El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-27

-DEAR me. Undls WiEEllyi Look
what you've done exclaimed
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy one
day, when the rabbit gentleman
came hurryinE into tne lo5-e
sfuuu BUNGALOW from the ran which
was pouring outside.
what have 7 done, Nurse Jane
asked Wlggily. Wiping some drops q
water of his pink. tWlnkling nose
with his tail. SIX hat i didn't for
get to bring the jug Of molasses YOU
asked me to get at the eight ana
nine cent store
rfrht7 said the muslrat lady house
/ keeper. "but look where you LETT
vour umbrella In the hail. On one
OF the best rugs. and your umbrella
IS dripping Wet-
"Oh how sassatras OF me- crlea
Uncle WiggilT- Il meant % put u IN
the sink. And that reminds me- Nurse
Jane, we need an umbrella stand
That's something like an earrhen
water pine stood up on one end ana
you stick umbrellas down IN t. with
The handles up. and all the water
from the umbrella runs down In the
stand. and you can empty It out
aoh, yes. one OF those would be
fine" said Nurse Jane
"ru get one right away eI-
claimed Uncle WigglT. win a jolly
laugh, hurryiug out after his TN
breila, which Nurse Jane had taken
20 the sink. 70 let y swim around
with the dish rag u it wished
"Oh. you're not going out again,
IN all the rain are your asked the
muskrat lady.
"Why not2' inquired lIr. Longears-
"a rainy day Is ust the proper one On
which 20 buy an umbrella stand III
be back in a little while
with his umbrella held over his tan
silk hat 10 keep his pink. rwinkling
nose as dry as possible, Uncle wig
gilT hoped over the fields and
Through the woods. splashinE through
the mud puddles until be came 60
the eleven and twelve cent store
] There be bought nice umbrella
stand, with flowers painted on &. and
a sort OF tub IN the bottom 70 catch
the water that would drip CT the
I'm hrellas.
Nurse Jane VIII like this Thought
I Uncle Wiggily as he tucked the UNI
hrella stand under his paw ana start
] ed back for his hollow stump bunEa-
low The umbrella stand was rather
large. and it was hard fer Uncle Wig
Eily 20 carry &C.. hut he managed 10
set It home at last.
Here you are. Nurse Ianei- he
cried, as he went In the hall 80
more water on your rugs see A ~
put my umbrella IN the standr And
with that Uncle WlEgiiy did.
@Tou are very kind" said the
mus KRAFT lady.
She was just walking along the
han 20 look at the new umbrella
stand, when. all Of a sudden, 10
through the door, which Uncle Wig
gily had forgotten to close, came the
bad old SkeezicEs.
-Ah, hal" snickered the bad SEee-
You can't fool me this time, Uncle
WlEEilT. 7 followed you right En-, Just
as I followed behind you all the way
from the Is and 15-cent store, where
you bought that big flower pot
'-rhis isn't a flower pot; it's an
umbrella stand" said Nurse Jane.
40 matter what it IS III have
Uncle WiEgily's souse.' howled the
bad chap. sticking out his red, green
and yellow tongue. -ru get his
souse II 7 have to stand him on his
headl S0use 7 want and souse must
have and"
Then the skee suddenly stopped
talking and looked all around
What's the matterT' asked Nurse
Jane 7 hope you don't want my
souse. too"
"No only Uncle Wiggilys" an
sWered the Skee. Il like rabbit ear
souse, not muskrat lady's. But where