El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-23

OEATED in the parl0r OF Uncle Wig
, gily's hollow stump bungalow,
two days before Christmas, were
Sammie and Susie Littletail, the Fab-
bit children Johnnie and Billie
Bushytafl, the squirrels and Lulu,
Alice and Jimmie Wibblewobbles the
ducks.
.Oh, Uncle Wiggilyi' begged Susie,
please read US q Christmas story 1t
VIII make the time go faster tomor-
row night, which is Christmas eve"
"Au right said the bunny gentle
man. So he read the poem. Twas
the Night Before Christmas. and all
through the house. not creature was
stirring, not even a mouse"
The animal children listened with
all their ears, Sammie and Susie being
able 70 listen especially well, for they
had such big ears, though Nheir tails
were short And when that story was
finished, Jimmie, the duck, quacked;
Tel Us another, please, Uncle
Wiggily-"
About a good boy and bad boy"
added Lulu who was a sort OF Tom
boy duck herself
All right. agreed Uncle Wiggily,
so he read the story about the two
boys, one good. the other bad, who
hung their stockings near the Chin
ney with care. in hopes that St Mich
olas soon would be there.
And what do you think read the
aWhst?" asked Alice. and all the
listening animal children opened
wide their eyes what, Uncle Wig
gilyT"
an the morning. answered the
bunny gentleman, the good boys
stocking was filled with candy and
nuts and everything nice. But in the
Christmas stocking Of the bad boy
was only q heap OF coal ashes and
aohl on Abr sadly sighed the
animal children.
'Did It really happen9" asked su-
wen. it is the story" spoke Uncle
Wiggily- -Of course, none Of the ami
nal boys whom We know would be so
bad as 10 need ashes and a whip in
his Christmas stocking" and Mr.
Longears looked kindly at Jimmie,
Johnnie and Billie
Nov read us another story, just
about a good cat" quacked Lulu, and
Uncle Wiggily did.
The animal children were very
happy, thinking how near Christmas
was and they would have kept Uncle
Wlggily reading stories all the rest OF
the afternoon, but Nurse Jane Fuzzy
Wuzzy, the nice muskFat lady house
keeper, came busting in, her tail
tied in a pink ribbon
I am sorry 10 have TO stop this lit
tie party" said Nurse Jane But
the store for our Christmas dinner.
Run along, children"
"Goodhy, Uncle Wiggilyi Merry
Christmasl" called Sammie. Susie and
the others as they scampered out OF
the bungalow.
Uncle Wiggily put on his red. white
and blue striped rheumatism crutch.
and, leaning on his tall. silk hat, off
he started over the fields and through
the woods 70 get some doodle-dads for
Nurse Jane. I don't know exactly
what doodle-dads are except that you
put them in the plum pudding at
Christmas.
AS Uncle Wiggily walked along he
saw, caught on an old stump, an
empty stocking 1t was a pretty
good stocking, too, with no holes in
It.
"Hello" exclaimed the bunny rah-
bit gentleman. some one has lost
their Christmas stockingi Wen. IL
is better 70 have lost it now, before
Christmas, when there isn't anything
in it, than to wait until it is filled,
and then lose It. III take it with
me-"
Uncle Wiggily reached the store and
bought the doodle-dads for Nurse
Jane, and, on his way home with the
empty stocking in his pocket, he
passed a place where, the day before,