The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-05-17
UNCLE WiGGILY AND JiLLiE'S
CRACKERS.

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Uncle Wiggily Longears. the nice
rabbit gentleman. was riding along
through the forest of Woodland one
day. hoping an adventure might hap
pen ito him. when. all of a sudden he
saw. just in front of him. Jillie Long,
tail. the little mouse girl, skipping
lightly along singing a song.
We'll Jillie!" cried Uncle Wiggily.
happy like. you seem most jolly this
morning. What's the matter"
Nothing is the matter. Uncle Wig
gily.P answered the sister of Jollie, the
mouse boy, except that it's Saturday.
| and there's no school. and have a
penny--andr-"
"Oh. goodness me, sakes alive and
some lollypop sanwiches!" laughed the
bunny uncle. That's enough to be
happy about. But If you are going to
the store for YOU mi hop in my
automobile and Ill take o there more
quickly. What are you going to get"
..Crackers to go with the sour milk
cheese you 50 kindly got for Jollie from
mouse girl. There is some of the
cheese stili left, and as we are going to !.
have Mr.. and Mrs. WhiskerS Rat as
company to supper tonight my mamma
sent me TO the store to get SOM
crackers to eat with the cheese"
That will be fine" laughed the
gentleman bunny.
And YOU may come to supper too, if
You want to-" went on Jille. You like
crackers ane cheese. don't you?'
Very mich" answered Uncle Wig
giiy. -'Eut still if / came to supper
withcu, yQar mother inviting me. 1
might lie II. the way"
"Oii, you'd never be that" cried Jillie.
We love you too much for that"
%But here might not ne enough ga
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sort Of frisk about on both sides of his
face.
.Thats So said Jtllie, slowly. But
I'll tell YOU what to do. You come
along TO the store while I buy he
crackers. and then you a ride me
home in your automobile. Then / can
so in I'n whisper to my ann If MIR.
and Mrs. Whiskers Rat are there) sand
ask l:cr If there isn't enough crackers
and cheese so you cal, stay to supper.
Will that be all right"
Uncle Wiggily laughed so hard that
he could hardly say that it vas all
right, and Jillie locked at him in a
funny way. wondering what the Joke
was. but the bunny only made mis- auto
go faster, and soon they We're at the
cracker store. Jill1e ran in. bought q
box ara also a pennyfs worth Of candy:
giving Uncle Wiggily some. n soon
the bunny and the little rus girl
We're ON their way home again.
They had not gone very far before.
all of a sudden, when JI1Iie lookedback.
she saw chasing after them a big. black
nearly as large as a dusting brush.
.'Oh, Uncle Wiggily! LooiSl" cried
JiIlie. holding her crackers tightly in
her paws SO they wouldn't drop.
.H,lr' Yes. l see a cat. is after u.s."
spoke the bunny uncle. Maybe it's a
messenger boy cat, with a telegram
to say that soRee of my friends are i'll,
md that I'm wanted to come and make
them fee! mere jolly"
'Oh, I hardly think so,'' said Jillie.
sort of trembling like. II think the
Eat is after rre because Tn a mouse.
YOU see"
That's So agreed the bunny gentle
man. 1T looks like my old friend. the
ear scra ching cat. but surely he would
not do me or you any HARM"
You never can tell said Jillie.
Either your good friend may have
turned bad, or it may be some other
f.flirnal dressed up like q pussy l think
we'd better hurry on"
All right" answered Uncle Wiggily.
so he sprinkled some taicum powder on
the tinkerum-tanlserum of his automo-
bile to make it jump along faster and
ne and Jillie rode on But still the
black cat came leaping on after them,
of the bologna sausage tires. when a
sharp stone made a hole in it, and all
the stuffing came out of it, so that
Uncle Wiggily had to stop the auto
mobile.
Quick" cried Jillie. Lets hide
down uaaer the seat, and then the cat
amt see US. Hide Uncle Wiggilyss"
Jillie pulled the bunny gentleman
down beside her and there they hid
3sut they could hear the cat Eoming
giving Il foud ..meaouw!" until it
stopped right in front of the automo-
Bile.
Now I wonder where they've gone!"
said the cal, out loud. net seeing Uncle
Wiggs1y or Jillie. Il must find them
Well . can't bite us or scratch
us or dc anything like that 10 us!"
quickly cried Jillie. Now. YOU go on
away, bad q or I'll shoot You Listen.
y have a gun! You shall hear it pop!"
With that Jillie opened the box Of
crackers and taking some out h ewhis-
pered to Unels Wigily:
Hers. you break one and Tlfsfo the
saine. They're fresh crackers, hard
baked, ana they'll break and crack
vat SO the bunny man and the mousie
Girl cracked the crackers.
rack Bang. Crack" went the
crackers. like little popguns. but the
black cat only laughed and, said:
Bless your hearts. That wouldn't
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cracking crackers. But j wouldn't
hurt vow, anyhow. I'm q friend Of
Gnc1e Wiggily's''
Then why did you run after us?"
asked JiTie.
TO give you back the change from
your money. You ran off and left it on
the grocery store counter said the
cat with q meaouwing laugh. THE
Tccer dog asked me to give it back
to YOU, so chased after you with it,"
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helped Uncle Wiggily mend the broken
bologna sausage tire, n soon the
mouse girl was safely Sat home with
b crackers to go with the cheese. and
there was enough so Uncle Wiggily
could stay to supper.
So once more everything game out
all right and If the chimney doesn't
slide down off the roof and go to ssfeep
in the flower bed FL tell you next
about Uncle Wiggily and Nannie's
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