Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-06-19
UNCLE WIGGILY AND HIS
SPECTACLES.
8PETEY
(By Howard r. Garis).
Pauet NeWapaper Service.

Il VASoI fsN0WoPoPCT 0StNtSS. II
n copyright, by Evening News Publish
ing Co., of Newark, N. j., 1850
81 Once upon time. not so very many
years ago, there was bad old fox
man who made up his mind to get
Uncle Wiggily Longears, the nice rab-
! bit gentleman The fox wanted to
carry Uncle Wiggily off to his den and
bite him, maybe for all I know.
Mind, I'm not saying for sure, but
maybe.
SID Anyhow, the old fox tried every way
he could think of to catch Uncle Wig
lilly. but he couldn't seem to do it.
4 'tI'll set trap for him. said the fox
3 10 himself.
ss So he did, but bless your heart
\ Uncle Wiggily knew all about traps.
q and he kept out of the one the fox set.
Then the fox hid behind a bush one
day and when Uncle Wiggily came
past, on the way to his hollow stump
4 bungalow, having gone to the store for
v Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, his muskrat
4 lady housekeeper, the fox suddenly
4 jumped out at the rabbit gentleman.
"Ah, ha! No, you don't Uncle Wig
gily cried 81 saw you in time through
my spectacles,' and with that Uncle
/. Wiggily, who had to wear glasses be-
cause he was getting old ran away.
And the fox himself was quite old and
lame. SO he could not race after the
rabbit
ooh, I'll get you YETI the fox said,
shaking his tail at Uncle WJgily. III
|. get you yeti
Well, he tried and tried. and all the
animal children from Sammle ana
Susie Little tail, the rabbits down to-
Bully and Bawly No-Tail, the frog boys
were afraid Uncle Wiggily would be
harmed by the bad old fox.
III But every time the fox man would
try to catch Uncle Wiggily, the rabbit
gentleman would easily spy the bad
animal through the spectacles and IN
Gle Wiggily would have time to hop
away. s ea .lsss,
Il know what Il must do finally
said the fox to himself. must get
hold Of Uncle Wiggily's spectacles
somehow or other and take out the
glass Then. he can't see me when |
creep up TO grab him. That's what III
do I'll get his spectacles.
Then the fox watched his chance to
get the rabbit gentleman's spectacles
that he saw through.
Il "Ill have to take them at night"
the fox said, las that is. the only time
he takes them off. AS long as he wears
them he can see so well through them
that can't get near enough to grab
him"
So the fox made up his mind to get
the spectacles away from the rabbit
gentleman And one night. when all
was dark and still in the hollow stump
bungalow, and when Nurse Jane Fuzzy
Wuzzy was dreaming abouta new way
to wash dishes, and Uncle Wiggily was
dreaming about how to eat carrot
shortcake, in sneaked the bad old fox!
Without ever awakening Uncle Wig
gily, the fox went UP to the rabbit
gentlemans room and took the round.
glasses out iof the spectacles. And
spectacles without glasses are almost
the same as a stick without any Jolly |
pop7on the end of it. You know what i
mean
The fox didn't dare take Uncle Wig
gily away then, for fear the rabbit !
gentleman would awaken and call in a I
policeman dog.
I'll just wait until morning, when I
Uncle Wiggily goes for walk" the !;
fox thought. Then he won't be able I
to see me because Of having no glass /
in his spectacles, and Ill get him."
ss Ito Be Continued ),aa4s
Well. everything turned out. that :
way. Uncle Wiggily. arose and had his /
breakfast. Then he put on his spec. !
tacles. and started out for walk, as
he did every mroning. The fox knew
this. and was waiting, slyly, slyly wait ;,
Ing. /
My! 1t seems I can't see SO we'll
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