El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-30

, his queer little wagon Uncle WiggiIy
saw Jnat II was made Of one narrow
/ piece OF board nailed to another piece
! On the bottom Of the first piece were
Z fastened. at each end, two wheels
/ from roller skates. Neddie put one
| foot on the top Of this board, took
I hold Of the outstanding board in his
/ paws, gave himself a push with his
I other foot. and down the sidewalk he
/ rode on his roller skate scooter.
l. See. Uncle Wiggilyi" he called
I back to the bunny rabbit gentleman.
You can 90 fast or slow. Now don't
Why. yes. guess might try II.
salu Uncle WiEglly, taking off his tall
SILK hat and putting aside his red
white and blue striped rheumatism
] cruteh- III take a little scoot"
: MI Longearsl The very ideai"
Z cried a surprised voice. and there
/ stood Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy
/ Surely you aren't going scooting al
your ageH she cried.
I W hats the matter with my age2H
asked the bunny. I'm not too old to
take a chancel"
Dear mel" exclaimed Nurse Jane
wrapping her paws in her apron. for
she had been washing the dishes. "He
Z Is certainly the queerest old rabbit
gentleman ever kept a hollow stump
bungalow for Yes. indeed"
Ihen Nurse Jane went in the
]
ready. to 90 scOOting. Neddie showed
him how to put one foot on the
scooter, and push off with the other.
and how to hold on. with his paws.
10 the up-sticlzing part, or handle
Here ] CO. cried Uncle WfgEily
az ne began slowly TO push himself
Ss-long on the scooter watch me,
I'm watchingF" cried the bear
And 50 an 4" growled another
voice. And Il was the voice Of the
unpleasant old Pipsisewah. This had
chap was hiding in the tall grass
halfway down the sidewalk hill IN
front OF Uncle Wiggiiy's Bungalow
BE had seen the bunny rabbit get on
Needless scooter
When he gets to where 7 an hid
ms, said the Pip to himself, "rn
Jump out on his back, and. before he
Knows what's happening I'll bite a
tot OF souse off his ears. That will
pay him for having thrown a hot
roasted potato at me as he did last
So while Uncle WiegfIy was scoot-
ing down the hill on Neddie's roller
shate-or-mob PipsiseWah stood
hiding and ready to jump out.
NoWs my chancet" whispered the
Pipsisewah as he gathered himself
for a spring. Just as Uncle Wiggily
came near out leaDed the Pip. Right
on the bunny's back he meant to hon.
put Just then. as Il happened. Uncle
Wiggily slipped and rolled off the
scooter And what should happen but
mat the Pfpsisewah landed right on
the board. with both paws, in Uncle
Wiggily's place.
The scooter kept on going down
NIL faster and faster. but Uncle
Wiggily wasn't on It. The bunny had
slipped Off into a clump Of soft.
9rled grass and wasn't hurt a BIT.
But the Pipsisewah on the scooter.
Mhat happened 20 him9 Oh. mvi
raster and faster he went scootfng
qoWn the hill. and. all OF a sudden
ne reached the bottom and right into
fence he bunked.
over the fence IS outr' CRIED Ned
die IS the Pip sailed across The
boards into vacant lot. And then
the bad chap. all lame and fun OF
sphnters, limped away. The hear
boy ran and picked up his scooter
It wasn't hurt hardly an an
10 you want to scot any more.
Uncle Wiggilv?" he asked.
%. said the bunnv. aTU watch
you. And Neddie had lots Of nm
and Nurse Jane said. 7 told Won
So. But really It came out an right
think. and If the snowbar doesn't
ran down when it's trying to learn
20 skate with the ice cream cone mi
tel you about Uncle Wiegilv coast
,ng.-Copyright. 1919. by the Ne-
cure Newspaper Syndicate.