El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-26
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
UNCLE wIGGILY SEvEN-MILE BOOTS
/ By HOWARD X GARIS.

or carrots. such as Nurse Jane and
eat spoke the bunny, you are vel
come to as many as you like
Thank you" said the ragged man
III take some. if you please"
So he went back to the hollow stump
bungalow with Uncle Wiggily, and as
the man. small as he was. proved TO
be too large TO get inside, Nurse Jane
brought his dinner of cabbage soup.
baked turnips and fried carrots out on
the poIc Oh to him.
Why do you wear that pair OF OLD
boots about your neck asked Uncle
Wiggily- Pardon my seeming so
curious-like and inquisitive. went on
the bunny uncle, making his pink noSe
twinkle very fast indeed. but l would
like very much to know
These are magical boots, said the
ragged man. who was hungry no
longer. I wear them about my neck
so l viii not lose them even when 1 lie
down in the woods to sleep. But am
not allowed to tell what is magical
about them until some one has need OF
them. And as I do not need to use
them now. and as you or Miss FUZZY
Wuzzy do not, I can't tell you whaL
they are for
ever I can tell you I viii, and II ever
I can do you a favor I Will. be sure
of that. You have been very kind TO
me-"
linen ne went OH waking III LiF
woods again, and after a while Uncle
Wiggily once more started his search
for an adventure. since he did not call
feeding the ragged and hungry man
much of a happening.
But Uncle Wiggily had no sooner
started away from his hollow stump
bungalow than Nurse Jane came run
ming after him
ooh. Uncle Wiggilyi' cried the musk
rat lady, Mrs. Littletail Just tele-
hot Il ha 70
boy. is very i'll and they want you 10
go for DR.. Postum.
Well. I'll go. of course" said the
rabbit gentleman, but It seems TO me
it would be quicker If we telephoned
That can't be done" said Nurse
Jane. He IS not in his office He went /
away off in the woods TO take medicine
to a sick bear who is staying in the
hollow log with your friend. Neddie
Stubtail They have no telephone in the
winter. you know. So the only way TO
get Dr. Postum is TO go away off IN
the woods. miles and miles. and tell
him yourself 10 come as fast as he can
in his automobile TO cure Sammie. Dr..
Possum has his auto in the woods with
him
'Au right I'll 60" said Uncle Wig
gily, and he started off, hopping very
fast indeed
on and or he went through the woods
after DR.. Possum, who cured all the
sick animals But pretty soon the
bunny uncle came to a place in the Z
woods where the ground was all COW
cred with snow and ice. and he began I
slipping backward.
"Oh, this is TOO bad" cried Uncle
Wiggily- I'll never get there this way
and something NAV happen 10 Sammie
before I can tell DR.. Possum TO come
to him"
Uncle WiggiIy tried and tried to run. !
crawl hop or walk along the slippery /
place in the woods. but the more he :
tried the worse it was. He began TO
slide backwards very fast
"Oh. what shall I do" cried the rab-
bit gentleman
Perhaps this is where I can help
you" said a voice. and from behind
bush came the little ragged man with
the old boots hanging about his neck.
What is the trouble?''
Z am in a hurry to get to Dr.. Pos
sum to tell him 10 go 10 Sammle LII
tie tail" answered Uncle Wiggily-
But on account of the slippery ice and /
snow I cannot move If I had my air
ship or my automobile I might get
along. but they are both broken and
are being fixed"
''Then can help YOU said the man.
taking the boots off his neck. And
can also tell you, now. what is mag
icai about these" and he handed the
boots to the bunny q got them from ,
the King OF the Golden Mountains"
went on the little man 1neN VIII III
anybody. from a giant to dwarf And
whoever puts them on has only to wish
himself wherever he wants TO be. and
he'll be there in 4 second The boots
will take whomever wears them seven
miles at each step"
Seven miles, cried the surprised /
Uncle WiggiIv THAT is some step, |
No wonder they are magical,''
Put them on quickly" said the little I
man. and wish yourself wherever DR..
Possum is" Uncle WiEgilv did so. ;
slipping the boots on over his ruobers /,
quite easily.
Il wish myself where DR.. Possum is" |
he said
In an instant he was At the bears !
hollow log. the magical boots having 4
carried the rabbit gentleman through !
the woods seven miles at each step.
Then Uncle WigEily told DR.. Possum 1
what was needed. and the doctor put on
the seven-mile boots and wished him
self at the Littletail burrOw. and he 4
was there in a second. and quickly
cured Sammie Of the epizootic
Then, when Uncle Wiggily came back
in Dr. Possum's auto. the seven-mile
boots were given back to the ragged
little man. who travelled on until he got /
so rich he was never hungry acain-
SO the rabbit gentleman had his ad-
venture after all. and if the clothesline
doesn't try to pull the snow shovel
down hill into the coal bin to play tag
I'll tell you next of Uncle Wiggilv and
SleeDing Beauty.-Copvright 1917. by
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.