El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-26
Bedtime Stories For The Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY AND SUSIES WASHING.
By HOWARD b. GARIs

@CCSIEi Susiel Aren't you almost
- ready for schoolg- called Mrs
Littletal, the lady rabbit, 70 her
little girl one morning. Aren't. you
. ago. and Uncle Wiggily has finished
his breakfast
''Oh, yes'm. mother III be right
down as soon as finish washing. %
susie answered
Finish washing2 What do YOU
mean asked Mrs. Littletail You
washed before breakfast. Susie, and.
though I like you 70 be clean. YOU
paws again, before you 90 10 school q"
on, i m not washing my face and
paws laughed the little rabbit girl
I'm washing out some OF my dolls
clothes, but I'm afraid 7 wont have
time 10 hang them out on the line to
Indeed. I should say you would
not" spoke Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy.
who. with Uncle Wiggily, was living
with the Littletan rabbits for a time.
1t is almost g o'clock Susie. Hurry
On TO SCHOOL,"
IAN right; ny washing is finished,
all hlued and wrung out, and every
thing" said Susie. IF I only had
some one to hang them on the line
for me-
susie came downstairs with a little
toy basket Of dolls wash In her paws.
she looked at Uncle Wiggily in a
funny way. Susie did She had not
forgotten how nicely he painted and
rapered her doll house
Leave the clothes there, Susie III
hang them out for you while you're
at school" promised the old rabbit
gentleman
'sWeIl. the ideal I never heard Of
the like Of that" exclaimed Mrs Lit
tletail, with a laugh
Nor I either exploded Nurse Jane.
shifting like.
-7Oh. thank you. Uncle Wiggily.-
~ So
You'll find my toy clothes pins IN
my doll house"
Then susie skipped along. and
Nurse Jane, turning TO Uncle Wisgi-
DO YOU mean to tell me. Mr.. Uncle
Wiggily Longears, that YOU are going
TO hang out that child's doll wash
ing for her.
gentleman i have nothing special
to do this morning, and by hanging
out SuEles washing I may meet with
an adventure, who knows
Nurse Jane held NJ her paws help
less like and indispensable, and so
did Mrs. LirtletaiL They knew i
was OF no use TO try TO stop Uncle
Wiggilys once he had his mind made
So It was. a little later. that the
bunny rabbit gentleman. putting on
his tall. silk hat and well wrapped
IN his fur coat. took the little basket
OF dolls Clones susie lll washed
and began to hang them out in the
yard back OF the burrow houses
There were sheets and pillow cases
and spreads and dresses ana other
things that dolls wear. All nice and
white they were, for Susie vas a good
washer. and proud OF her dolls
things.
q don't suppose there is any spe-
eiai way OF hanging things up" said
Uncle WigEily. paregoric like, as he
he spread the sheet over the line
as he had often seen Nurse Jane do
but somehow or other. the wind at
once blew the sheet of again
hum I wonder what is the cause
Of that" thought the bunny gentle
man Then he saw. at the upper
" indow Of the underground house,
Nurse Jane and Mrs Littletail looking
out and laughing az him
-Ha- They think I don't know
enough to hang Up even susie's DOL
clothes" thought the bunny III
show them Let me see, what did
Susie tell me to get2 on, j remember
Clothes pins. They VIII hold the
things on the line
Throwing the sheet on the line
again. Uncle Wiggily hurried IN TO
get the clothes pins. He found a bag
OF them near the doll house
Nurse Jane and Mrs Litteral said
nothing They watched and waited
to see what Uncle WigEily would do,
and. while they stood at the window,
looking out in the yard, they saw
the bad old Skeeziclzs come sueaklns
along. The skeezicks was looking