The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-06
Bedtime Stories
Uncle wiggily anc Tootsie's Marbles
BY HOWARD r. GARIs

his hollow stump bungalow one morn |
ing to go out and look for an adven- |
ture, when the telephone bell gave n
tinkle-tinkle-ting.
-'Wait!" cried Nurse Jane Fuzzy
Wuzzy, the muskrat lady housekeeper,
that may be a call for you, Wiggy.
Yes, it is" she went on. Some one
wants YOU
Uncle Wiggily listened at the tele-
phone and talked into the little round
hole of it.
What's that?'' cried the rabbit gen.
tleman. "Tootsie has the epizootic,
and can't be out to play? That's too
bad. OF course, III come over and
stay with him while you go down to
the three and four cent store to get
him something to play with I'll be
right over"
Then Uncle Wiggily hung up the
telephone and said to Nurse Jane:
well, that's too badi Mrs. Stub
tail. the bear lady, says her little boy,
Tootsie is sick and cross. She is home
in her hollow log house all alone, and
she can't get out to go for some medi-
cine or get anything to amuse him. L
guess he's as much cross as sick.
$50 she wants me to come over ana
stay with him while, if 1 will. while
she slips out. 1 guess I'll go. l can
let my adventures rest for a day."
"Of course" spoke. Nurse Jane.
run along, Wiggy, and here is an APP
pie dumping 1 just baked. Take 1t
to Tootsie. 1t may amuse him"
So. Uncle Wiggily hoped off, TAX
ing the apple dumping and soon he
was at the bear lady's house. As she
let him in the bunny uncle heard
some one crying.
| "Wahi Wahi Wah!''
That's Tootsie, as 1 call him for
short said Mrs. Stubtail. He's real
! cross. but now you're here l know
he'll be good. You just stay with him
a little while, until 1 come back from
1 the one and two cent store. It's aw-
fully kind of you to come.
pray don't mention it, said IN
Gle Wiggily sort of suburban like. 1T
| is a pleasure to me-.
| So the bear lady hurried off to the
store to get some medicine for her
little sick bear boy, and also some
thing to amuse him, for he was rather
more cross and oeevish than i'll.
Now for some fun said Uncle
Wiggily, when he was left alone with
Tootsie. what do you want your old
bunny uncle to do?'
play marbles!" said Tootsie, as
quick as that.
Play marbles?' asked Uncle Wig
gily. why, I don't believe 1 can,
and anyhow
"All the other boy animals are play
ing marbles," said Tootsie, sort of
going to cry. 81 want some marb1es!''
81 haven't any, said Uncle Wiggily.
See, I'll play express wagon with you
instead. You are bigger than
(Which was the truth, for bear boys
are larger than rabbit gentlemen) so
you can be the horse, Tootsie.''
L don't want to play express wag-
on. I want to play marbles cried
cross Tootsie. ''Yous put some marbles
in ring and them you knock them
"Oh, know very well how marbles
are played said the bunny gentle
man. Il used to play them when
was boy rabbit. But L haven't any
marbles now"
"Oh, deari Can't you get some %
asked Tootsie. sort of unreasonable
like.
We'll, I'll go out and see if there's
a marble store around the corner
spoke the bunny, wearisomely
mo, don't go away and leave mei'
whimpered Tootsie I'm sick! I'm
lonesome. Boo hoo."
well. / never!" cried Uncle Wig
gily. IF I can't go out, 1 can't get
But 1 want marbles," cried Tootsie.
And 1 want you to stay with me.
Don't go out!"
Look here" suddenly cried Uncle
/
Jane puts an apple in an apple dump
ling, and then we'll eat it. Won't
that be fun?''
NO" answered Tootsie Marbles is
more fun I want marblesi Get them
for me. Uncle Wiggily. but don't go
out!'
/ Poor Uncle Wiggily nearly had a
headache this time. He didn't know
what to do. He went out on the back
porch to get a breath of air, and, all
the while, Tootsie was calling for mar
bles.
"Oh, if 1 could only get him sonnet"
thought the poor bunny gentleman,
speaking out loud.
Some WHAT" asked voice And
there, perched on a tree in the yard
was big bluejay bird.
"Oh, Tootsie wants some marbles!"
explained Uncle Wiggily. But can't
| lone moment-excuse me!' cried
the jay. Then he flew away and pretty
soon he came back with a whole lot
of round brown acorns. "Herei" he
cried. These will do for marbles
gathered them last fall and hid them
in hollow stump. Now 1 bring them
to you, as you were once kind to me-
So take them in and play marbles with
that fretful boy
Uncle Wiggily did so, after thank
ing the jaybird, and when Tootsie saw
the acorn marbles, and when he and
the bunny had played a few games
1.-The bear boy wasn't cross at all any
more and soon he was all well, and
he was sorry he had been so fretful
But, really. he couldn't help it. We
are all cross when we are ill.,
Then Mrs. Stubtail came back from
the store and she brought Tootsie a
jumping jack, and he was happier
than ever and not a bit cross. And
everybody loved Uncle Wiggily, and the
next story will be about him and
Sammie's books-that is. if the little
girl named Tilda doesn't whisper in
the telephones ear and tickle it when
it's trying to dance the fox trot.-
Copyright, 1917, by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
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