El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-03-29
Bedtime Stories For The Little Ones
UNCLE wIGGILY AND BILLIES TIE
BY HOWARD B. GARIs


, put on the great. big. new red tie
and wore it to school And, truly,
/ II did make him look like a little
/ fireman When Billie Wagtail. the
goat, and Sammie Littletail, the rab-
bit. saw the squirrel boy, they
) called:
: "Oh. look at the fireman. where's
: the fire, Billie7"
Now, you stopl" chartered Billie.
But this only made the animal
boys call out all the more:
Look at the fireman. Billie
: Bushytairs a fireman with a red
tier
And then Jackie and Peetie Bow
Wow, the puppy dog boys. began to
bark the same thing until all the
animal chaps in the yard OF the hol-
I low stump school were shouting at
Billie.
OF course. It was only in fun. and
Billie laughed with them as he
l looked at the great. big, red tie
Nurse Jane had bought him at the
eight and nine cent store But, all
the same. Billie wished they'd stop
They had 10, OF course, when they
went TO school. but even there some
thing happened.
The lady mouse teacher couldn't
help looking at Bibles tie when he
went 10 his seat.
N.Y. How very gay we are this
morning she salQs aullAAuE- 5lG
didn't call Billie a fireman. however
Billie sat at his desk, and he made
up his mind that he'd never wear
that tie again or, II his mother
made him, he'd get her to color it
white or blue OF black--or some
color that didn't show so plainly, he
whispered to himself.
All day in school the animal chill
dren couldn't help looking at Billie's
tie. And once ToOdle Flat-Tail, the
beaver boy. puckered up his lips, and
sore Of formed the word fireman"
so that Billie understood
4 don't care" thought the little
squirrel boy. I'm not going TO wear
this tie" He put his head down on
his desk. making believe 10 study, so
no one could see the big. bright red
bow. And when Billie had his head
down this way Uncle Miggilly sud
denly came into the hollow stump
why, Uncle Wiggily!" began the
lady mouse teacher. We are very
glad to see youi VIII you hear some
Of the children's lessons or"
mot now. If you please" spoke the
rabbit gentleman what I want IS a
place to hide. The Pipsisewah is
after me. I ran here Oh. hide me
before he gets souse off my ears"
The lady mouse opened a closet
where she kept the chalk and
erasers for the blackboard and in
sooner was the door closed on him
thin in came the Pipsisewah-
IT want sousei I want sOusel"
howled the bad chap. ! saw Uncle
Wiggiiy come in here, and I'm after
him And I'm not going out until I
you SHAH never have dear Uncle
Wiggilyi' braveiy said the lady
mouse teacher. and she stood in
front OF the closet
yes. I shall have hin! Stand
aside" cried the Pip. and just then
and the big, red tie shone right in
the eyes OF the Pipsisewah. He
couldn't see anything else
"Oh, what a fine red tier cried the
bad chap, forgetting all about Uncle
Wiggily for the moment. That's Just
what I want TO wear to the party the
SkeezicksY IS going TO give ] wont
bother with any sOuse now. I'll take
And before Billie could stop the
bad chap. which he didn't want TO
do. the Pip had pulled the tie off the
little squirrel boys neck and jumped
out the window with i'll mean he
Jumped out with BiIlis's tie, not with
Billie's neck
"Oh. Billet He took your nice tie"
said the lady mouse teacher sorrow
fully.
j uon care cnALLele4 Lle spur
rel boy, as the rabbit gentleman
came from the closet Ny fireman's
tie saved Uncle Wiggilys souse."
And so Il had. and Billie was very
glad and the animal boys we're sorry
they had called him fireman. Nurse
Jane promised Billie another tie, and
he said II she bought him one TO
make It blue, and she did 50 every
thing came out all right, and II the
ice man will only stop throwing
snowballs ct the letter carrier long
enough for the baker TO give the
pussy cat a slice OF cake. I'll tell
you next about Uncle WiEgily and
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