The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-17


w irg'' asked Nurse Jane Fuzzy
Wurzy, the muskrat lady
housekcepcr ms. one evening after supper
In the hUllow stump bungalow, she saw
tho bunny rabbit gentleman marching up
and down the front path with broom
stick gun over his shouldcr
why. | am keeping guard" answered .
lucl" Wiggtly, the same nH ! did the I
othcr night whon ! was out with johnnie .
Rrd billie Bushytan the squirrels. and
IN" other animal boys. whero they were
pnying soldier I'm a tent"
But over what ure you keeping
guardr Nurse Jane wanted TO know.
you, and the hollow stump hunga-
low somewhat proudly answered Mr.
Longears. There II no telling what
may happen since the mosquitoes have
begun their summer war on us. II Is
true that the pennyroyal wecd perfume
made them so away for time, but they
may como back"
And wha, Will YOU do?" asked Nurse
Jane, II they do Gomez
| ."Oh. IN he here on guard like n senti-
mel soldier" answered the bunny rabbit.
/ IN any OF them come during tho night
] IN fire at them with my bean shooter.
, They shan't hurt YOU. Nurse Jane"
Nor you either. hope" said the
muskrat lady. for she liked Uncle wiggily
very much
Then as the dark night came Uncle
Wiggily began pacing up and down In
front OF the hollow stump bungalow aud
the white tent he had set up, with flag
In front OF i TO make IT look like real
| camp OF soldiers.
Tramp Tramp Tramp" marched the
bunny gentleman rabbit up and down on
! guard duty, Tramp Tramp, Tramp
The long hours passed. The moon
came up, hid behind some clouds and
then peeped out AZ Uncle Wgglly. who
was siill on guard. And the wind blew.
And when the wind blew ~ blew up
from the salt marshes biz army Of
mosquitoes who were Just waiting for II.
"Ah, ha!' cried the mosquito captain.
az he spread out his wings like an airship
and let his legs hang dangling down be-
hind him like tho tails Of TO Peeps sheep
/ "Ah, hal Now We shall go to war again
and We shall try 20 capture tho old rah-
bit gentleman-unole Wiggily Longears,
"Ah. haH said all the other mcsqui-
toes as they, too, spread out their wings
like airships and let the wind blow them
toward the hollow stump bungalow. "Ah.
hA!" and the sound Of their buEEing was
like the hummlng OF the wind.
All this while Uncle Wigglly was
pacing up and down In front OF his tent
and bungalow, carrying his hroomstlck
yun like n soldier and having his bean
shooter all ready by his side. He looked
up at the moon, and all Of sudden II
seemed to so behind a cloud
1T is going to he dark thought tho
bunny. II will Just sit down and res, n
while. No mosquitoes VIII come when u
In dark.
hut that Ia Just when they come, and
what the bunny rabbit gentleman thonsht
was CLOUD was Duncn pi mospu,,ut,s
flying over the moon to hide II from sight
Uncle Wiggily an, down In front OF
his tent !, was very still ana guiet, Tor
the mosquitoes were 30 hish w that theli
burning was not heard. Uncle Wlgglp
WAS warm In his fur coat His nos'
twinkled slower and more slowly. Hl'
whlskers did not ilggle any more, his ear
folded themselves down inside the nrlh
his tall silk hat
Soon ---- Uncle --H Wlggily-.was --
fas,--hst fast---a--slcep!
"Ah, ha" said thn captain mosquito
lowering IN The hlr above lhe iannu sen
teman. AN, ha' Now ~ our chanoe,
What are We going 10 DO asked IN
captains wife, for mosquito ladies' 90 Y
war just as some women vote, ana th
men-or worse, whichever way YOU loo'
at II, ,.,- ,,,,-,.
We are going TO catch Uncle W,Esil
and take him away with US SAID IN
captain mosquito. Tie shall ho our wa
prisoner"
but can We do IT, asked heuienAn
mosquito
"Of course hnsNereu lhe ChWMn
"Now all OF us musl sMuop uoWh Ner