El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-13

TO turn Susie's scissors into skates
there is no telling what might have
happened"
after ] get my skipper done you and
Susie may ride over the ice on that.
IL You Ike"
Thank you" spoke Uncle Wiggily.
But let me see your new boat"
Sammie showed it 70 Uncle Wigglly.
The skipper was fiat board, with
little runners, like those OF a sled,
on the under side
How does it work. asked Mr..
Longears-
"Oh. you just put the skipper on
the ice. sit on Il and push yourself
aicng," Sammie answered 1t is a
sort Of sled, made just from the
cover Of a box"
Then he went on hammering and
pounding, and Uncle Wiggily started
out to look for an adventure
III try your skipper when come
back, Sammie,' said the rabbit gen
tleman-
Uncle wigglyi Uncle Wiggily"
called Nurse Jane after him, as the
rabbit was hopping off down the
what is it," he turned back to
ask DO you want a pound Of sugar
from the eight and nine cent store2'
NO, but you had better take your
umbrella spoke Nurse Jane 1T
looks as If it might snow or rain be-
fore you get back"
Uncle Wiggily glanced up at the
clouds. Truly Il did look as II IL
might storm. so he went back after
his trusty umbrella Sammie was
still hammering and banging away
at the ice skipper
.'Sammie is a great boyi' thought
the bunny gentleman. Then he
hoped on over the fields and through
the woods, did Uncle WiCEfly, look
ing on M sides f0r nTr~arHrrra
But adventures were scarce, that
day as scarce as sun flowers at the
North Pole. And as Il was getting
colder. and the wind was blowing
and It looked more and more Ike a
storm the bunny gentleman said:
4 guess I'll 90 back homei"
He turned around. and. as he did
so. he saw the queer old Fuzzy Fox
jump from behind a snow bank.
oh, ho.' barked the fox, twisting
his left handed whisker into a grin
This is the time I'll get you. Uncle
Niggilyi You haven't Susie with you.
now, 20 sew your button on. and sew
me fast to a chairi Susie isn't herei'
NO, and I'm glad she isn'tl" said
the bunny gentleman You can't
hurt her And now you run along,
you bold. bad creature"
Ha! Run alougi III run along
after YOU. yelped the fox Here
I come"
" an AlaL ne Ealn n4E GO YOU
s pose Uncle Wiggily stood still2 In
deed the bunny did not-he ran, too,
and he kept ahead OF the fox
III take a short cut across the
frozen duck pond ocean, said Uncle
Wiggily. as he ran away from the
Fuzzy Fox And when the bunny
the shore Of the frozen pond,
there was Sammie, the rabbit boy,
with his new skipper boat, ready to
glide over the ice
.Oh, Uncle Wiggilyi Come ont Get
aboard my boatE cried the rabbit
boy 1t skips as fast as anything,
my skipper doesl"
Uncle Wiggily, somewhat ont Of
breath, hoped aboard and Sammie
pushed out from shore The fox was
coming on as fast as q trolley car.
oh III get you! III get you" he
howled.
Push. Ssmmiei Pushl" cried Uncle
Wiggily, as he stood Up on the skip
per and looked at the fox dribbling
along over the ice.
i an pushingr' painted Sammie- q
am pushing. But my skipper doesn't
60 as fast with two on, as with only
one The wind Is blowing hard. II
/ only had a sail"
Uncle Wiggily looked back The
fox was getting closer. Then the
bunny glanced at his big umbrella
"A sail!' he cried why have
one herer"
Inen ne opened the umbrella and
held i out in front, as he stood I'D on
the skipper The wind Llew on tie
open umbrella as Il blows on q sail
On came the fox, but the skipper boat
went so fast that IL soon left the bad
chap far behind and he didn't get
Uncle Wiggily, or Sammie either.
-M ell" said the bunny gentleman.
its good thing you made your
Sammie."
And it's good you had your UNI
brella-" laughed Sammie, and SO IL
was And IL the clothes horse doesn't
try 70 jump over the wash tub and
make the ironing board slide down
hill with the roller skate, III tell you
next about Uncle Wiggily and Su-
sizes valentine.-Copyrig 1920, by
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
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