El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-11

/ " ven have any fun as we did
yesterday. when the mole dug a tun-
mel for the boys and found my ring
with his nosee" asked Susie Little
I tan. the rabbit girl. one morning.
Wen, you never can ten" spoke
the bunny rabbit gentleman. as he
hoped down the steps to his hollow
stump bungalow. Wen take a walk
and see what happens"
Susie had come over to borrow q
I yeast cake OF Nurse Jane Fuzzy
Wuzzy. But the muskrat lady house
I keeper had none. so Susie said she'd
90 ask Mrs. Stubtaii, the lady bear
mother Of Neddie and Beclzie.
III 90 with you" Uncle Wiggily
had said And so IL was that susie
and the rabbit gentleman were IN the
+ woods together. going 10 borrow a
yeast cake That is, Susie wanted the
yeast cake and 1Ir. Longears thought
/ perhaps he might have an adventure.
On and on through the woods they
hoped. and they were almost at Mrs.
Stubtails hollow tree house when
Uncle Wlgglly said:
stop a minute, Susie. I see some
one in trouble"
rs 20 another blind moIeTr asked
the little rabbit girl
NO, it's lizard answered the
bunny gentleman. The Door chan is
caught by one paw in this crack Of
the sassafras tree. and he's almost
dead He must have been hanging
here some time III take him down %
80 Uncle WlgElly helped the lizard
down from where he was hanging by
one paw that was caught in the crack
Of tree
"Oh. thank you. Uncle Wiggilyi
Thank you. said the lizard IN a faint
voice, Tor he was very weak from
having been hanging there a long
time You have done me a great
IaVor, and ] am going to watch my
chance 70 do one for you"
Pray do not mention IT," spoke the
rabbit gentleman with a low and Do
lite bow Of his tall, silk hat
I shall not forgetr' promised the
nzard' as he crawled slowly away.
how can a lizard ever do Won
favor?" asked Susie as she watched
the little, chap stink away. He is
even smaller than a mole
You never can tell" spoke the
bunny. This is a queer world Then
ne and susie went on 20 Mrs. Stub
tails house in the hollow tree She
1ad a yesterdays yeast cake, which
susie said would do very well. as her
mother only wanted to make stale
bread Tor stufflng a roast pumpkin.
and then the rabbit Eirl and Uncle
Nigglly Started back through the
woods again
wonder II weu meet the Iizardg' 20
SPOKE susie Didn't ne have funny
little eclaws2 And didn't thew tickle
you Wnen be shook paws with you,
Uncle Wiggily2s
Yes" answered. the bunny. They
dld tickle But I did not mind Pm
glad I could help the poor lizard"
wonder II wen meet him." went
must unpleasant voice answered.
don't know who you are talking
ABOUT but you are going 10 meet NE
and right away. too"
And with that out from behind
mulberry bush popped the bad old
blue nosed babboon.
Just IN time, I am" he Eurgled
I nave two rabbits instead Of one"
Dear, met' exclaimed Uncle Wig
gily. You aren't going 10 take Susie"
are your
7 amF answered the blue nosed
babboon.
"'Oh. don't-" begged the bunny. Just
take me. I know you want my souse.
but let Susie's alonet"
mol MO-" shouted the bad chap.
Souse I want, souse I must have.
and I'm going to have two dishes this
time! Eumi Yuml" and he smacked
his red lips and tried to twinkle his
blue nose as Uncle Wiggily did his
pink one, but IL didn't look the same
oh. deari" sighed the little rabbit
girl is there no hope for US. Unccle
Wiggily2n
None I fear" answered the bunny.
II only the lizard were here now he
might help"
I don't believe he could" sadly
said Susie
The blue nosed babboon grabbed her
In one paw, and Uncle WiEgily IN
the other. He was just going to lead
them off TO his den when something
happened.
All at once the bad chap let 60 Of
Susie and with the paw that had been
holding the rabbit girl the blue nosed
babboon began scratching his ear.
Ouch! Something tickles menr he
cried, as he scratched and scratched. /