El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-24
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
uncle Wiggily and the Alarm Cloc
By HOWARD B. GARIS.

Copyright, 1915. the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate
-" G-a-ling-a-lingi Ting-a-ling-
a-ling,' went the getting UP
alarm clock in the hollow
stump bungalow Of Uncle Wlgg1ly
Longears. the. rabbit gentleman Ting
NV GOODNESS mer' exclaimed Uncle
Wiggfly- Il didn't know II was time
10 get up so soon Why, It seems as
If L Just come 10 bed"
But in the next room he heard Nurse
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, the muslrat lady
hOusekeeper. stirring around. She must
have heard the clock also.
III be ready for breakfast in lit
tie while" Uncle Wiggily called, as he
SAw-am-au right" said Nurse
Jane, trying TO speak and yawn at the
same time, which Is quite difficult 10
dO-almost as hard as standing on
your head and peeling a bag OF pota-
toes Il didn't think il was time to
get up yet" went on Nurse Jane
Nor ], said Uncle Wigguy, but the
alarm clock rang
And when he and Nurse Jane came
downstairs. why IL was hardly day
light. None Of the other animal folk
we're up and even Mr. Cock A Doodle,
the rooster gentleman, who crowed TO
awaken all the farm people-eTen he
had not come out Of MS coop
"Wellr Uncle Wiggily exclaimed I
guess our clock must be fast and ahead
Of time. I'm going back to bed"
So he did and Nurse Jane. also, had
a little more sleep before it was time
TO really get breakfasE
But the next morning the same thing
happened The alarm clock went Oft
too early again and Uncle WiggIly and
Nurse Jane arose before the stars had
stopped twinkling like the rabbit gen
tleman's nose
There is no use talking about it,"
Uncle Wiggily said ,nat clock is all
wrong II doesn't tell the right time.
what viii you do to it," asked
why. IN take 1t apart clean it. and
put it. together again, so it viii 90
'But can you fix a cloekg" asked
the muskrat lady.
well" replied Uncle WiggiIy as he
tied a shoe lace around his left ear
so as not to forget to buy some pepper
mint candies when he went to the five
and nine cent store 4 never have
tfukered with a clock. But can fix
my automobile. when the German
bologna sausage tires need pepper
sprinkled on them 10 make them 90
faster, and I can eat lollypOps when
20 up in my clotheebasket airship. So
j think 7 can make this alarm clock
over so it viii keep better time"
'Weu, I certainly hope So" spoke
Nurse Jane. 1T is no fun getting up
in the middle Of the night by mis-
take"
Uncle Wiggily started to fix the
clock He took off the face and Nurse
Jane washed that nice and clean Then
the rabbit gentleman took OFF the
hands Of the clock and put them care
fully away where they couldn't tickle
him and make him laugh when he be
gan to take out the wheels
Next Uncle WiEgily took the insides
out Of the clock, and he was looking
at the different wheels. wondering
which one he had better fix first
when. all Of a sudden:
"Zipi Bing"
Something flew out Of the clock and
% struck Nurse Jane Fuzzy WuZZy on
the end Of her nose.
Ny goodnessl7 cried the muskrat
lady. What was that2,
II rather think" said Uncle Wiggily,
slowly like and surprised. Z rather
think that was the spring from the
clock"
There was no doubt about it, for
a moment later, after bouncing from
Nurse James nose the cooled spring
ingy-ingy-s spring bounced up in the air.
and came down right between Uncle
NY goodness exclaimed the rabbit
gentleman, in great surprise. Ny
goodness saIes-
Jane
Look outr' cried Uncle ,wiggily.
Here it comes again.
The spring spraug up off his ears,
cOlling, twisting and turning. and this
time it bounced out in the kitchen and
Up against the new. shiny tin dishpan
which Uncle Wiggily had bought at the
ten cent store
-Zing. Zangi Rungr went the
spring on the dishpan like a kettle
drum.
We'll what win it do next?" asked
Uncle Wiggily.
He soon found out for the jumpy
spring sailed in from the kitchen, came
straight for the rabbit gentleman again.
Asiled around his legs. and down he