El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-24

Z know how old he was. and he doesn. I
want any one 10 know that SO III
I Just say that Nurse Jane was going TO
put quite a few candles on the cake
AN right, I'll be home early, SAID
Z the bunny as he hoped off over the
fields and through ths woods, looking
/ for adventures.
Then Nurse Jane started to bake the
cake. And it was a regular victory
cake. too. There was only just enough
sugar in il so as not TO waste any. but
so Nurse Jane might save all she could
for the soldiers, and there was victory
flour in the cake, too, for Uncle Wig
gily and all his friends were out TO
win the war by doing all they could
to help.
So. while Nurse Jane made the cake.
Uncle Wiggily hoDpe,i on and on, sort
OF wondering why the muskrat lady
was so anxious for him to come nome
early. He never thought thing about
his birthday
7 hope I have an adventure before
have TO start back" said Mr. Long
ears to himself. and, just then. over
in the woods he heard a voice crying
"Oh. stop, Please stop, You're
biting me all TO pieces. Oh, you hurt
me-"
We'll, weni II ever I heard the
sound OF trouble that is it," said Uncle
Wiggily quickly. 4 must see what I
can do to help"
Then, as brave as brave could be.
over he rushed intS the WOODS, and
ne saw a bad little fox. who was
gnawing with his sharp teeth az fine
pine tree that stood IN the woods
II was the pine tree crying stop
it, For II pine trees can sigh, which
have often read Of their doing, they
can also cry out and talk
What are you biting the pine tree
for" asked Uncle Niggily Of the fox
boy
Just for fun. TO sharpen my teeth"
was the saucy answer
Please make him sop" begged the
tree "There'u be nothing left OF me If
he keeps on. Looki he has gnawed
lot OF slivers off me now" and IL was
true, for on the ground, under the tree,
were some pine konts and long, thin
slivers OF the wood. filled with a
sticky gum, which All pine trees have.
stop biting thai tree at once"
cried Uncle Wiggily to the bad fox
boy. Get away or I'm turn you
into a Pipsisewall-'
Now that was the worst thing that
could happen to n fox boy. and as
Uncle WigGily looked very brave. and
wasn't at all afraid of the little fox
(though he would have been Of n big
onel, the fox boy stopped gnawinC the
pine tree and ran away
Thank YOU" said the tree 10 Uncle
Wiggily. You saved my life. And you
may as wei take these gnawed-off
nine knots and splinters with you.
They light very easily. and burn
quickly. so they'll be good for Nurse
Jane TO start the fire with. As long
as have lost them you may as well
have them"
Thank YOU" said Uncle WiggiIy. so
he bundled up the pine slivers and
took them hack with him to his hol-
low stump bungalow. And when he
reached home he found Nurse Jane
wringing her paws and sadly saying:
"Oh, dear, Oh, how sad Il is Look
Uncle WigEily, 7 made you a nice
birthday cake. but I can't get A single
candle TO put on it. They have all
been sold to the soldiers. on. your
birthday cake will be spoiled,'
Not at ALL" said the rabbit gentle
man. Look have some pine slivers
and knots that viii burn even better
than candles Wen stick them in the
war-birthdav-cake and light them
And they did. and the slivers OF pine
burned with a bright flame. better
than any candles, ard IT, birthday
cake was Just fine So everything
came out all right, you see: and il the
canary bird viii let the poodle dog
take its bath tub to slide down the {
ironing board hill I'll tell you next Z
about Uncle Wigeily and the sugar
Copyright, 1913, by Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate