Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-14
CHILDREN's EVENING STORY.

you Skipping rope, ana now playing
marbles"
! "Oh, they're not for me-" said the
rabbit gentleman, laughingly. want
them for Jimmie Wibblewobble who
is i'll in bed. He thinks marbles will
make him feel better"
Perhaps they will, agreed the COW.
lady. She gave the rabbit gentleman
bag full of different kinds of mar.
bles. There were real agates, made
! from round piece Of stone, beautiful
! ly colored. There we're agates made
from glass, and tinted like the rain
bow. There were plain white alleys,
blue and brown Societies., all ring
streaked and specified like Scotch
mans plaid shawl. And there were
plain little brown common marbles or
"miggs,' as we used to call them, or
as some people say, "mibbs."
well, that certainly is fine lot OF
marbles" said Uncle Wiggily, putting
the bag full in his pocket. I'm sure
Jimmie will like them," he went on.
"He ought to- declared the cowlady
who kept the toy store.
Uncle Wiggily was hurrying back
through the woods, wanting to give the
marbles to Jimmie Wibblewobble as
soon as he could, when, all of sud-
den, as the rabbit gentleman was pass
ing big hollow log, where his friend.
slept all winter, all of g sudden, ] say,
out of this hollow log popped the bad
old skillery-scalery alligator, who had
not bothered Uncle Wiggily for long
time.
''Ah, hal" cried the alligator, with a
flip of his double jointed tail. Il am
Just in time, see l have caught you
at last, Mr.. Longears!"
mot SO fast!" eclairned Uncle Wig
gily. ITO catch me you must first
chase after me-
"Oh, I'll do that" cried the skillery-
scalery alligator. I'll get you!" and
off after Uncle Wiggily he started.
Well, the rabbit gentleman ran, and
so did the alligator, and pretty soon
Uncle Wiggily saw that he would be
caught If something did not happen to
stop it.
ooh, what can l do to make that
alligator stop chasing after me?"
thought the rabbit. "He won't stop
just because I ask him to, that's sure.
But I'll try it.
Uncle Wiggily kindly asked the ALI
gator to crawl away and let him alone,
but the skillery-scalery creature would
not, and came on faster than ever, his
mouth wide open.
"Ha! I think l know of way to
make you let me alone!" the rabbit
gentleman said. I'll give you some
thing to chew on" Opening the bag
of marbles Uncle Wiggily took out
one, and threw it at the alligator. 1t
went down his throat and tickled him
so that he sneezed very hard: "A-ker-
chur!"
"Have another!" cried Uncle Wig
gily, throwing a second marble-a
glass agate.
"Zung!" it went in the alligator's
mouth. "Zing-zung!"
'.Stop it," cried the bad creature.
But in order to speak he had to open
his mouth again, and this time Uncle
Wiggily threw q big white alley
marble.
Crack" the alligator closed his
jaws on the marble, but 1t was so
strong that it broke off some of his
teeth, and then he couldn't bit any ole.
Besides, it made his jaws ache, and
he had to stop chasing the rabbit gen.
tleman and 60 to the dentist to get
something for the pain.
"Ha! That's the time you didn't
get mel Uncle Wiggily said. I had
to use three of Jimmie's marbles, but
l guess he won't care" And the duck
boy did not.
''Im glad you threw them at the alli-
gator" Jimmie said, when Uncle Wig
gily gave him the bag of marbles.
There are plenty left for me to play
with"
Then Jimmie was soon better, but
the alligator's teeth were not, and this
teaches us new way Of using mar
hles. But l hope none Of you has to
throw them at alligators. And In the
next story If the kittens tail doesn't
tickle the piano and make it play such
a funny tune that the door sneezes It's
knob off, I'll tell you about Uncle Wig
gily and the April shower.