El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-23
Bedtime Story For The Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY AND BILLIE'S BALL.
-rr, By HOWARD r. CARIs.i.air1ssl.a.1-

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to himself. as he stopped TO look
around at sounds like one OF my
friends. but, sim IL might be the
Skeezlcks or the nose-pinchlng Chin
pauzee. I'd better look
50 he looked and, behind a stump.
holding something In bus paws was
BuIie Bushytail the squirrel boy
What's the natter BIlie- asked
Uncle Wiggily.
"Oh, how you scared me. criea ne llt
squirrel chap. jumping UP suddenly.
i thought you were the bat AFTER me
The bar2" cried Uncle Misgi-y'
why. I've told you thar bats are NUM-
bered among our friends Iney won
hurt you"
"Oh, I know the flying bats won't,
said Billie. But ] meant a 0asepa
hat. 1 thought YOU were that kind
And why pray asked the buEAy
gentleman
"0h. because 7 have my baseball
was the squirrel boys answer. and
thought the bat was after It. The bar
hits the bali. YOU know"
isYes. I know it does said the bum
NY. But Tn not the bat, and so
suppose you'u so along now and play
baseball with the rest Of the animal
@Oh. no." said Billie. with a sad
shake Of his head i can't play BAH
-Tvbv notea asked Uncle Wiggily
Because this ball is no good and
Billie held IL up ITS all SOFT and
mushy. and you can't bat il at all
Tnats why Pm so sad
"Weu. that's funny thing TO ba
sad about spoke tne bunny, q l-.lS- !. y
basebalr Why, 81 might turn our 70
be the very best kind In The world
.-Oh. nor and Billie shook his head
and his tail ''Nushy baseballs arc
no good. I'd like to get a new. hard
one, but promised my father I'd not
spend any money this week I'm say
ing no 20 buy @ war thrift stamp
THAT'S good" said Uncle WiEgily-
"But r wish 7 had a terrible hard
BALI vent on the squirrel boy IL
And then. all OF a sudden. out from
under a bush jumped the bad old Szee-
zicks- he took The bali away from
Billie and cried
Vow I have you both I've caught
you again, Uncle Wiggily, and uon
you dare 20 run away from me OF p
throw this big. hard baseball at you.
Don't You dare 10 rum
But brave Uncle WISELY cried;
Come on. Billie. Let's run as ias'
And away they ran 10 get rid Of the
stop. stopl OF III throw this hard
basel ball at you and am gOOu,
straight throWer.' snickered the Skee-
ticks stop or III thr0W.'
Throw away as hard as you likes
said Uncle Wiggily- and the Skse-
ticks threW Billie's baseball II hit
Uncle Wiggilv on the head and then
bounced OF and struck Billie, the
squirrel
"Therel 7 guess thatu make you
stopg cried the Skeezicks, for Uncle
WigEly and Billie had run far away
'.Hai il takes more than a soft
mushy baseball 10 stop us, laughed
Uncle Wiggily. That didn't hurt US :
hit"
And the Skeezicks was so surprised
and disappointed that he turned a pep
persault and ran home
DO you want q hard baseball noWl'
asked Uncle Wiggily Of Billie.
NO. Z guess the mushy soft one is
all right" said the squirrel boy. as
be ran off to play So this teaches US
that even a slimpsy cream puff may
be OF some use in this world, and. if
the moving picture doesn't slide OFF
the screen and sit on the bass drum s
little brother. III ten you next about
Uncle Wiggily and the charcoal
Copyright 1913, by Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate