El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-24
Bedtime Stories For The Little Ones

{ not like apple dumplings, but are al
most as good on cold day
To make apple or jam tarts you
first make the upper and lower crusty
parts. Just as you do for pie And
the upper part Of each apple tart has
three holes. too. so you may look
/ through
You look through the holes. you
understand. to see how good the Jam
or apple sauce is That's what the
holes are for. What did you supposed
So Uncle Wiggily got everything all
ready-making the apple sauce, cut
ting out and baking the crust. with
three round holes in each upper piece,
and soon he was ready TO put the
I tarts together.
step around with some to Mrs Wib-
bleWobble, and see how Nurse Jane
Is" said Uncle Wiggily- Nurse Jane
VIII be surprised 10 see how / can
make apple tarts-
Well, he was just finishing the last
Of the tarts, gently patting the upper
parts. with three holes in, on top OF
the lower parts which held the apple
sauce. when, all Of a sudden, the door
opened, and in came the PipsiseWah,
the Skuddlemagoon and the blue
nosed Baboon.
aha har' cried the Pipsisewah.
we are just in time Uncle Wigsily
has been cooking again"
What is il this timer asked the
SkuddlemagOon- hungry like.
Ginger coolSies," howled the blue
nosed BabOon- I just love ginger
cookiest"
These are apple tarts. If you
please" said Uncle Wiggily, hoping
If he was polite enough the bad ami
mails would 90 away, and leave him
and his souse and apple tarts alone.
But were they2 They we're not
annie oh 80 cried rIn Pin
sisewah. IF there is one thing I like
more than souse IL is apple tartsi III
take this one" and he put his finger
into a hole OF one tart.
4 too, like tarts," said the Skud-
dlemaEoOn. and I love them more
than anything else, even sOuse. But
excuse me. my dear PipsiseWah, II
appears that you have made a mis-
take That is my tart you have your
finger in Please take it ont and
put IL in another hole"
No. shall not" said the Pip, as I
call him for short. This is my tarti"
It's mine- said the Skuddlema-
COON. most impOitely, and he put his
finger into the second hole Of the
same apple tart where the Pipsisewah
had his finger That was two fin
gers OF the two bad animals in one
tart
Then up spoke the blue nosed Ba-
boon
You are both wrong" he howled.
That Is my tart you two have your
fingers IN, Take them outr' But,
not waiting for this the blue nosed
Baboon thrust his finger IN the same
tart. and there they all three were
three fingers in three holes. which
seemed made on purpose for them
And then the Pipsisewah and the
Skuddlemagoon and the Baboon dis
puted and quarreled. and neither one
would take his finger out OF the tart.
and there they were stuck fast. and
Uncle Wiggily ran out and called a
policeman dog. who arrested all three
and took them back to the woods
where they belonged
One tart was spoiled. but the rest
were all right, and Nurse Jane and
Mrs. Wibblewobble liked them very
much. SO this teaches US that even
drying dishes Is something useful in
this world; and II the broom doesn't
sweep all the spots off the kitchen
I'll tell you next about IN
7le Wiggily's maple fritters.-(COpy
right. 1913. by Mcclure Newspaper
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