The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-07
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eBEDTINE STORY
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE RED SUMAC.
Copyright, 1918, by Mcclure Newsp
per SYhdiCa:C.)
BY HOWARD r. oARIs.

tCopyright, 1918, by Mcclure Newspa-
per syndicate
Across the fields hoped I'ngle Wig
gtly Longears, the bunny rabbit gen
tleinan. flis pink nose was twinltliug
like a hot cross bun on Eastern sun
day, and he was feeling pretty good.
Il hope have q nice adventure to-
day said Uncle Wiggily, as he hoped
On. skipping and jumping
Truly It was a nice day for an ad-
venture. The sun shone brightly. and
though II would soou be Thanksgiving
time, and, after that, Christmas, stu
II was not cold, In the field were many
bushes on which were leaves Colored
rod, purple, golden yellow and brown,
for Jack Frost had been painting them
with his cold colUrs.
An Of a sudden Uncle WigGily heard
some one say!
"There, nov you've gone and dome II
again You bunked your train right
Into mine and most smashed my Ell
CINE
| voice. But before that your coal car
ran into my station and knocked the
chimney off Now YOU quit it,
"Mv, That sounds like trouble said
Uncle Wiggily. II wonder who II Is
and what's the matter"
Then he peeked over the edge Of a
stump and he saw Johnnie and Billie
B%ushStatl, the two little squirrel boys,
playing with their toy trains Of cars.
The squirrels had made railroad tracks
on a sandy place In the field through
which Uncle Wiggily was hopping, and
on these tracks, Of tin, the two broth
ers were running their cars and en-
gines and cabooses up and down,
or course the cars and engines were
only make-believe. just as the rack
was. The engines made their wheels
whiz2 around and went az fast as any
thing. when You wound them up, h
MES train ran on one end OF the track
and Billie's on the other,
wei. you're having lots OF fun,
aren't YOU? ." cried Uncle Wiggily, Jolly
like, my! I wish | was a young rabbit
boy again. to run toy railroad trains, "
Yes, it's lots Of fun to run 'em, "
said Billie, but Johnnie he keeps bunk
In his train into mine all the time,
and he most smashed my engine, and
Yes, and he ran his train into a
railroad depot ! made a]lougsids the
track added Johnnie, And he
"Oh, this will never do" said Uncle
Wiggily, "fou must have a red danger
sign to put NJ when one train Ia go
ing to run into another, or into a sta
like the kind on the back OF an auto
mobile, Red means danger, YOU know,
and when You see that Won must stop
your cars and engines quick
1--WE couldn't see Il red lantern in
DAYTIME, spoke Billie,
NO more YOU can agreed Uncle
Wiggily You should have Il red fla 4
for daytime and a red light at night ~
iectod johnnie. And II Billie hunks
my Cahoose again, Ill-In-'
BE careful now said Uncle WiggilN.
twinbling his pink nose faster than
ever BE careful, We don't want any
more accidents. Tia! | have 1t. | see
whore l can get a red flag for each Of
YOU
Then the bunny rabbit gentleman
went over to one side Of the meadow
and broke of two branches OF red
sumaC SumaC. which YOU can call
or cluster, Of red berries on a lone
stem. II YOU have ever been in the
| country YOU must have seen Il.
Uncle WiGgIly picked a branch OF red
sumac each for Johnnie and Billie,
Here are your red danger flags,
see that your trains are going to bunk,
or smash. or have q collision, wave the
sumac. and then they'll stop and ev
erythinE viii be all right"
SO johnnie and Billie did his and
they had lots OF fun, and Uncle wig
gtly watched them. Then, all OF a sud
Den, out from II bushes jumped n
bad Old fox, and he was Just going tc
bite some souse off the hunny's earP
But brave Billie Bushytail caught uT
a cluster Of the red sumac berries and
waved them IN front q the fox.
bite Uncle WiEgily you'N get into dan.
GER See the red sumac flag, Back up
Danger, Back up
oh. excuse me I didn't know Their,