El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-29
A Line O. Cheer
Each Day O. The Year
By JOHN SENDRICK BANGS.


I Ike to prophecy myself. and say
W hats sure 70 be some coming day
The flowers OF the Spring viii bloom
and fill the air with sweet perfume:
The month Of June will come along
NJ TN Roses, lovers glad. and song
and every day that dawns thereu be
a newborn child Of Chivalry.
with heart Of truth, and soul Of light.
To point the path from Wrong 10
right.
Copyright 1913. By the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
brushed the duster on the end Of his
pink, tWinkling nose
"Oh, my dear! OIchi Stop. n you
pleased. said Uncle Wiggily with a
laugh. You ticklel"
Yes. our feather busters are Of
the very best kind" said the little
mouse girl clerk with a smile. They
always tickle"
wen. wrap this one up so IL won't
tickle me as I carry il home" said
Uncle Wiggily, and the little clerk
in the seven and eight cent store
promised TO do 50.
Once more the bunny rabbit gentle
man was on bis way Over the fields
and through the woods he hoped
with the feather Buster for Nurse
Jane Uncle Wiggily was thinking
how jolly Il would be. with New
Years only Few days off. when, all
Of a sudden. out from behind a licor-
ice drop bush Jumped the queer old
Bazump.
~Oh. no. Here you arer c. led the
funny old Bazump. who was some
thing ike the Pipsisewah. only
worse, having no nice warm fur on,
only scales like a gold fish Here
you are Uncle Wiggilyi I guess I'll
get some souse nowi Just sit down
on this log and let me bite some
eff your earsl
And. before the bunny rabbit
gentleman could stop him, the Ba-
lump had pulled the rabbit gentle
man down on a stump beside him,
and, reaching over, started TO nibble
souse off the bunuy's ears But. as
this happened, the end Of the feather
buster came out OF the paper and
brushed the Bazump on his scaly
nose.
aOuchl stop! You tickIew said
the Bazump to Uncle Wiggily.
BEG your pardoni Didn't mean
70. Pm sure" said the bunny. polite
y. 1T was Nurse James new feather
custer"
wen. please keep it away from
me-" spoke the Bazump. He leaned
over again, 20 try second time and
bite some picked ear souse off the
bunny rabbit and once more the
feather duster tickled him On the
face.
''Wouchouchrs howled the Bazump
There you go again, tickling me-
Hal HaW and he had to laugh
whether he wanted 70 or not
Pardon mel Ny errorFs said Uncle
Wiggily, baseball like.
For the third time the funny Ole
BaEump leaned over and tried - take
q bite Of souse of the buuny's ears
And. once again. the fluffy feather
buster, under Uncle Wiggily's paw
seemed 10 reach out and flutter n
the face OF the Bazump.
sob, picklesl' cried the queer
chap How You ticklei VIII you
stop2 NOW I've got 10 jump up ana
scratch ny mose" And with that
Up he hoped and rubbed his nose
on the rough and scaiy bark OF
tree And as soon aa he let go OF
Uncle WiEEily the bunny Eentl3man
gave a big hop and ran away, taking
his feather buster with him
"Ho1 Hol" laughed the rabbit
That's the time I fooled you. Mr.
Bazumui Feather busters are good
for something else than Ticking dust
off the piauol" And then Uncie Wig
Eily ran so fast that tho scaly Ba-
lump couldn't catch him So the
bunny safely reached home and
Nurse Jane made the hollow stump
bungalow nice and tidy. And the
Old Bazump was so tickled he could
hardly stop laughing even to sleep
And II the molasses jug doesn't stay
out so late that It forgets TO come In
and have breakfast with the pan
cakes. III tell you next about Uncle
WiEgfly and the New Year cake