Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-18
UNCLE WlGGlLY MENDS HIS
SOCKS,
(By Howard r. Garis.)
pauet Newspaper Service.


Paoet Newspaper Service.
Copyright by Evening eNws Publishing
Company Of Newark, N. j., 1850 ;.
"A letter for you, Uncle Wiggily,
said Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, the
muskrat lady housekeeper, to the old
rabbit gentleman. few days after
Bully No-Tail, the frog boy. had fooled
the bad tail pulling chimpanzee mon
key, as have told you.
| "a letter for me? How nice!" ex-
claimed Uncle Wiggily. II wonder who
, sent it?"
Better taste Of it, and see,' suggest.
ed Nurse Jane, for the letter was writ
ten on a cabbage leaf, with lettuce
| leaf for an envelope.
That's what I'll do" the rabbit gen.
tleman said and he nibbled the lettuce
leaf envelope. This letter is from
Grandfather Goosey Camden said the
rabbit gentleman. "He always sends
me nice tasty letters like this
What does he say?" asked Nurse
Jane.
"Oh, he wants me to come over and
see him." went on Uncle Wiggily. when
he had eaten the cabbage letter, lettuce
envelope and all. Sometimes rabbits
| eat their letters instead Of reading
them. It saves trouble and it's just
the same to them.
well are you going over?" asked
Nurse Jane.
Eyes. for WHILE" replied Uncle
! Wiggily. But it looks to me" he went
on, "as If you were going out yourself,
Nurse Jane" for the muskrat lady had
on her bonnet and shawl.
Eyes, am going to the five and ten
cent store to get pair of diamond ear
rings for the cat" the muskrat lady
said. But that need not keep you
home. We can lock up the house and
both go out"
II suppose So" Uncle Wiggily agreed
"Well, I'll Just put on my best suit and
20 over to Grandpa Goosey's house.
Don't wait for me, Nurse Jane" he
went on, "I'll lock up the bungalow
when go out"
very WELL" replied the muskrat
lady housekeeper. And out she went,
leaving Uncle Wiggily to get himself
ready.
Il guess I'd better put on clean
pair of socks" the rabbit gentleman
remarked as he went up to his room.
But when he looked in his bureau
drawer he could not find pair OF
socks that did not have hole In. some
had more than one hole, either in the
toe or heel
ooh, dear!" exclaimed Uncle Wiggily
This Is too bad. remember now
Nurse Jane said she had not had time
to mend my socks this week But told
her it did not matter, as did not ex
pect to go out. But now l want to go,
and haven't proper pair of socks to
wear What shall do?"
Uncle Wiggily thought for minute
and then he said:
"Ah, ha! have it! I'll mend rair
of socks for myself. That will surprise
Nurse Jane. Yes, certainly can sew
UP hole in sock as well as any one
I need not stay in on that account"
Uncle Wiggily did not know much
about mending socks, but he knew the
would have to have a needle and
thread to start with, anyhow. These
he found in Nurse James room.
The rabbit gentleman threaded the
needle, though 1t was for him no easy
task. Then, when he had long
thread he took the needle in one paw
and the sock in the other and began to
mend It,
"Ouch!" suddenly cried Uncle Wig
gily. "The needle stuck me! How
did that happen?"
He soon saw how It was. He had
to put his paw inside the sock to
stretch out the place where the hole
was, and of course when he put the
needle in the ragged edges of the