El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-01

"a ~ goodness me sakes alive
M and some horseradish neck
i Il ties cried Nurse Jane
Fuzzy Wuzzy. The muskrat lady house
keeper for Uncle Wigsily Lonsears
the rabbit gentleman. as she saw him
ready to start out of his hollow stump
bungalow one morning, but why are
You so dressed upc-
Am ] dressed up" asked the bunny
uncle, casual like, which means pre-
tending he wasn't.
ITO be sure you are" went On Nurse
Jane. You must be going somewhere
Your silk hat is newly polished, and
you have on your best clothes
Where are you going
4 an going calling, said Uncle
Calling exclaimed Nurse Jane
Why. you don't have 10 90 anEw here
10 do that. You can stand right here
and call as loudly as you ike This
way Whoo-oO, WhOo-Oo-' and she
called Just like children playing tag
"Oh, I don't mean calling like hol-
lerinE," said Uncle WiEgily with a
laugh 81 mean calling TO see your
friends, making little visits, YOU
know. This is New Years day, and a
ought to 20 see all my old friends and
some Of my new ones. to wish them a
Happy New Year. Its good luck, you
.'Oh. well, then. do it," laughed
Nurse Jane, her whiskers curling up
like little poodle's tail Go calling.
Uncle WigEily, and when YOU come
1ack tell me all about lt. Where are
YOU going
''Oh. Tu pay New Years calls on
Mrs LittIetail, the rabbit lady; on
Mrs. Bushytail. the squirrel, and on
well as on Grandpa Goosey Gandear,
ny quacE-Guack friend said the
bunny.
Go. and may good luck go with
voul' wished Nurse Jane, and Off over
the fields and through the woods went
Uncle WigEiiy LonEears, the puInS
rabbit gentleman
First he came TO Airs. LittletaiPs
house She was the bunny lady mother
OF Sammie and Susie. and she lived IN
a house under the ground, called a
HAPPY New Year" cried Uncle
Same to YOU and many more" said
Mrs. LittletsiL Then in went me
bunny uncle gentleman, and he met
Nir. Littletail, and the Two bunny cA--z en-
dren and had nice time calling ana
eating cakes and drinking tea Haue
from carrots and turnips-
From Mr. Littletalls house Ilc-e
WiEEilv went 20 where Mrs Busny-
-s5I- the squirrel mother OF Johnnie
and Billie lived. There more Happy
New Year wishes were given ana
taken. And so it went on all DAY
Uncle WiEgilv paving calls and nav
ing good times and eating CAKES anu
-ea and what-not-rhings every one
does on New Years day.
Finally. after he had come from the
house Of Jocko and Jumbo hlnl5y tail
tire two monkey BOYS Lncie Nlss-y
sa5d-
wei. 7 wonder where I can 20
uaxt2 It's too soon to 90 home ana
II is not yet dark ] can make another
The buun- RABBIT gentleman was
Going through the woods, when ne
happened TO see cute ntLle mouse
made OF white birch bark. on u was
a. sign which read
CONE N AND MAXI a NEW YEARS +
That's just what III do, said the /
bunny rabbit TO himself ana up ne .
went 70 the bark door. knocking on IL /
with his paw .-- - L. {
went ny L1uga1-S- But no sooner Aau .
The door slammed shut behind MN .
-Ean he saw ne had made q mistake .
and was caught il a trap
For there. standing in the halll
ready 10 GRAB aim. and not At all F
7ool5i1r pleasant as one should on +
New Years dag. was the BAD DIG
SziIligimiull-
al. han cried the Skuligiminiz- 81 .
--i-7- I surely have you this time. You /
haven't any cakes OF soap 10 fool me .
with todcr, have your
No, ] am so-ry to say ] nave NOT
spoke Uncle WiEEily sadly But /
came I'm here to make a New Years /
call. and surely you wouldn't hurt me, I
would YOU
Just you wait and see" answered I
the Sk-ll5. as call him for short. Il m F..
going 10 ute s0use Off your ears and +
tickle you until you have a counip- .
li9u IT."
-Oh. my This is worse and more OF f
-, sadIE rEouEht Uncle MiEgIly 70 !