El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-03

] GGOH, Sammie. Aren't you glad %
U y Wen. I just guess I am. Bill
/ lie. Won't we have a lot Of fun"
u And ven make so much noise that
Z even IL It thunoers we won't hear it,
"Weui Wen. I wonder what all this
{ IS going on2" thought Uncle Wiggily
l Longears the rabbit gentleman, as he
B heard this talk under the window Of
I his hollow stump bungalow one morn
Z ing. Il must see about this Too much
noise viii give my muskrat lady
housekeeper the fan-doodles-'
So the bunny uncle carefully and
softly looked around the corner OF
his home in the woods, thinking, per-
haps, he might see the unpleasant old
Skeezicks or perhaps the Mandy
Panty, whens all Of a sudden, he
noticed Johnnie and Billie Bushytail,
the Two squirrel boys and Sammie
Litt4eLall. the rabbit The animal
boys were talking and laughing
What is 10 that's going TO make
sily, as he walked along, twinkling
his pink nose almost like a skyrocket.
July crackers answered Sammie.
July crackers- repeated tie bun
ny.
sure" went on Johnnie the squir-
rel Don't you know what day 70 IS
tomorrow
Thursday" answered Uncle Wig
yes. but it's also TIE Fourth OF
July said Billie, the other squirrel
boy. ITS Independence day, and
we're going TO make a lot OF noise
and bang-bangs and shoot and
Vow, just wait one minute. II you
please said Uncle Wisgily. You /
boys know don't want 20 spoil your I
fun, and especially not on the Fourth I
OF July Bur you know IL isn't all /
lowed 10 do those things any more" ]
What thingsT asked Sammie, the I
rabbit
"Oh. shooting off fire crackers and /
torpedoess and cannon and sky rock I
cts and squibs and chssers and Ro-
man candles and all that IL isn't al ]
lowed any more. because so many i
children used TO get hurt that way 4
blown up and burned and so on. no /
more Of the old Fourth OF July"
But what can we dO-" asked John /
ME. We want 10 have some fun
Yes, 1 know you do" spoke Uncle 4
Wigglly. and III try 10 help you.
But instead Of making a lot OF bang I
bangs. would IL nou - letter TO 90 u
on picnic in the woods. AID have ]
ice cream and cake and
Cant we even have onC fire I
cracker asked Billie.
Uncle Wiggily shook his pink nose. +.
NO" he said. cit is best not TO- D.
You might set burned Leave IL 10 I
me. III see that you have a good
time"
Johnnie and Billie and sammie
were not sure that this would hap
pen still they didn't want TO say no
10 Uncle Wiggily- The next day was
he Fourth Of July. Up 70 the hollow
stump bungalow came the animal
Joys and girls Tor the squirrels and
he rabbit chaps had told all their
rlends that there was 10 be a sur
rise.
All Of a sudden. from Uncle Wig
-ily.s hollow stump bungalow came a
oud noise Ike;
Crack, Crack, Crackity-crack-
rack"
ron. it's Fourth OF July after ALI"
ried Billie.
And Uncle Wiggily is making a
oise-" added Sammie
Out on the porch came the bunny I
n his paws he held a big dish. and
he bang-bang noise came from that
What Is it2" asked Lulu Wibble-
'ohble. the duck.
July crackers" answered Uncle
.iggily with a smile. Nurse Jane
uzzy WuZzy made them. They're
Teet crackers. with sugar straw
reak them in pieces TO eat them the
-ackers crack like a torpedo and a
nall cannon. Seer
He broke the hard baked crackers
pieces. making lots Of noise. and
'ssed the pieces 10 the animal chill
rem
oh, how good they are" said sam e
And they make a noise like Fourth I#