The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-05
GeE~VNCLE WlGGILXE =
BElDTIME STORY

Photo by Poland.

to come and see Jimmie W~lbbleWobble
the boy duck, who has swallowed some
s'pose I'd better go to him first, Though
how to do that and give the barber his
pinch Of snuff ! don't know
Let me do the last" begged the
bunny, 81 want to help you. Let me
take the barber his pinch Of snuff:
though why should he want such a
thing"
ii guess he wants 1t to make him
sneeze,'' said DR., Postum. "All | know
about it is that he has to have it. You
know how the verse goes: Barber, bar
Der, shave " pig, how many hairs will
make q wigP Four and twenty, that's
enough, give the barber n pinch of
snuff. So I'm taking him the snuff"
That's enough" laughed Uncle Wig
gily. "lll take 1t to him for YOU and
you can SO see jimmie, the duck"
So Uncle Wiggily put the paper OF
brown snuff in his pocket and hoped
on through the woods, And then, all Of
Il sudden, he happened to think of
something.
I'm go back to my hollow stump
bungalow said the bunny TO himself,
"and see If Nurse Jane has the pump
kin pie baked yet, If she has, I'll take
the barber a piece of that. too. If he
likes snuff hen be sure to like pumpkin
pic. III do it,
So Uncle Wiggily hurried back to his
hollow stump bungalow and into the
kitchen. But before he got there he
could smell something gnod.
That must be the pumpkin pie"
said the bunny to himself. "pA YUM
yum,'
And, surely enough, there was Nurse
Jane lust taking a lovely pumpkin pie
out of the oven. 1t was brown, and
sugary and Cinnomony on top. and
looked lust nke THANKSGIVING and part
of Christmas.
My! You are homo early" said the
muskrat lady to the bunny uncle, did
YOU have an adventure?"
Not yet, but | may, l came to get
n piece OF pie for tho barber, to &c
with his snuff" and taking the paper
OF brown, sneezy tobacco powder out
of his pocket. Uncle Wiggily showed IL
to Nurse Jane.
Don't hold It near my nose!'' she
cried, II don't want to sneeze and ker-
choo as II | had the eplzootic, Here
take q piece Of pumpkin pie for the
barber and bc off with the snuff"
Uncle WiGgily was just purtlng the
paper OF sncezy stuff In his pocket
and getting ready to take the piece OF
pumpkin pie which Nurse Jane cut
when. all of u sudden. into tho kitchen
bounced the bad old Pipsisewah,
"Ah, ma, Not so fast" etted the I'm.
pleasant creature. Where are you 20.
Ing, and what are you doing2"
Taking a piece of pumpkin pic t.
the barber" said Uncle Wiggily,
"Oh, no, you're not!' said the Pip.
sisewah. "Tu take tho BARRIERS pie
II YOU please" and he reached out his
claws to grab 1t, and also to scratch
Uncle Wiggily and Nurse Jane.
"lla! You'll take the barber's pie
will your cried brave Uncle WiggilV
Then take some of his snuff also!'
With that, carefully holding his owr
pink, twtntNing nose, while Nurse Jan,
held hers, the bunny threw some smut
in the face of the bad old Pipsisewah.
"ker-chool A-ker-choo, Ker-foozi
lum-2ichi Wahi" sneegcd the bad char
II he sneegcd SO hard that he turned
= peppersault and a somersault. ant
out uf the window he bounced. And h,
didn't got II bit of pumpkin pie, an,
he never left off sneeztng for a week
Uncle .Wiggtly sneezed Just a littit
hit, and then the bunny took to tn,
barber the piece OF pie and the snuff
and the barber was very much obliged
And II the piece of cheese doesn's .tr,
to hide in the apple sauce when tn
cherry pie is looking for II to play tag
III tell YOU next about Uncle Wiggil
and the turnip cake.