El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-17

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low" somewhat proudly answere'
Afr. Longears. There is no tellin.
what may happen since the mOsqui
toes have begun their summer wa
on Us. It is true that the penny
royal weed perfume made them q
away for time, but they may come
And what Will you doc" aske,
Nurse Jane. If they do Gomez
oh. III be here on guard like q
I sentinel soldier" answered the bunny
Z rabbit IF any Of them come during
the night III fire at them with my
bean shooter. They shan't hurt you
Nurse Jane"
Nor YOU. either. I hope said the
muskrat lady. for she like Uncle Wig
! gily very much
Then as the dark night came Uncle
( Wiggily began pacing up and down in
front of the hollow stump bungalow
and the white tent he had set Up, with
q flag in front Of it to make il look
like q real camp of soldiers.
Tramp. Tramp, Tramp" marched
me bunny gentleman rabbit Up and
down on guard duty Tramp, Tramp
Tramp"
The long hours passed. The moon
came up. hid behind some clouds and
then peeped out at Uncle Wiggily,
who was still on guard And then the
And when the wind blew it blew VI
from the salt marshes a big army OF
mosquitoes who were Just waiting
for IT.
"Ah, ha." cried the mosquito cap
tain. as he spread out his wings like
an airship and let his legs hang dang
ling down behind him like the tails
Of 30 Peeps sheep An, hai Now We
shall go to war again, and We shall
try TO capture that old RABBIT gentle
nnan-Uncle Wiggily Longears-"
"Ah, ha." said all the other mos
ouitOes. as they too, spread out their
wings like airships and let the wind
blow them toward the hollow stump
bungalow. All, ha" and the sound
OF their buZzing was like the hum
ming Of the wind
All this while Uncle Wiggily was
pacing up and down in front Of his
tent and bungalow, carrying his
broomstick gun like a soldier and
having his bean shooter all ready by
his side. He looked up At the moon,
and all OF a sudden IL seemed 10 go
behind a cloud
Tt is going to be dark" thought
the bunny. y Will Just sit down ana
rest a while. No mosquitoes viii
come when il is dark"
But that Is just when they did come,
and what the bunny rabbit gentleman
thought was a cloud was bunch of
mosquitoes lAa lMS OhGE tlAE mum ~
hide il from sight
Uncle Wiggily sat down in front Of
his tent. II was very still and quiet,
for the mosquitoes were so high up
that their ouzzing was not heard
Uncle Wiggiiy was warm in his fur
coat His nose twinkled slower and
more slowly. His whiskers did not
jiggle any more. his ears folded them
selves down inside the brim Of his
Observation-Disclosures
fast--fast-fast-
All. har' said the captain mosquito.
lowering in the air above the rabbit
gentleman. '-Ah, hai Now is our
chancer"
What are you going to dog" asked
the captains wife. for mosquito ladies
20 to war Just as soma women vote,
and the mosquito ladies are better
biters than the men-or worse, which
ever way you look at it
we are going TO catch Uncle Wig
gily and take him away with US,
said the captain mosquito He shall
'' But can we do it," asked lieu
tenant mosquito
a-Of course" answered the captain.
Now all OF US must swoop down very
softly, tanning our wings gently so
as 10 make very little noise Then
each one will take hold Of that rab-
Dill some way or OLlEEs anu a4cIH "
all have good holds, by our strong
bills we'll lift him with a Yo-heave-
no, and carry him off 10 our demo-
Good" buzzed all the other mos
Quitoes, Come ont"
So they all settled down on Uncle
WigEily. and before that brave soldier
sentinel rabbit gentleman could
awaken the mosquitoes grabbed him
By his nose, ears. legs, paws whis-
kers, fur overcoat and tall silk hat,
and uD into the air they lifted him.
For there were two hundred and
twenty-seven billion. sixteen trillion,
five million and thirteen thousand
mosquitoes and you know. without
me telling you that so many could
easily lift q rabbit.
Here, What's the matter? What
are you doing2 Where are you taking
me" cried Uncle Wiggily, waking up
and trying TO get loose. Let me go.
Let me go"
No No" cried the mosquitoes. and
they would not
Uncle Wiggily tried to fire at the
mosquitoes with his bean shooter.
loaded with tslcum and tooth powder,
but the bad biting bugs stuffed their
legs and wings and bills down in the
hole Of the shooter so il would not
work
Then an extra big mosquito. the
king Of them all, came along. and
with his help Uncle Wiggily was
caught and taken away, being car