The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-02
Copyright, 1919, by Mcclure Newspa-
Der Syndicate1
BY HOWARD R. eARIs.

There was such a rafting and bang
ing among the pots and pam in the
kitchen of the hollow stump bungalow
one morning that Uncle Wiggily Long
ears, the bunny rabbit gentleman, who
was Just about to start out n look
for an adventure, said:
We'll, that sounds as if Tommie Kat,
the kitten boy. was trying to play tag
with Jackie Bow Wow, the puppy dog,
IN the kitchen sink, l must see what
1t is"
But when Uncle Wiggily reached the
Kitchen all he saw was Nurse Jane
Fuzzy Wuzzy, his muskrat lady house
Keeper, stirring something in a pan,
while all about her were other pans,
dishes and the like of that,
What are you doing, Nurse Jane?"
asked Mr.. Longears.
oh, making jam tarts." she an
My! I'm glad of that said the
bunny, who liked jam tarts very much.
You must be making a lot of them
for soldiers"
NO" spoke Nurse Jane, though if
any soldiers came along I'd be very
glad to give them some of my tarts,
But the reason there was such a noise
was because | knocked down some
pans | was washing. Don't worry. l
won't knock down any of the jam tarts,
however"
viii they be ready to eat when |
come back" asked Uncle Wiggily, and
he sort of twinkied his pink nose and
ran his red tongue around his whiskers
as he thought of the jam tarts.
They'll be all ready when o come
back" said Nurse Jane, and while Mr..
Longears hoped off to see what sort
of adventure he would have the second
WuZzy made the tarts.
First, she mixed the crust, which is
just the same as yOur mother or the
cook makes for pies, rolling it out on a
board. Then, with a cookie cutter,
Nurse Jane cut out the round bottom
on this so it wouldn't fall on %anyone's
toes as they were eating a tart.
Next the muskrat lady cut out che
upper crust of the tarts, and each upper
round part had three round holes in,
These holes We're made so you could
sweet, red jam beneath before you ate
the tart. If the holes weren't there
you might think there wasn't any jam
in the tarts.
Then Nurse Jane baked the upper
and lower parts of the tarts before
putting in the jam.
Just about this time Uncle Wiggily
was hopping along through the woods,
wondering what sort of adventure he
would have, when, all at once, out from
behind a mumble-bumble bush bounced
a bad old BaZook,
"Ah, ha! At last I have caught you!"
cried the Bazook,
Before Uncle Wiggily could say a
word, VI from behind another bush
jumped a bad old Bazick, which is al
most the same as a Bazook, only worse.
"Ah, ha!'At last | have caught you"
said the Bazock.
And, before Uncle Wiggily could say
a word, out from behind a third bush
jumped a bad old BazOcH.
All ha; At last | have caught you
cried the Bazock.
Dear me! 1t seems all three of you
have caught me-" said Uncle Wiggily.
Please let me 60"
"No!' hpwled the Bazook, the Ba-
zick and the Ba2ock all together like
twins, only they weren't.
Then Uncle Wiggily had a bright
thought.
win you let me go II give you some
of Nurse James jam tarts?" he asked.
SHOW us first the jam tarts," said
the bad animals. just as the pieman
said to Simple Simon.
Come on with me-" said the bunny,
and he led the Bazook, the Bazick and