El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-07
Bedtime Story for the Little Ones
UNCLE wIGGILY AND THE ASH SITTER
HOWARD R. GARIs.u

I for the furnace. if I sift the fine
ashes out with a sieve. I'll Go it
! Once more, no sooner said than
done with Uncle Wiggily. OF ne
hoped, on his red, white and blue
striped barber pole rheumatism
| crutch to get an ash sitter, which IS
la thing like a coffee or tea strainer'
only larger, and with bigger holes
in it.
NOW to save coal and help win the
war" said the bunny as he took a
box OF ashes from his furnace out In
the yard back OF the bungalow and
/ began sitting them
Better put on your old clothes TO
sift ashes" called Nurse Jane. and
Uncle Wiggily did so. With an old
cap, an old coat and old trousers, that
( he used in the summer for camping
out on the orange Ice Mountains,
Uncle Wiggily began to put the coal
and ashes in the sieve.
"Ha, Why, I look almost like
/ tramp rabbit" said Uncle Wigglly
with a laugh. when he caught sight
of himself in the glass as he went out
I through the kitchen to begin sitting
] the ashes.
Back and forth he shook the sieve.
| The fine no-good ashes ratified down
/ into a box, but the good half-burned
coal and the clinkers stayed in the
sieve.
'sNow I'll throw the cllnkers out and
save the cinders," said Uncle Wiggily.
and he began to do this. He was
covered with dusty ashes by this time.
and that, with his old clothes on,
made him look more than ever like q
tramp rabbit, but still a good tramp.
Mr.. Longears was just going to
sieve another lot Of the ashes, to help
do his bit in winning the war. when.
all ar once along came the bad old
sHelio. therer' cried the Skeezicks,
flicking some snow flakes off his tail.
Il came to bite some souse off Uncle
Wiggily's ears. You haven't seen
him around today have you. Mr.. Ash
All first Uncle Wiggily was going
to be frightened and run away, but
when he heard the Skeezicks say
that. the bunny at once thought:
why. that bad chap doesn't know
me with my old clothes on. and all
covered with ashes as I ami I've
fooled him. I've fooled him.
Then Uncle Wiggily. making his
voice sound as much like a clinker-
mixer as he could, said:
"Well, that Uncle Wiggily man was
around here a while ago, but
haven't seen him in some time, and
this was true. for Uncle Wiggily
hadn't seen himself since he looked in
the kitchen glass
said the Skeezicks- I guess III go
look for him to bite some souse off
his ears" and away went the Skee-
Kicks. never for one moment dream
ing that the bunny rabbit he wanted
was right there in front of him
"Ha- He doesn't know me-"
laughed Uncle Wiggily up his sleeves
And then he sifted more ashes and
when Cup. the nice horse was slipping
down a slippery hill. Uncle Wiggily
carried some of the fine ashes and
sprinkled some under his hoOfs SO Cup
didn't slip any more.
SO you see two good things came
of the bunnv rabbits ash sitter. He
saved himself from having souse bit
ten off his ears and he helped Cup.
And IL the pussy cats fluffy tail
doesn't tickle the mouse trap. and
make It catch cold in fits piece of
cheese. III tell you next about Uncle
Wisgilv and the war bread--Copy-
right. 1918, by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.