El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-02

not need to wet the umbrella at all, "
] thought Mr.. Longears, as he bought
! the cake He waited until the shower
was over before starting out again,
and this time he began to hop toward
the hollow stump school
The classes viii be out about the
/ time I get there" said Uncle Wig
] gily to himself land. II It is then
I raining. Billie and Johnnie may walk
with me under the umbrella"
Along and along he hipped and
hoped and all OF a sudden. before
; he reached the school, It began to
rain again
Uncle WigEily was Just going to
hoist Billie's umbrella, having tucked
I the cake into his pocket, when, all
Of a sudden. there was a rush of
/ footsteps behind him, and voice
cried:
I'll walk along with you, II you
don't mind"
At first Uncle Wiggily thought it
was perhaps Grandfather Goosey
Gander or maybe Uncle Rammer, the
goat gentleman But, instead It was
the bad old Bazumbus!
"Oh, dear," cried Uncle Wiggily.
Never mind whether it's dear or
cheap" growled the Bazumpus.
Just hoist the umbrella and let me
p
We can talk as we walk along"
OH exclaimed the bunny gentle
man, and he began to hoist the UNI
brella. for 1t was raining very hard
just then
But. to the bunny's surprise, the
umbrella wouldn't stay up. No
sooner was IL raised than suddenly
1t came down, just like a tent when
the poles break. Down collapsed the
umbrella and rain splashed all over
on Uncle Wiggily and the Bazumpus.
fHerei None OF that, nowi Stop
playing April Fool tricksl. howled
the bad chap IF get wet III catch
cold and have the epizootic. Put up
that umbrella or III bite all the
souse off your ears!"
"Oh, MY I wouldn't want that
to happen~ cried the bunny gentle-
man, anxious like
He hoisted the umbrella again, but
again it slid shut and more rain got
on the Bazumpus who was scrouched
up close along side the bunny gen
what are you doing7" angrily
asked the bad chap.
Il don't know" said Uncle Wig
gily. This umbrella must be broken.
It won't stay upi I never knew It TO
act this way before. I'll try again!"
Once again he hoisted the UNI
brella- Again II went shut, and II
rained harder than ever.
'Oh. I'm not going to stand this
cried the Bazumpus.
GROSSLY. I'm getting all wet, III
have a dreadful cold. I'm going
back homer And away he splashed
through the rain. not getting any OF
Uncle Wiggily's sOuse at all.
And. no sooner had the bad chap
gone than the rain stopped. the sun
shone and Uncle WiggIly didn't need
the umbrella at all He reached the
school just as the squirrel boys were
coming out
WHAT'S the matter with your UNI
brella- Billie?' asked the rabbit gen
tleman.
aOh. its Just busted" Billie an
swered cheerful like 1T won't stay
up less you stick q hairpin in the
handle. Here I'll show you" He
easily made the umbrella stay up.
but OF course, there was no need
''Wem. I'm glad I didn't know the
trick OF keeping the umbrella up
over the Bazumpus. or he might
never have run away and let me
alone" said Uncle WiEgily.
Then he and the squirrel boys hur-
ried home. and the cake wasn't hurt
a bit by being vet For IL was a
sponge cake and when the water was
squeezed from II why. IL was as good
as ever. And II the perfume bottle
doesn't sprinkle talcum powder on
the handkerchief, and make Il too
III tell you next about Uncle WiEgfly l
and Johnnie's (Copyright. I
1920. By Mcclure Newspaper Syndi- Z
cate.)