El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-11
Bedtime Stories For The Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGIIY AND THE CLOTHES LINE
BY HOWARD r. GARIS. inuuuuu-rrs

- By HOWAEt
-TUTELL. IL that isn't bad luck,
w wouldn't say sor' exclaimed
Nurse Jane Fuzzy WHY, the
nice musllrat lady housekeeper Ior
Uncle Wiggily, the bunny rabbit gen
tleman-
whats the matterT" asked Mr..
LonEears, as he reached Tor his TAI.
[ silk hat down of the top Of the CLOCK
where Il was listening TO the pendu-
I ium tick
NY clothes line has broken, and all
7 the clean things are down IN re
dust" said the muskrat lady i JUST
washed out a few extra pieces. as ]
want to take q little trip 70 Hasp-
berry Grove on Monday. and that
why washed on Saturday But dear
mel 7 never thought I'd have sucn
Wuzzy hurried out TO the yard to
pick up the fallen clothes
This Is a very sad accident Tor
d Nurse Jane" thought Uncle WigsltR-
T 4 think the best / can do IS 70 get
her a new clothes une-ona that VIII
not break and cause 50 much trou-
So the bunny rabbit gentleman took
his red white and blue striped rheu-
matisrn crutch down out OF the pickle
basket. where II was trying 70 make
believe II was growing into a terIl, sIle
stump bungalow.
where are you going7 asked
Nurse Jane. who was Just picking up
the last Of the fallen clothes
I'm going 70 get you a new Line.
answered 1Ir. Longears- I'll Just hop
70 the store and be back In 4 little
while"
@Oh, you are very kind" said Miss
Fuzzy WuzZy. But never again VII
wash clothes on Saturday
%
over the fields and through the
woods. and soon he reached the store
where he bought a new clothes line
for Nurse Jane II was a long, strone
, line and the monkey doodle gentle
man who sold Il 70 the bunny said.
sTTou could hang all the clothes n
the world on that line and II would
b not break"
I'm glad to hearyou say So" SPOKE
: the bunny.
p and he was about halt way TO his hol-
: low stump bungalow when al a.
? once. Uncle Wiggily heard sad ut
: tie voice saying
! "Oh dearl I don't know what Ian
. going 10 do Such trouble as Tn IN.
b ssEIal More troubler' said the rabbit
uncle. i wonder II her clothes lin'
: I Is broken Who are you and Whari
: the mattsr2l asked the gentleman
] bunny politely
lady" was the answer. NY little boz
7 has taken my clothes line 70 play al
& lassoinE buffaloes and Wild Indians
. and now / have no line on which u
hang my clothes. Oh. dearl'
"Hai I can easily help you said
Uncle WiEgily- 7 have here a new
line for Nurse Jane Hers broke &
little while ago There IS more lini
here than she wiz need III cut OF
a piece fer you"
please don't" begged the ant lady
-Tou see I am so small and SO ar'
an ny family, and our clothes arl
such tiny things, that they Wouh
I never fit on Nurse James big line
Thank you, just the same II you
get me a spare bit OF cObweb, some
where in the woods that wiz DO YER
nicely as a line for me"
Right gladly VIII I do that" spok
Uncle WigEily. So he found Ms Spll
I Spider, a lady who spun cooWeDs, an
Sc gave him a piece OF her gossame
thread to be used as a clothes lin
you are very kind said Mri
Slziddle Dee, as she fastened up n
slender thread, and then she hung q
her clothes-sheets. rablecloths an
bedspr were as small q
the seeds in straw berry
mo wonder they wouldn't ut on IN
new line I bought for Nurse Jane.
said Uncle WlEgily. And / guess
that ant boy Is using q conWeD lassl
he viii not catch very big buffaloesl
Then the bunny hoped on. and h
was almost at his hollow stump bun
galoW when, all OF a sudden, on
from behind a bush Jumped the ba
old Skuddlemago0n-
ANY souse todayl" howled II
c Szuddlemagoon, most impohtely-
, mol NO." cried Uncle WISELY, Try
y ing to hide his ears under his TAI
70 silk hat NO sousel"
e -Tesi Yesi" yeiped the Skuddlema
Re COON. I viii have your sousel Ara
Is bella. the chicken girl. is not here tc
day TO pick me with her sharp heal
III have souse-
g But do you s'pose Uncle Wiggil
stood there waiting for the Slzud
- nibble bunny souse2 Indeed notl n
rabbit hoped along as 1asr as
him, crying.
Il viii have sousei I wini I vii
"Oh, no. you viii uotr said me-
voice. and, turning TO look bacl
Uncle Wiggily- saw Jackie and Peeti
Bow Wow. the two puppy dogs Fac
Of them had hold OF the ends OF
rope, and loops OF the rope wer
twined around the bad Skuddlema
goon's neck
Run along. Uncle Wiggily. IN
don't be afarid. He viii not catch 70
and get your souse-" barked JacS1I
ne can't chase you any more De
cause we have lassoed him." barEs
Peetie. I'VE saw the ant boy playin
] Wild West lasso, with his mother
cobweb clothes line, and we aske
TT DA On