Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-10
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE DOLL
CARRIAGE.
(By Howard r. Garis.)
Paoet Newspaper Service,

Pa0et Newspaper Service.
Copyright by Evening News Publish
ing Company of Newark, N. j.. 1879
Uncle Wiggily! Uncle Wiggily."
called Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, the
muskrat lady housekeeper, to the rab.
bit gentleman in the hollow stump
bungalow one afternoon. Uncle Wig
gily, some one wants you on the tele-
phone"
Wants met" exclaimed Uncle Wig
gily. Il wonder who II is. didn't
expect any one to call me up. Hello!
Hello!" he spoke into the telephone.
Yes, this Is Uncle Wiggily!
What's that? Have learned any
new dances lately? Why yes, l can
do the fox trot, II fox chases, after
me.
What's that? The baby carriage
walk No, l never did that. That's a
new one. But who is this speaking,
please? Oh, Mrs. Littletail, the rabbit
lady Why, how you surprised me-!
I thought it was my dancing teacher.
What's that? You want to know il
can take your little baby rabbit out for
a ride In the carriage? Why, of course
! can. I'll be right over. Delighted
I'm sure"
What is it?" asked Nurse Jane as
Uncle Wiggily hung up the receiver.
Has anything happened?"
mo; but Mrs Littletail, the rabbit
lady, wants me to take her baby out
for an airing In the carriage explain
ed Mr.. Longears. she Is too busy,
getting ready for company to wheel the
baby herself, and Sammie and Susie,
her two children, have gone to the
moving pictures this afternoon with
Mrs. Wibblewobble, the duck lady, and
her children, Lulu, Alice and Jimmie.
So told her I'd wheel the baby out
for while
Can you do IT." asked Nurse Jane.
''Is your back all right again from
emptying my washtub of water? new
err would have asked you to do 1t, II
I had known you had the rheumatism.
ooh, I'm feeling fine now" Uncle
Wiggily said Besides, Bully No-Tail
the frog boy, emptied most Of the
water with his rubber ball.
| told you about that in the story
before this one, II you will kindly re-
member.
$50 you are going to wheel the baby
rabbit" asked Nurse Jane, as Uncle
Wiggily started out with his tall silk
hat on his ears.
Eyes, I'll wheel her up and down,
said Mr.. Longears.
Uncle Wiggily hoped slowly over to
the burrow where the Littletail family
lived. Out in front he saw carriage,
with the willow top turned down low
over It, On edge of white blanket was
sticking out, and there was pink bow
tied on the handle of the carriage.
There she Is, all ready for me,
said Uncle Wiggily to himself. II sup
pose Mrs. Littletail was busy, so she
put the baby rabbit in the carriage
and left it outside here until should
come along. Well, I'll start wheeling
her right away won't bother to ring
the doorbell, and tell Mrs. Littletail
am here, as she must be getting ready
for company"
So Uncle Wiggily started off wheel
Ing the carriage with the pink bow on
the handle Very gently and carefully
he wheeled it over toward the woods
that were just turning little green,
ready for spring.
IT must take care not to wake up the
baby rabbit" said Uncle Wigsily. las
she is probably sleeping nicely now.
Babies are cross If you awaken them
before it is time They are as cross as
the hot cross buns, that we will soon
be eating for Easter. Yes, must not
awaken the baby rabbit"
So he wheeled the carriage on and
on, through the woods, over the ground
that was smooth and slippery from old
pine needles as brown as tooast
Pretty soon Uncle Wiggily met DR..
Postum, the animal doctor, who was