The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-18

A1uRSE JANE FUZZY WUZZY. tho
N -muskrqt lady housrkeeper fOi iuCio
Y Wiggily Longcrrs. the rabbit gen
tlcman. awakened in the hollow
stump bungalow one night as she heard
some one tT!..
"Oh. Nurse Jane Save me! Save me-
save me from tho mosquitoes
Up jumped Nurse Jane and with her
night cap ON her head. so shc wouldn't
take cold she looked out Of her window.
There she saw dreadful sight Uncle
WlEgily IonEears, who was pmCticiug at
helhg soldier. and VINO had been keeping
guard In a little tent iu front OF his
bungalow, was being carried on by the
enemy mosquitoes as 1 told you IN tho
story before this one.
"Oh. my goodness me sakcs alive and
some curlry-cuc hairpins cried the
muskrnt lady. 4 must save Uncle Wig
gly But how can do IT. lie ~ being
carried or through the air, and must
follow him the same way But how
Ha / have IT, His airship' II | can
only make II go"
Quickly Nurse Jnpc. the brave muskra'
lady that shc was dressed herself and
went out In the old chicken coop where
Uncle Wigcily kept his Oirship. mnde ul
n japanese umbrella with toy circus bal
looms around the edges. an electric fat
IN back and n clothes basket filled VIII
sofa cushions 10 sit on when the air
ship was sailing
"Oh. II | can only make II go, so | car
fy through the air and get Uncle WIZ
glly away from the mosquitoes" cried
Nurac Jane hut she did not know much
about airships, and morning came before
she had even rot the electric ian start
ed Then along came Johnnie RushN tai
the boy squirrel. who was working Tor a
mllkmdu. leaving bottles of cream NJ the
homes Of tho animal folk Of Woodland
h..
asked johnnie on his early morning trip
Are you going away In Uncle Wigglly $
nirshipe'
II only wish J were cried the musk
rat lady oh. " dreadful thing has hap
pencd. johnnie Uncle Wigglly has been
taken away by the mosquito enemy, and
want TO 20 sRvc him lie called to me
to do II, but ! cant run the airship.
'Rut 7 can cried the squirrel boy
'Ivc often ridden with him In II and IN
the automobile. too. III run H. Hop iu''
but what about the milk and cream
YOU have TO delivcr?"
"Oh I'll nv over my ncst-house ant
get my brother Billie 10 do It" said the
squirrel boy Hop in''
So nurse Jane, putting In the nirship
few things 10 eat from the htChcn, II
case she and Johnnie had to 20 without
breakfast got In the airship Johnui,
started the electric ian and then up to-
ward the clouds hc stCcrCd the UifshlI
10y the baby carriage wheel which was u
the front part Of the clothes basket
on AND on and ON flew the squirrel ho,
and the muskrat lady hut, though the,
kept their eyes wild. open they saw n.
sign " Uncle WiggIly whom the mosllu
tocs had carried awny
At last. however, the airship flew ovcl
hig swamp. johnnie Bushytoil looked
down and cried
| Here. n anywhere. the mosquitoes vii
No This Is where they camp In tho dav
| Time, and nj night they come out u
| bite Maybe they have Uncle NiggN
prisoner here
Let's 60 down and see" soid Nurs,
Jam
"uut We must be careful about H.
] whispered johnnie n the musuu.lup
see us thcNll hitc holes IN the circus hal
Ions NJ our OirShp. and wr'll fll down
/ That would he dreadful" cried Nuts
Jane. Lets hide
So Johnnie steered the nlrship down he
/ hind some trees ON IN, far edge " tn
swamp. and then hiding the clothes has
/ kct balloons and su ON back - som
| bushes, the squirrel boy and the muskra
| lady cfcpt softly on Soon they cav IN
mosquito camp. and there I'm n. sutel
enough, was poor Uncle Wlggily pris
oncr
on they've made = cook ot him sNI
. Nurse Jane and so the mosquitoes had
/ They had taken away Uncle WlguIy
! red, white and blue stripped rheumatism
rrutch, and his tall elk hat, and give
, him a white apron and white cap An
/ there he had to stay, cooking the meal
! for tho mosquito Rrr,
tie WAS u prisoner, and n he had ttlcl
TO get nwny about seventeen hundrc