El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-28

well. 1 guess I may as well 20
back home" said Uncle Wiggily. sort
Of disappointed ike But what can
I bring Luiug
Just then he heard a voice singing.
who viii buy2 Who viii buy2
Red and green and blue.
They are very strong and nice,
Just the thing for you"
What is so strong and nice"
asked Uncle Niggily- Il hope you
are not talking about onionsi"
Certainly not" answered a jolly
voice. I an selling rubber balloons.
extra strong and you can blow them
up and sit on them II you want 10.
They wiz not break"
But I don't want 70 sit on a
blown-up balloon objeced Uncle
Wiggiiy- why should ~
True. very true" spoke a monkey
doodle gentleman coming out Of the
woods Just then with q bundle Of
blown-up balloons, red, green and
blue floating in the air over his head
But some OF your friends might like
one"
That's sorr exclaimed Uncle Wig
gily. Lulu asked me to bring her
something. III bring her a balloon"
So he bought a big, strong, red one
OF the monkey doodle gentleman and
then Uncle Wiggily hoped home TO
Lulu with it.
@Oh. how lovelyr' quacked the duck
girl when she saw the balloon You
couldn't have brought me anything
nicer" I'm glad you like IT," Uncle
Wiggily said The monkey doodle
told me you could sit on these bal
looms, they were so strong.
"Oh, I'm going TO try" quackec
Lvlu- She put the big round, red
balloon down on the floor and tried
to sit on IL But the balloon rolled
away, ike a rubber ball. and Lulu
had to chase IL al around the room
Il guess that monkey doodle was
joking" laughed Uncle Wiggily, as
he saw Lulu trying to sit on the bal
loon
4 guess III have to jump to get
on it," quacked the duck girl So she
gave a little spring and, going up in
the air she came down on the red
balloon with both feet AND then
funny thing happened
For Lulu popped up IN the air Just
as Jimmie and Bully. the frog, had
jouncer I'd and down on the spring
board Up and down bounced Lulu
when she had jumped on the rubber
balloon,
the duck girl This is regular
bounceri Alice had a JOUNCER, but
have a BOUNCERi" And she jumped
MP again and came down on the bal
loon and then she bounced up nearly
TO the ceiling, for It was in the din
ing room of the duck house where
Lulu and Uncle Wiggly were stand
ing just then.
do Try 1t, Uncle Wiggily." invited
Lulu, when she had taken another
DO you think it would be all
right2' asked the bunny gentleman,
sort OF bashful like and hopeful.
@Of course il would" said Lulu
i'Here, III hold the balloon still 50
It won't roll from under ypu- Give
a little run and a jump, and light
on it with both feet and see what
Z believe I will" said the bunny
Lulu held the strong. red rubber
balloon down on the floor Uncle
Wiggily backed into a corner and
then gave a run. His rheumatism did
not hurt him much that day and he
did not need his red white and
blue striped crutch- II he had jumped
with that he might have punctured
a hole in the balloon.
Up in the air jumped Uncle Wig
gily, and then he came down on the
done. up he bounced again. just as a
rubber ball bouncesi
"Oh, how wounderfulf7 cried Lulu
Down came the bunny on the bal
loon again, and once more he bounced
up higher than before
quite remarkablel" uuacked Lulu
Il haven't done yet" exclaimed Mr.
Longears, taking a long breath. Then
he came down extra hard on the bal
loon and when he went bouncing up
the next time his head hit the cell
ing with a big bang Whacki
"Oh. what's that2 What's that2"
cried Mrs. WibbleWobble, who was IN
the room upstairs. as the Pipsise-
wah OF the Skeeziclzs trying to break
in? On, where's Uncle WiggilyG'
Hes bouncing on my bouncer and
Il was his head that hit the ceiling"
said Lulu. go on, Uncle Wiggily-
Do It some morei It was awfully
funny" she laughed.
The bunny swung to one side as