El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-25
Bedtime Story For The Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY AND The SALT TAFFY.


chestnuts, but salt IN candy
Burr-r-r-r-r-'' And he gave a sort OF
SILVER shudder.
eDon't be facetiousi" rebuked Nurse
Jane salt water taffy is only called
[ that because Il Is made here at Paci
/ antic City and in Asbury Grove also
near the salty ocean The candy is
Z as sweet and good as any made near
Lake Hopatcong.
oh. then. all right Treat me 10 as
/ much as you like OF it, said the bunny
/ uncle. twinkling his pink nose almost
! as nicely as ever. for his stay at the
shore was doing him good
Come along" invited Nurse Jane
-Hoi Tor the salt water taffyi Wen
80 down 10 the boardwalk and get a
So the bunny rabbit gentleman and
the muskrat lady nurse gave q hop
skip and a jump from their hollow
stump hotel down TO the walk along
the sandy ocean beach. and there they
bought salt water taffy Of many ia
vOrs-crean and sugar and coffee and
tea and lemon and lettuce and carrot
and turnip, and even Hartford Con
necticut. which is a very fine flavor
indeed
The candy came wrapped Up IN little
twisty pieces Of paper to keep the
sticky part OF II off the paws OF Uncle
they strolled along the boardwalk and
ate and ate. and even nine.
Oh, excuse me- 7 didn't mean that
Nine comes from eight, but Uncle
Wiggily and Nurse Jane didn't DO any
mining They Just ate.
DO you like my treat2' asked the
muskrat lady OF the rabbit gentle
1T IS very fine. indeed he said.
1t win be my turn 70 treat JOmOr-
row must think how I am going
So he and Nurse Jane walked along
the board path, eating the salt water
taffy, and they we're having a good
time. when all at once. I'D through an
extra large crack. popped the bad old
SkeezicHst
'.Ah. han snickered the skeezicks.
q am just in time. 7 see, FOR a good
meal-"
"Of salt water taffy. do you mean?"
asked Uncle Wiggily quickly
Z do not," howled the Slzeezicks.
Y mean a meal on the souse off your
esrsr'
How did you know we were herec7
asked Nurse Jane. hoping TO keep the
Skeezicl1s talking long enough so that
a boardwalk policeman would come
along and arrest him.
The skillery-scalery alligator told
me" said the bad souse-eating chap.
and 7 came right down 20 see you.
Now I'm here and you're here and Tn
going to
Excuse me Just a moment" said
Nurse Jane. and she ran down to the
beach where the ocean waves washed
up. And when she came back she
went on: I didn't mean TO detain
you. Mr.. Sheezicks. but before you
take and bite any souse off Uncle
WigEily's ears. or mine. would you
not like a bit OF salt water taffy2 1t
is very good
@Of course III have some" Erowled
the Skeezicks not at all politely. 1T
viii give me an appetite. Hand II
over"
He fairly grabbed the salt water
she held IL out TO him. and as the
"Oh. wowi Oh. double VOW Oh
trolley transfers and seven cent fares,
Oh this is terribly salt must run
and get a drink" and away re ran,
not hurting Uncle Wiggily Nurse Jane
az all
what made him 80 away aswed
the bunny.
q guess he didn't Ike the taffy."
laughed Nurse Jane 'I dipped II IN
the ocean and made Il real salty
Watery for him"
.iOh. hoi I see" said the bunny. 1T
served him right And II the baby
elephant doesn't sit down on the
suairS tall silk hat and make IL look
like a licorice drop. III tell you next
about Uncle WiEEily and the sand
uiIe.-Copvrigh 1918. by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.