El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-12

EEIWHERE are you going. Uncle
w Wiggily?" asked Nurse Jane
Fuzzy wuzzy. the muskrat lady
housekeeper for the old rabbit gentle
man, as she saw him hop off the front
porch Of his hollow stump bungalow
down at the seashore one day. Where
are you going. Mr.. Longears?"
"Oh. just to take a walk and look
for an adventure" he answered.
Then please take Brown Betty with
you." called Nurse Jane.
Does she need filling sgain?''
asked Uncle Wiggily.
she does" said Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy.
Then I'll take her," went on Uncle
Wiggily, and back to the hollow
-tump he went to get Brown Betty.
Vow, you might think that Brown
Betty was a little girl, who needed
filling UP with loLypops or ice cream
cones, and that Uncle Wiggily was go
ing TO take her along 20 do this. But
Brown Betty was not little girl. She
was a nice brown earthenware Jug,
and she was kept filled with molasses
so Nurse Jane could bake ginger cook
les, and so Uncle Wiggily could have
molasses on his carrot pancakes in the
morning.
Yes. III take Brown Betty along
and have her filled for you" said the
bunny RABBIT gentleman. as he tucked
the brown jug under his paw and
started Off down the seashore sands.
He and Nurse Jane called the jug
Brown Betty just for fun
Along went Uncle Miggily with the
jug and he had not gone very far be
fore he passed a big bunch Of seaweed
on the shore And behind this seaweed
was hiding a bad old gazook- Now a
gazook is something like a hatpin,
only worse, and II just loves candy.
lollypops. honey and all things sweet
like that
But, worst Of all. the gazook is a
friend Of the skuddlemagoon. the bad
animal that had so many times tried
to catch Uncle Wiggily- The skuddle-
magoon and the gazook lived in the
ocean. and they both liked TO bite
sousa off a rabbits ears
-Oh, no. All, hai" cried the gazook,
as he saw Uncle WiEgily going past
the pile Of seaweed with Brown Betty
under his paw. All. hal Here is my
chance! III hide here until he comes
hack and then I'll jump out and grab
him"
What fore" asked a risky sea
urchin. who was lying on the seaweed
near the gazook. why viii you catch
Uncle Wiggily2"
so I can bite souse off his ears,
and drink the sweet molasses out OF
that brown jug he carries" answered
the gazook-
Is there any molasses in it?' asked
the sea urchin-
NO. but there soon will be-" spoke
the other bad creature Brown jugs
like that are only made TO hold mo-
lasses. and I can tell by the way he
hops that Uncle Wiggily IS on the way
to the store. III wait until he comes
back and then I'll grab him and drink
all the molasses- I'm just hungry for
sweetened souse today"
So all unconscious OF the fate in
store for him. as you may have read
in a book. Uncle Wiggily hoped on
and on, and pretty soon he was at the
grocery store where they sold molas-
ses. And. a little later. with the
brown jug filled. he was on his way
home again to his hollow stump bun
galow-
We'll. I don't guess an going to
have any adventure this day." said
the old rabbit gentleman. when. all Of
a sudden. Just as he came to the pile
Of seaweed, a voice cried:
"Oh, yes you are. too"
Ct are 10 what2" asked Uncle Wig
gily, before he thought
You are to have an adventure to
day" cried the bad gazook. and out he
bounced on Mr.. Longears, grabbing
Brown Betty away from the rabbit
what are you going to do?" asked
the bunny.
I'm going to bite souse of your
ears" answered the gazook, and then
I m going to pour some sweet molas-
ses over it. I love sweet things"
"Oh, please don't take any Of Nurse I