El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-20

SELF as he leaned on his red white
and blue striped rheumatism crutch
and twinkled his pink nose. What
is it I am 10 fiNg I hope this isn't the
] Pipsewah and the Skeezicks having
a dispute with the Blue Nosed Bah
boon about making one Of them go
after my souse- Z think I'd better
take a look"
So the bunny rabbit gentleman
Ipeeked around the corner Of bank
Of snow, and there he saw Billie and
I Johnnie Bushytail, the two squirrel
boys. and Sammie Littletail, the rab-
bit.
-Oh. I'm all right with them
/ gily. So he stepped boldly out. walked
up 10 the three animal boys and
asked; What's the matter, Sammie?
What won't go2
Ny toy automobile that got for
] Christmas a n m e answered
something is the matter and it
/ WoWn't go. and we were just going
I 70 try TO see If it could race with
I SNOWFALL"
Race your auto with a SNOWFALL,
SammieIn cried Uncle Wiggily in sur
prise. Why, you can't do that- A
snowfall can't run"
1T can run down hill" said the
rabbit boy, and that's where we
were going TO have the race But
now we can't. because my toy auto
i
looked at the playthinE, which was
about as large as musl1melon, OF
perhaps even squash. for all know
Uncle Wigglly, having real auto
mobile Of his own, as well as an air
ship, took a look at Sammie's toy.
Right away the rabbit gentleman
saw what the trouble was
The tikerum-tankerum has become
twisted around the whizzicum-Whaz-
zicum.' said Ar Longears.
Yes" answered Sammie and Billie
and Johnnie all together, like twins, /
you know
And the only way TO fix IT," said
Uncle Wiggily. lis to put some talcum ]
powder on the thing-a-ma- that 1
sizes around the what-is-it-"
And can you do that2" asked sam
ME, clapping his paws eager like 1
and explanatory.
I can" said Uncle WiEgily. and he /
did He hurried back 10 the under
ground buTroW house, borrowed some /
talcum powder from Nurse Jane I
Fuzzy Wuzzy. his muskrat lady 4
housekeeper and soon Sammie's auto I
was running as wen as ever.
But tiiis isn't much Of an adven-
ture for me" said Uncle Wfggily 10 4
himself, as the Two squirrel boys and I
the rabbit chap ran Off TO play with
the auto must hop along again 4
and see II something real exciting
wiz happen"
So Uncle Wiggny, after having
liked Sammies auto. hoped over n
the fields and through the woods, n
looking for an adventure He was be- 4
ginning to think he would never find
one when, all OF a sudden. ont from \
behind a snoWcovered sassafras bush I
jumped the funny old Bazumpus
Dear mei' exclaimed the Ba-
zumpusr prescribing TO be surprised.
How remarkablel' and he grabbed
"a Ia 3. Il
expect 70 meet you-" he went on, not
telling the exact truth, as the rabbit
gentleman wen knew.
Wen, now you have met me what
are you going 20 doE' asked Uncle n
Wiggly, scornful like, for he never
cared for any one who did not tell
I think shall nibble a bit OF your
souse, said the bad old Bazumpus.
looking hungrily at the rabbit gen
-leInan ears, where souse always
sroWs- Yes shall take some Of your
sOuse and then, If there is any time
EFT. III take you to the Skeezicks
lno the Pipsisewah- They have been
ooking for you a long while, but.
lonehow or other, they haven't
and I'm glad they haven't" said
But they'll get you nowF' went on
ne Bazumpus- After I've had nv
'ouse off your ears III help them
get theirs They are friends Of mine
Al OF a sudden, when Uncle Wig
slly was feeling badly. and wishing
le could get away from the BazuuDus.
here came a cry Of.
Look out for the autoi Look out
or the automobile! Look OUT Look
'utl and there was a Whizzing. p7hir-
ing sound
Gracious me- Salress .1f--s cd
lFer bologna sandwich covered with
lepperhash-' cried the Bazumpus- Il
lon't want to get run down by a
ftneyi Oh my" and he gave e iunp.
sitting $50 OF Uncle Wiggily's ears.
~ away ne ran as fast as anything,
III the Bazumpus
Uncle WigEilv was 81 s-4-D-4es7