Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-07-08
Children's Evening Story



/, are being wheeled along"
And 80 that is how it was arranged.
little later the two old gentlemen
animal friends were all nicely tucked
In a wheeled chair, with blankets and
fur robes around them. to keep them
warm, and the checker board was on
their laps. They played q game. as
the messenger boy dog wheeled them
along, and the mouse ran along be-
side the chair, on Uncle Wiggily's
side, to move tie checkers for him.
Well, in about a minute something
Is going to happen. Just wait now.
Continued from yesterday
All at once, as Uncle Wiggily and
Grandfather Goosey Gander we're be-
ing wheeled along the boardwalk, all Of
a sudden out from the ocean popped
the bad sea lion.
"Ah, ha!" he cried. Nov I have
you both! Wow"
Well, for g. second or 30 Uncle Wig
gily and Grandfather Goosey didn't
senger boy dog, who was wheeling the
rolling chair, was very brave. He
knew just what to do. With loud
bark he sprang at the sea lion, and he
made believe he was going to bite him.
Then the sea lion grabbed the dos.
and started for the waves with him,
going tlippity-flop. <
"Oh, this is terrible!" cried the
mouse. ''Terr1ble!" ~
1T certainly isl" said Uncle Wig
gily, shivering like. ..>-
Help! Help! Police! Police! Fire!
Fire!" cried Grandfather Goosey Gan.
der. But no help came, and no police
came and no nre came, which last Is a
good thing, as it might have burned
the board walk. '...
And then, all at once, the wheeled
chair, in which were Uncle Wiggily
and Grandfather Goosey, began rolling
along, all by itself, for it was on top
of little hill and began to slide down.
"Oh, where are we going?" asked
Uncle Wiggily, surprised like.
Eyes. stop us!" cried Grandfather
Goosey. please stop U.s."
II WILL" said the mouse, but, bless
you, the chair was too heavy for tho
mouse alone to stop. Faster and fas-
ter it rolled, and then there came
curve in the board walk, leading right
the dashing waves ran the wheeled
chair, with the two old gentlemen
friends in 1t.
Quick! Hop out or you'll be drown
ed" cried the mouse, who was still
running after the rolling chair
Jump! Jump! Grandfather Goosey:
called Uncle Wiggily. Jump
II can't" answered the old gentle.
man goose THE blankets and fur
robes are so tightly wound around my
legs that can't jump Why don't you
jump, Uncle Wiggily?"
Because my rheumatism hurts me
so that can't move! Oh, WOW! Sure
ly this is the end of us. Help! Help"
ooh! Will no one help poor Uncle
Wiggily and Grandfather Goosey?"
begged the mouse. The rolling chair
was now almost in the water, and 1t
certainly looked as If it was the last
of Uncle Wiggily. when, all Of sud
den, a brave life saver dog came run
ming along the beach.
"I'll save you!'' the life saver dog
cried, 'for I am used to doing that
sort of work."
Then he caught hold of the chair,
just as the little front wheel on it went
into the water and he pulled it back
on the board walk and Uncle Wiggily
and Grandfather Goosey were saved
from going into the ocean.
ooh, how thankful we are said the
two old gentlemen friends when they
had caught their breaths, and saw that
they weren't going to be drowned.
But what became of the chair push
ing messenger boy dog, who went af-
ter the bad sea lion?" asked Uncle
Wiggily
Here he comes now said the life
saver. 81 guess he must have scared
the bad animal away" And so he had
for the messenger chair pushing dog
had gotten loose from the sea lion and
tickled him under the chin. That made
the lion laugh, and his mouth got full
of salt water, and then he had to let
70 Of the brave dog messenger boy.
who could now wheel the rolling chair
again. And Uncle Wiggily's rheuma-
tism soon got better, I'm glad to say.
Sometimes excitement is good for
rheumatism. .--
And, on the next page, in case the
snow man in ~our back yard doesn't
come in and sit by the fire to make 1t
freeze and go out skating. I'll tell you
about Uncle Wiggily and the flying
fish, Y