Of ice and snow
melts: how did IL happen2'
7 guess Old Boreas, the North Wind,
must have blown me too far" said the
Ice Maiden. He was so anxious for
Jack Frost 10 have the frozen pudding
and other things. I guess BOreas did
not stop to see where he was blowing
me. Oh. dear, I am so warm. IN melt
ing to pieces, on. what shall I do
~lfal I have it," cried Uncle Wiggily.
making his pink nose twinkle to show
how friendly he was to the Ice Maiden
What do you mean2" cried the Ice
maiden DO you mean you have Jack
Frost2 Good, II you have I can give
him what is left OF the frozen pudding
and things. and go back TO the North
Pole. where 1 live"
NO. I haven't Jack Frost" said Tn
YOU and the good things from melting
until you can give them TO Jack Frost"
Where viii you take me-" asked the
Ice Maiden.
TO the cave OF Nj Whitewash, the
bear" answered the bunny uncle.
oh. hut I am afraid of bears said
the Ice Maiden. and besides, it viii
De so warm in q cave that 1 viii melt
faster there than out OF doors"
Not in this cave" laughed Uncle
WiEgily 1T is filled almost solid with
cakes OF ice and you can't imagine
how cold II is, Mr. Whitewash IS a
bear Who likes it cold
ooh. then he must be q Polar bear
"He is" said Uncle WiEgily- Then
quickly he led the fast melting Ice
Maiden TO the Polar bears cave. and Il
turned out that Mr. Whitewash had
. known the Ice Maiden when they used
70 go to school and Goldfish ball par
ties together at the North Pole. so
they had a good time IN the ice cave.
which just suited the Ice Maiden. and
she and M. Whitewash played check
ers with frozen snowballs-
But how will I get these things 20
Jack Frost2" asked the Ice Maiden.
They are beginning to freeze again"
I'll give big howl and ca4 up Ola
Boreas. the North Wind" said the Polar
bear. land ne can blow YOU back again
the way you came, up toward the North
Pole
So M WhiteWaSh hoWied, Boreas,
the North Wind, answered. and soon
the Ice Maiden was being blown on her
way 70 Jack Frost with the ice cake
and the frozen pudding. and the farther
north she went the harder they froze,
until when she reached AR Frost, they
were frozen solid. just the way he liked
I them And all that happened to the Ice
Maiden because she went too far south,
was that one of her eyebrows melted,
but that soon grew in again
J oil ne and
in the next story. il the carpenter man
doesn't make a hole in our floor so the
dining room table slips down into the
coaIbin. III tell you next about Uncle
Wfggily and the Match Bov.-Copy-
right. 1917. BY Mcclure Newspaper
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