Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-06-17
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
MEDICINE.
(By Howard r. Garis.)
Paset Newspaper Service.

8a CBy Howard II. Gar1e.)
Paaet Newspaper Service.
(Copyright by Evening News Publish
/ ing Company OF Newark, N. j., 1850
Uncle Wiggily Longears, the rabbit
gentleman, jumped out Of bed very
quickly one morning in his hollow
1 stump bungalow.
my" he exclaimed. rubbing his
1 pink eyes with his paws, Il must have
overslept myself! It is late! | will
hurry down to breakfast, and then I'll
10 over and have game of the new
kind OF lollpop checkers with Grand
father Goosey Gander, the goose
gentleman"
But when Uncle Wiggily had finished
& dressing, and had gone down to the
dining room, there was no sign of any
Breakfast oatmeal playing tag with the
sugar bowl and spoon holder, and
l. Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, the muskrat
\ lady housekeeper, was nowhere IN
sight
.rHa. This is very strange Uncle
( Wiggily said. Something must have
/ happened ! say, Nurse Jane!' he
called up the stairs. What is the
B matter = where are you?'
~ ''Oh, Uncle Wiggily," was thee an
swer. Il am very sorry, but l am
1 too i'll to get up this morning. Will
you please 60 for Dr. Postum? THINK
1 have spring fever
"Ha! That is too bad" Uncle Wig
4 gily answered. "Of course, I'll, go
right away, Nurse Jane, as soon as
have a bite to eat, SO I'll not take cold.
Now don't worry"
So Uncle Wiggily ate few cups and
saucers and piece of plate - mean
he ate his breakfast from those dishes
ana OF he went for DR.. Postum.
And when the animal doctor came.
and made Nurse Jane stick out her
tongue - not at him to be impolite,
but 60 he could see whether 1t needed
any salt or pepper on - why after that
Dr. Postum said:
well, Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy, you are
quite ILL., but you will soon be better.
/ am going to send Uncle Wiggily to
the drug store for some medicine.
When you take that you will be we'll
VERY good" said Nurse Jane. clos
Ing her eyes, for her head ached.
4 It did not take Uncle Wiggily very
long to go to the store that was kept
by Jack-in-the-P Pulpit, who raised the
little green roof over his head when 1t
rained.
Hello, Uncle Wiggily," he cried in
a jolly voice. Il hope you are not Ill
that you have come for medicine
"No, indeed but it's Nurse Jane Fuz-
" Wuzzy, am sorry to say the alb
bit gentleman answered. DIR. Pos
sum sent me for some powders or pills,
I don't know just which, but here It is,
written down on this bit Of birch bark.
"Ah, yes." spoke Jack as he read the
name Of the medicine the animal doc
tor had written well, all l can say
is, Uncle Wiggily, that | am glad do
not have to take that myself, and l
am glad you don't"
"Why?" asked the rabbit gentleman,
twinking his nose.
Because that medicine is very bit
ter and sour and puckery and altogeth-
er unpleasant" said Jack-in-the-Pulpit
but don't tell Nurse Jane until after
she has taken it. Then you won't have
to tell her. One dose will make her
we'll, and she only has to take few
drops"
"Then put 1t in a bottle for me"
said Uncle Wiggily, land l will take it
to her"
Soon, with the bottle of medicine
he held in his paw, the rabbit gentle
man was on his way back to his hol-
low stump bungalow. He was think
ing Of many things. and how soon
spring would be here, to make the
flowers gay and pretty, and the grass
green, when, all of sudden, out from
behind a big rock jumped the tail
pulling chimpanzee monkey.
"Ah, ha! Now I have you!" cried
the bad creature II haven't pulled
your tail in some time, but I'm going
to now, Mr.. Longears, even If your
tail is short
"Oh, please DON'T" begged Uncle
Wiggily.
Eyes. shall!' exclaimed the chin.
panzee, making his blue nose all
wrinkled up like the skin on an ele-
plants hind leg.
ooh, dear! This is terrible!" Uncle
Wiggily cried. "Only yesterday my
ears would have been scratched by the
bad cat. only for the clans. But,
alas! have no clans to help me to:
day"
II don't know what you are talking