El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-23
Bedtime Story For The Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE WOODEN HORSE.
-- By HOWARD 4. GARIs. r,r,-r,Brr-ru-

hotel for himself and Nurse Jane, as
he had done once before, and almost
l the first day in the sunshine and by
I the waves his nose began to twinkle
/ better.
He and Nurse Jane walked up and
down the boardwalk. which couldn't
run by itself, Of course. and the liked
/ IL so much that one day they walked
away down to the far end, and stood
[ looking out at the ocean
at is lovely here said the muskrat
l lady. DO you feel better?
Much better" answered Uncle
Wiggily And he felt so fine that he
fell asleep. and so did Nurse Jane.
Il was evening when they awak-
up with a jump Uncle Wigglly cried:
why Wen be late for dinner at the
hollow stump hotet We must hurry
back
Indeed We mustt" said Nurse Jane.
'Oh, dear, and III have TO dress after
I get there, and put powder on my
nose and that will make me later than
ever"
Couldn't you let the powder go this
once2" asked Uncle Wiggiy-
I'm afraid not" said Nurse Jane.
"An the animal ladies' at the hollow
stump hotel powder their noses before
dinner. and / must do the same or I
won't be in the swim"
In the swim2" asked Uncle Wig
gily, puzzled Ike Are you going 70
splash in the ocean,
NO, I just mean wouldn't be styl-
ish II / didn't powder my nose said
the muskrat lady But it is going
to make US frightfully late. We must
hurry, Wiggily-'
So the rabbit gentleman and the
walk, back to their hollow stump no
tel, but the boardwalk was very long
and they kept getting later and later
and they were beginning 10 fear there
would be no dinner for them (dinner
being the fashionable name for sup
PERI, when All Of a sudden they heard
"oh, dear oh. my poor legs. Oh.
s'Hai That sounds ike some one
in trouble" said Uncle Wiggily. Il
must see II can help"
BE careful" said Nurse Jane I
Maybe its the skillery-scalery alli- .
Nonsense said Uncle Wiggily.
He doesn't know I'm here Who are z
you and what is the trouble2" he d
asked. for 1t was too dark 10 see
i am a big toy wooden horse, was
the answer, and I'm hitched 70 q biz
playing with me on the boardwalk
this afternoon. but he ran the wheels
Of the wagon. and my LEGS into q .
big crack between the boards, where
they stuck, and here he has left me 4
I'm here yet, and can't get out, pull 4
and kick as 7 have"
That's too bad" said Uncle Wiggi- 4
y I'll help you III gnaw, with Z:
ny strong teeth. the board in the T
walk, and set you free Z
So the rabbit gnawed the boards, 4
md the legs OF the wooden horse and \
he wheels Of the cart came free from
The crack and then the horse could
rot along.
But before he ran along he said:
Hop into my cart. Uncle Wiggily
md Nurse lane. and III ride you to
.he hollow stump hotel in time for
Inner" And he did and the bunny
md muskrat lady weren't late at all
md Nurse Jane had time TO powder
Ter nose So you see it's a good thing
IT. LOngears helped the wooden
iorse, which came to life most mag
cally for him. And IL the salt water
affy doesn't so swimming in the
hocolate soda and turn into fudge.
II tell you next about Uncle Wiggily
nd the rolling chair--CopyriEh
SIS, by Mcclure Newspaper Syndi-
ate.