El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-18

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angry. you go to my house and
I bring me pair OF gloves and fam.
badly frightened, started 10 obey.
] Strangely enough the hall vanished
and she found herseh running
/ through a deep wood. Soon she came
/ to a little white house The doorplate
! said, Wv. Rabbit" Entering she hur-
! ried upstairs TO the rabbits bedroom
1 and found, not gloves and a ian but a
J bottle on the bureau 1t was not
] labeled, but Alice drank the contents.
I She grew so rapidly that the room
[ was hardly big enough to contain her.
although she was lying on the floor
] with her head drawn up to her chin
] While in this predicament someone
I threw a handful OF pebbles through
/ the window into the room These
I turned into bits OF candy Alice ate
! several Of them and soon shrank until
{ she could escape from the house.
/ Running into the wood she sat down
! beside a mushroom to rest
/ What can I do for youE asked a
voice Alice looked up and on top OF
I the mushroom sat blue caterpillar
! smoking a pipe. "Oh, please, sir" re-
piled Alice, make me largeri" That's
/ easy" said the caterpillar; ''one side
] Of this mushroom will make you taller
and the other side shorter" Before
! Alice could ask more the caterpillar
/ disappeared.
Alice broke off a piece from each
side Of the mushroom After eating
/ bit of one she grew so short her chin
struck her foot Hastily eating some
! Of the other she grew so tail her head
was among the tree tops oh dear
shall I never be my regular size
I again. she cried nibblinE from the
first piece and shrinking down to only
In despair she started to walk
I through the wood and soon same to a
little house about four feet high.
Without knocking Alice walked into
the kitchen. The duchess sat rocking
a little pig IN her lap, the cook was
spriukling quantities Of pepper into
kettle Of soup and a cheshire cat on
the hearth grinned from ear to ear at
her All three sneezed violently from
time to time
please 20 away don't like your
grin" said Alice TO the cat -An
right" replied the cat ard vanished.
beginning with the tail and ending
with the grin-but the grin remained
after the rest had disappeared To es-
cape from this horrid grin Alice ran
out OF the house and into the wood
closely pursued by the grin Seeing
a little door open leading into a big
tree Alice slipped through and
slammed the door behind her, shutting
out the grin.
Turning about she at last found her
self IN the beautiful garden Standing
about a rose tree near the entrance
were three gardeners painting the
white roses red Why are you doing
that2' asked Alice Because" re-
piled one, the queen does not fancy
white roses" 'Husht" said another;
here comes the queen now"
Alice turned eagerly TO behold the
royal procession There were soldiers
with clubs, courtiers bedecked with
diamonds and the royal children were
ornamented with hearts, while in and
out among them hoped the white
rabbit Last Of all came the king and
queen Of hearts.
When the queen came to Alice she
stopped and asked MY child. do you
play Cr0uuet2' eT-y-y-yes," STAN
mered Alice much confused Then
here is your mallet" replied the queen
handing Alice a live flamingo. Then
the game began and such a crazy
game Of croquet Alice had never seen. I
The Croquet balls were live hedge
hogs and the soldiers bent over 10
make the arches. Besides the ground
was full OF hummocks and ridges. Al
played at once. When Alice would get
ready to hit her ball with the flamin-
COS head, either the hedgehog would
walk off or the soldier making the
arch would stand up to rest his back.
How do you like the gamer" asked
a voice Looking up Alice beheld the
grin OF the cheshire cat. Before she
could answer the cats head appeared
but no more Of It. I don't like II at
all" replied Alice, dropping her NAL
let which at once flew off The cat
turned to look at the king, who did
not Ike being grinned at and COM
planned to the queen. who ordered the
cat beheaded on the spot
That is all very we'll" said the
king, but I should like to know how
it is possible to behead a cat which
has no body2' While they were argu-
ing the cheshire cat vanished, head,
grin and all
Alice went to look at her flamingo.
but could not find it. When she re-
turned all the PLAYERS had gone to the
palace. Alice followed and entering
found trial in progress. The king
and queen sat on their throne hearing
the evidence The Knave OF Hearts
was being tried for stealing some
tarts the queen had made. Several
witnesses testified. but they talked Of
everything else except the stolen
tarts.
What a silly trial." thought Alice,
nlpDlnE ahsent-minuedly at a piece
Of mushroom she had left Almost
before she knew II she grew so tan
her head bumped against the ceiling.
call the next witness| commanded
the king "ALICEw cried the white
rabbit But ] don't know anything
about the stolen tarts." protested
Alice That's very important" re-
marked the king It's AGAINST the
rules for a witness over q mile high to
testify" said the queen. Leave this
court at oncel" ordered the king, ad-
dressing Alice 7 shan't leave until
I hear the verdict" retorted Alice.
In that case" said the king. let the
Jury consider the verdict" Sentence
first and verdict afterward," objected
the queen How absurd to have a
sentence before a verdict" said Alice
scornfully.
off with that girls headr' shouted
the Queen pointing at Alice "Will
you please stoop down so I can carry
out the queens orders2' asked the
royal eNerutioner politely NO.
won,t!" cried Alice; you are all moth
ing but a naughty pack Of cards any
how and am not afraid or voui"
Thereupon the whole pack rose up
into the air and flew straight into
Alice's face
Come, Alice dear. wake up" said
her big sister. shaking her gently:
you've been sleeping nearly an hour
and its time IN 20 home"
Then little Alice knew that her won
derful journey had been only a won
derful dream.-CopyriEht 1919 nv the