El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20

~OH, my goodness How black th'
Oarel" said Nurse Jane Fuzz.
1vuzzy one day, as she walked through
the dining room Of the hollow stunt
bungalow. They are very black In,
deedl I must clean them
Uncle WigEily LonEears. the bunny
rabbit gentleman. hoped home JUS
then, having been out in the wood,
and fields, looking for an adventure
He heard what his muskrat lady
housekeeper said.
IT hope she isn't talking about ms
paWs-' thought Mr.. L.ouEears to him
SELF 1T is true they are black and
llrtF. but can clean them myself
she doesn't need 20 DO It."
Then he happened to remember he
had not wiped his feet on the door
mat coming in. And as his feet were
black as wen as his front paws (from
having helped the lady mouse school
teachers clean the blackboards in the
hollow stump school)-seeing, as
say. that his feet were black, Uncle
Wiggily quickly hoped out to the
front door mat and wiped them care
fully.
Then he went in his bungalow once
more. and. as he closed the door. he
heard Nurse Jane saying again:
-Oh, how very black they are I
must surely clean them
saw Look here. ~ YOU please. q"
spoke Uncle Wiggily politely, they
can't be black, you know for I Just
wiped them!"
Oh I didn't know you were home, %
said Nurse Jane. But, excuse me.
they are 5lackl Look" and she held
up some silver forks. knives and
spoons from the dining room table
They are black and need polishing.
30 my pieces Of silver" went on the
"Oh. I thought you were talking
about my naWs and feetl' laughed
lhe bunny Il knew they were black.
5or got them that way when
helped theslady mouse teacher. But
7 didn't think about our silver. Yes,
they are rather black and grimy" he
went on, looking az the spoons
And I'm going TO make them
bright and shiny with oliver polish
said Nurse Jane.
DO you use stove backing for the
silver?' asked Uncle WIgEily, unpre-
lentiouE ike and eliminating.
stove polish on silver should
her tail a switch like a train OF troll
ley cars Il use a nice white paste
20 polish the silver"
on. let me do itg' begged Uacle
MigEly. should love 70 clean the
silver. I stlu have some stove black
ing on my paws from shining the
kitchen stove. Now. II I polish the
silver that black may come off"
Il think il will," spoke Nurse Jane
rs cry we'll MISSY" she went on. IF
YOU wish 20 polish the silver you
may, and that VIII give me time TO
bake YOU a chocolate cabbage short
cake.
ron. joy" cried the bunny gentle
man. elapping his paws like a Jack
in-the-box-
So Uncle WiggiIy took off his tall.
SIX hat and put on one OF Nurse
James long aprons % keep the white
silver polish off his red vest Then
taking the silver knives, forks and
spoons, as Wen as the butter dish,
the cake knife and The crumb trav
out 10 the kitchen, the bunny start
Ell in.
@Tll shine this silver % bright as
never Was-- said Uncle Wtggly. I'll
make Il glisten like a looking glass
in the bathroom"
Then he began WhtstliuE and shin
ing the silver. while Nurse Jane
started TO make the ice cream lemon
pie cake
Uncle Wiggily was polishing away
at the silver, shining up the cream
pitcher until 10 looked ike a gold
fish dancing IN a rainbow when, All
at once. the kitchen door opened, and
ID popped the bad old blue-nosed bah
boon
"Oh, hol" staggered the bad chap,
as he looked hungrlly at Uncle wig
Eily's ears, and wondered how much ]
sense they mad on that day. "Oh, hol