The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-30
| Copyright, 1918, by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
BY HOWARD r. GARIS.

BY HOWAHD NJ GANlS'
"Oh, my! Look at that cried Nurse
lane Fuzzy Wuzzy, the muskrat lady
housekeeper, as she walked into the
parior of the hollow stump bungalow,
where, one morning, Uncle Wiggily
LOngears, the bunny rabbit gentleman,
was reading the fly paper. Look at
that" and she pointed to something
on the floor.
What is it?" asked Mr.. Longears,
making his pink nose twinkle like an
electric light as he looked over the tops
of his glasses. rs 1t a little mousse"
NO, but some OF your toes are out
of your Shoe" said Nurse Jane. you
must get a new pair
DO you mean q new pair OF toes or
shoes?" asked the bunny with a
New shoes, of course" spoke Nurse
Jane, with a sort of a sniffle of her
tail. You have worn your old shoes
so long that they have holes in them.
Go right away to the three n four
cent store and get yourself a new pair
Of shoes"
II will" said Uncle Wiggily, as he
looked at the hole in his old shoes. AS
| Nurse Jane had said, his toes were
coming through, and it was too cold
for anything like that, being just after
So the bunny hoped along fast over
the fields and through the woods In his
old shoes, with two toes sticking out,
and soon he came to the six and seven
cent store.
Il want to buy a new pair of Shoes"
he said to the goat gentleman who
kept the store.
Here you are!' bleated the goat.
"As fine a pair of shoes as 1 have, and
they squeak beautifully"
"Squeak?' asked Uncle Wiggily.
Yes" answered the goat gentleman,
ill.,. N-.- 49, -.z-N LA-,,Ntfaal "a L.
you evsE heard. When you wear them
every one will know you have a new
That's good" said Uncle Wlggily.
Then l won't have to tell them" So
he put on the new pair of squeaky
shoes, and, with his old ones wrapped
up in a paper bag, he started once
more for his hollow stump bungalow.
But Uncle Wiggily had not hoped
very far before his new shoes hurt him
very much, being a bit tight.
Squeak or no. squeak" he said to
himself, I'm going to take them off
AND wear my old ones home. They're
holes in them"
So he took off his new shoes, put
them in a paper bag and put his old,
comfortable shoes back on his paws.
Then Uncle Wiggily hoped along a
little farther, and, all of a sudden, he
"a VII OllS III llC "OOuo Lying
most sadly.
"Ha! That sounds like troubIey'
spoke the bunny. II hope can help
them"
He looked through the bushes and
there he saw Susie Littletail, the rab-
bit girl, holding a doll in her paws, and
she was crying. l mean Susie was cry
ing. not the doll.
What's the matter, Susie?' asked
the bunny gentleman.
oh, it's my doll." sobbed Susie.
Has she the epizootic?" asked Uncle
Nurse Jane and Wen make her some
carrot tea, favored with catnip. That's
good for the epizootic. Come along
oh. no, my dollie hasn't the cpl
cause she has lost her squeak. She
used to have the most lovely SQUEAK
you ever hear. Shed squeak when
ever \ pressed on her stomach. Bu'
now she won't squeak any more. Oh
dear!'
"Ha! Don't cry!" said kind lUncl,
Wiggily. Perhaps I can fix your dol
for you, Susie"
lust then Uncle Wiggily pressed th'
bag in which were his new shoes. The.
squeaked most beautifully.
oh cried Susie in delight. 'Hav'
you a new doll in there, Uncle Wig
mo" answered the bunny. But
have a pair of shoes that squeak, The!
both squeak, and one ~squeakeT Il
enough for me. Come to the shoe
makers and I'll have him take tn,
squeak out of one of my shoes and pu
it in your doll, Then she will be al
right again.
t'Oh, how lovely" cried Susie.
Then she and Uncle Wiggily hurried
to the shoemaker's, and soon tn
squeak from one of the hunny's shoe
was put in Susie's doll, and when tn,
little rabbit girl pressed OF the doll,
real as any heart could wish.
AS for Uncle Wiggily's new shoes, a
soon as they softened UP a bit he Mor.