The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-10
Copyright, 1919, by Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.)
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per Syndicate.)
BY HOWARD r. GARls.
ncle Wiggily, would you mind II
l had some company come and spend
a lew days in our hollow stump bunga-
low! asked Nurse James Fuzzy WuZZy,
me muskrat lady h~ousekeeper. of the
bunny rabbit gentleman, one day.
Company? Why, no, | guess not "
answered Mr.. Longears. DO you mean
a moving picture company"
oh, no, nothing like that laughed
Nurse Jane. Il mean to write and ask
Mrs. Bow Wow, the mother of Jackie
and Peetie Bow Wow, the puppy dog
boys, to come and spend a few days
with me. Mr.. Bow Wow has gone
hunting and she is all alone, except for
Jackie and Peetie."
Well, those puppy dogs are enough
TO Keep anyone busy said Uncle Wig
gily. But still, by all means, write
and ask Mrs Bow Wow to come. l
should enjoy having her visit us"
Nurse Jane sat down to write an in
vitation to Mrs. Bow Wow. but, all of
a sudden, the muskrat lady cried:
oh, dear! l can't do it! l can't
ask Mrs. Bow Wow to come and visit
me-"
why not?" Uncle wiggily wanted 70
know.
well, I haven't any ink with which
to write her a note, and she hasn't any
lSlbpilOlle just now DO, Unless you
want to hop over and tell her"
"Oh, I'd just as soon do that" spoke
the bunny rabbit, but / think it would
be nicer If you wrote her a note. 1t
would be more formal like and stylish.
III hop to the three and four-cent store
and get you a bottle of ink. Then you
can write the invitation"
Thank you! That will be very nice
said Nurse Jane, so, putting on his tall.
silk hat and taking his red, w~hite~and
blue striped rheumatism crutch with
him, Uncle Wiggily hoped over the
fields and through the woods to get
the bottle of ink.
ture?" thought the bunny rabbit gentle
man as he went along. ut will be fun
II l do" Well, he did, but at first it
wasn't as much fun as he thought 1t
would be. Afterward-but there, III
tell you all about it.
Uncle Wiggily got the bottle Of ink,
the white snow with the black stuff in
the bottle to his hollow stump bunga-
low.
Now Nurse Jane can write to Mrs.
Bow Wow" said the bunny to himself,
as he shook the ink In the bottle to
make sure It wasn't frozen. "Ill carry
the ink-written invitation to the dog
lady, and then-
And then something happened. All
of a sudden out from behind a STUMP
jumped a bad old fox. and before Uncle
Wiggily could say anything or do any
thing the fox popped the rabbit gentle
nan into a bag, slung it we his Shout
der and started running across the
snow-covered fields.
"Oh, let me out! Please let me out!'
begged Uncle Wiggily Of the fox,
Where are you taking me?"
of to my den" snarled the fox
land you won't get out of the bag
until then: am hungry for souse of
your ears!"
"Oh, dear met" cried Uncle Wiggily
as he held the bottle of ink in his paws
inside the bag the fox carried, "Wha
shall I do? The fox will take me of
to his den and no one will ever know
Uncle Wiggily peeked out through a
hole in the bag, and he saw the white
| snow, over which the fox was t%rotting
with him. Then Uncle Wiggily looked
at the black bottle of ink, -
II know what 1 can do" he said. 81
can drip some drops of black ink or
the white snow, If Nurse Jane or any
Of my friends see them they can tel
which way the fox carried me, and
they can get a policeman dog, follow
the ink drops on the white snow and
save me-. I'll do it!''
Uncle Wigglly took the cork out o.
the INK Dottle, ana, as the loA trotleo
along with him, the bunny spilled black
ink drops on the white snow. On and
on ran the fox, and, after a while, he
came to his den.
Now for some souse off your ears!'
he cried to Uncle Wiggily.
"Oh, please don't bite my ears!'
begged the bunny.
Eyes, I shall!' barked the fox,
mo, you shall mott" suddenly barked
Jackie and Petite Bow Wow, the two
brave puppy dog boys, and they sprang
at the fox and growled at him so hare
that he was glad enough to run away
and not hurt Uncle Wiggily at all.
How did you come here in time to
save me?" asked the bunny, as he
| hopped out of the bag.
"Oh, we were playing make a house