Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-10
Children's Evening Story

walking along with his satchel of medt
cine carried In curve Of his tail.
"Ah, ha! Uncle Wiggily!" exclaimed
DR.. Postum. Whose baby have you
there?"
MRS. Littletairs new bunny baby
replied the rabbit gentleman. Il am
giving her ride In thee arriage."
"Ah, indeed! Then l should like to
have look at her." spoke Dr. Pos
sum. ''The last time saw that baby
she was cutting tooth, and want to
see II 1t is through now. May look at
herr"
Yes, If you don't wake her up"
Uncle Wiggily replied.
ooh! I'll be careful not to do that"
promised DR.. Postum, II know how
to handle babies by this time
Quietly DR.. Postum pushed back the
top OF the carriage Then he lifted OF
the white silk robe. covered with fluffy
cotton from the milkweed plant. Then
the animal doctor fairly jumped back
and exclaimed in surprise:
why. Uncle Wiggily! This isn't
Mrs. Littletail's baby rabbit at all; Not
at all"
What? You amaze me-" Uncle wig.
gily exclaimed. Whose baby is it?'
"No baby at ALL" answered DR.. Pos
sum. 1T is some little girls wax doll
that you have taken for m airing"
But what - how where whose Is
it," Uncle Wiggtly excitedly asked.
THAT certainly IL baby carriage,
isn't it? and that certainly 10 baby
there. You are trying to fool mel"
mo am not ~ really" said Dr. Pos.
sum. "You see, they make doll car
riages now Just like real baby carri-
ages, with real springs, tops, silk RIB
| bon bows and all. And they make dolls
just like babies, too; even dolls that
will! cry and open and shut their eyes,
Look!"
DIR. Postum picked up the wax doll.
1t opened it's eyes, and when DR.. Pos
sum pressed button in the back OF
It's dress, the doll cried:
"Wah! Wah! Wah! want my man
maj" Then she went to sleep again.
well. l never" cried Uncle Wiz
gily. II never was 50 surprised! A
bad fairy must have done this. "A bad
fairy has changed Mrs. Littletairs
baby into doll Oh, dear!"
mo, nothing like that happened,
said DR.. Possum. II guess you made
mistake, not knowing much about
babies, or doll carriages. Wen 30
back to Mrs. Littletail's house and see.
Back they hurried, wheeling the doll
In her carriage, and out In front OF the
rabbit house they saw Mrs. Littletail,
with another carriage, looking up and
down the street, while near her, also
looking up and down. was Beckle STUB
tail, the little bear girl. :,
ooh, who could have taken my doll
and doll carriage" cried Beckie.
| left them here for minute while l
! went in to see If Susie could be out,
and now my new wax doll and carriage
are gone!'
Here they are" cried Uncle Wiggily
81 took them away by mistake, think
| ing it was Mrs. LittletaiPs baby sne
had left out all ready for mo to give
an airing"
"As If I would leave my precious
baby out all alone!" cried Mrs. Little
tail. II have been waiting for you,
Uncle Wiggily, wondering when you
were coming!'
"And to think wheeled of Beckie's
doll carriage in mistake for baby! :"
cried Uncle Wiggily. i certainly
must be thinking too much about the
new dances! Well here Is where DO
real baby carriage walk"
And with that he took the real baby
rabbit this time, while Beckie wheeled
her doll, and she and Uncle Wiggily
had a fine time in the woods, and the
baby rabbit never cried once. and Mrs
Littletail entertained her company.
So this shows you that we may all
make mistakes, even In dancing ana
, the next story will be about Uncle Wig
! gily and DR.. Postum, and II you can
stop the paregoric from tickling the
rattle box and making the castor oil
sneeze wish you would kindly do 80.