El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-17

D tleman. who lived over near Dr. Pos
sum S house And Grandpa Goosey
I was coughing and sneezinE and
suuffInE-
"Oh. my dear Grandpa Gooseyi
[ What is the matter?" asked Uncle
Z Wiggily. You seem 70 have
/ dreadful c0ld--
Il ve-aker-choo-a most dis
I tressing coldl" said Mr.. Gander. 4If
I only had some Of the hot. sweet
peppermint candles that Aunt Lettis.
Z the old lady goat used to eat when
ever she got nervous, and thought
I the chimney was smokng-lr I only
[ mad some OF those hot peppermint
candi es. I'm sure my cold would soon
er-chOoi-betterr
say no more!- cried Uncle Wig
gily in his most Jolly voice III 60
10 the three and four cent store. right
away, and get you some Of those pep
permit candies Do you want them
very hotT
AS hot as you can get them" an
swered Grandma Goosey.
And III get them in a jiffy. which
IS very quickly indeed said Unccle
Niggily- Then his pink twinkling
nose began 10 hop along and Uncle
Wlggily hoped along after 10 TO the
six and seven cent store
I'll 90 home and keep warm until
you get the peppermlnts. Uncle Wig
glly-' called Grandpa Goosey.
yes. do rhat- spoke the bunny
rabbit gentleman
So he hoped along faster and
faster and soon he was at the seven
and eight cent store.
Some Of your very incest. sweet
est, hottest peppermint candles for
Grandpa Goosey's cold" said Uncle
Nlgglly TO the little mOusle girl who
waited behind the counter.
Ihen, few minutes later. Uncle
WiEgily was hopping back again.
over the fields and through the
woods, with some peppermint candies
in the pocket Of his fur overcoat
Lu soon cure Grandma Gooseys
a-ker-choO cold with the peppermint
thought the bunny, and just then. all
Of sudden, as true as I'm telling
You. the bunny rabbit gentleman ]
heard a voice saying:
on, my dear Lulu, 7 don't know
what TO do for you It's dreadful. 7.
know, but how can I help you2 Oh.
isn't IL dreadful
Uncle Wiggily stopped short and
There's trouble here. surel" he
said. his pink nose twinkling faster B.
than ever. Il wonder who it isl III j
ask and find out" So he called. 7
Who is IL and what IS the matterg'' /
Oh, lots Is the matter.7 answered I
voice II ana Alive bbieWobble. T
and amy sister Lulu is with me. but .
she has lost her voice"
she has lost her what?' asked In Z
Gle WigEily.
Her voice" went on Alice. "she
can't quack or squawk or do any .
thing Come and seer
So Uncle WiEgily looked behind a Z
bush and there be saw Lulu and Alice .
WlbbleWObble the two duck girls .
And. surely enough. Lulu couldn { .
even so much as whisper. while as for
quaciIng. she couldn't think Of It.
Try as she did to speak 20 Uncle Wig
gily she couldn't
How did she get this way2" asked
the bunny.
why I guess it must have been be-
cause she ate a little snow" said
Alice. who had TO do the talking for
ner sister Mother told us not 70
eat snow, but Lulu cchewed some Of
the cold snow, and ! guess her throat
is frozen now so she can't Quack"
That's exactly it," cried Uncle
Wiggily, But 7 can cure her very
quickly"
Howe BY taking her to the den
tist's2' asked Alice.
-Oh, no. laughed Uncle WiEgilv.
Here, let her chew one Of these hot
sweet peppermint candies I am talk
ing to Grandpa Coosev for his cold /
The warm peppermint VIII melt the
cold SNOWFALL that is stuck In Lulu's
throat. and she can talk as wen as
ever after that"
So Lulu chewed on the hot. sweet
peppermint candy It made q tear orI
two come into her eyes. but she was
brave, and, all Of a sudden. after the
candy was down she cried, "Quack.
Quack! Quackr as loudly as heart
could wish
There" said Uncle Wiggily. She's
-uredr'
Yes, thank you. I ami" quacked
Lulu Then the bunny hoped on
with the rest of the peppermint candy
and Grandpa GOOsey's cold was soon
cured also. And. if tia missy cat
doesn't pull a tooth out Of the bath
room comb when she brushes her.
whiskers, III tell you next ehout IN
cle WigEily and Alice WibblevobbIe
Copyright 1913, by Mcclure News