El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-04
Bedtime Stories For The Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGIY AND SUSIE'S MUFF.
BY HOWARD GARIs.


}, So the little bunny girl ana her
, mother hoped on 20 the and u
II cent store. Uncle WISELY went look
D nE for an adventure and, after a
while. something happened
IL was later in the afternoon, and
, home TO his hollow stump bungalow
/ and he was feeling rather bad that ne
had not met with an adventure that
day. when, all Of a sudden there was
a rustling In the bushes.
Ha- Maybe THIS IS an anE emf ur e
inowr thought Uncle WISELY, all
ready to run il IL should turn out 70
, be the FlpslseWan- But IL was only
susie Littetail, with her new nun
why. SUSIE aren't you coming
home from school rather late2' Uncle
Wiggily asked
was kept in"
Not for whispering. I hope" said
NO. for taking my new muff out Of
my desk in school time and shoWln8
il TO Lulu WibbleWobble,' was the an
swer -But I won't do u again, ana
the lady mouse teacher didn't make
me stay in very long
1T is rather late, however Uncle
. Wiggily said I'm walk home through
the woods with you. susie, so nothing
{ viii but 81 would be too bad II any
thing should happen TO your new
muff"
susie thought so. too. and she
I walked along. rubbing the nice, soft
silk plush Of her muff. The animal
folk don't use fur muffs. but always
I the kind made Of silk plush. or else
fluffy cotton from the inside Of the
PODS Of the milkWead plant
So Susie and Uncle WigEily were
walking along and the rabbit gentle
] man had looked at and admired the
bunny girls new muff from the y
ana s cent store when, an OF sud-
: Gen, there was howl and a scrann-
[ bling among the dried leaves and IN
Gle Wiggily felt himself grabbed and
I pulled along backward
"Oh. deari What has me now.'
cried the bunny gentleman
Il haVe." whispered susie in his left
ear. THE bad old vol jumped out
Just then, and was going 70 grab US
botu- but saw him IN time and 1
caught hold Of YOU and 7 pulled you
inside this hollow stump with me
And so we are inside a hollow
stump, are We-' asked Uncle Wiggily.
yes" answered susie in a whisper.
and the wolf IS waiting for Us out
Il wonder how long hen waltz
asked Uncle WigEily.
~I'll wait until you both come outr'
howled the bad chap -Oh, ] heard I
what you said-" he went on You {
fooled me getting away so quickly and Z
are hiding in that hollow stump. But Z
you can't stay there all uight You'll !
have to come out soon and then III I
get you Oh you souse- YUM YUM I
Dear me-. said Uncle MigEliT 10 7
Susie This IS rather TOO bad.T
Indeed II is" said Susie. as she /
stroked her silk plush muff with her /
paw.
III we on1r had something with /
which 20 scare away the wolf we 4
would come cut Of this hollow stump 4
an TignL said Uncle NiggilF- If ]
your brother Sammie were only here I
he might have something in one Of i
MS many pockets TO scare the bad I
chap IS he scared the Skeezicl-s By I
throwing marbles at ufln.
WIS, have something TO scare I
the wolf said Susie.
In your pocket asked Uncle wig /
Course nott Girls don't have peck
eLS- So1uv laughed Susie But ] j
have my nun Here. Uncle WIgEily,
take H. Put i on your head, in place
or your Ia!L SIX hat. The muf looks
usr like the bearskin hats some SOL
1iers wear. Put my muff on your
head, stick your ears inside and then
poke your head up out OF the stump.
me wolf VIII see you and
-Lll do IT," said the bunny. With I
he mu1f on his head he slowly rose I
I'D from within the stump. And, no
ooner CD tire WDlt see the black. silk
plush thins- like the hat OF a dragon
soldier, than the bad chap said
'Qhs 7 made a mistazei made a
--istake- didn't know a sword i
Hlashing, gun-shootinE. dragon sol
der lived therel Oh, please. excuse
then the wolf really thinking Susie's
uuff on Uncle FViEgily's head was a !
soldier hat, and that a soldier was IN /
the stump, ran away as fast as he
could 60
Then Susie and the bunny gentle
man could come safely out and al was
" ell And ~ the cream puff doesn't
bolw a hole through the Swiss cheese
so the apple pie jumps out and gets
lost in the spoouhoIder, III tel you
next about Uncle WigEiIy and Tackles
uezr--CopvriEh 1913. by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.