The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-29
Copyright. 1919, by Mcclure Newspa-
paper Syndlcate)
BY HOWARD r. eARIs.

once upon a time when Uncle WlEgiy
| L~ongears, The bunny rabbit gentleman,
MAS out walking In the woods, he heard
a rustliug IN the snow-Covered bushes
not far from where he was twlnkiing
his pink nose.
My goodness me sakes alive and
some ice cream l~olypops.' thought the
bunny rabbit gentleman. Il hope that
isn't the bad old Suoozer again, try
ing TO make a slippery slide for me
to fan down.
But 1t was not, as Uncle Wiggily very
soon saw, for it was Billie Bushytall,
one Of the squirrel boys, who had made
the r~ustling sound And he made II
by scampering along under the bushes
with a birch bark bag over his shoulder.
Hello. Billie cried Uncle Wiggiiy,
real jolly like. what are you doing
here
oh, I'm taking some hickory nuts
over to my Grandpa Lighttoot, an
| swered the squirrel boy. Don't you
want to come with me? Grandma Light
foot makes nice sugar cookies, ana
maybe she might give me one. ana you,
too, Mother said | wasn't to ask Tor
any cookies, but ! can just ask n
ma II she has any left in the Jar
where she keeps EN-, and maybe she
Maybe laughed Uncle wiggily,
Anyhow, Billie, III go with you and
see. Come along Shall | help you
carry the bag OF hickory nuts?'
oh, no, thank you" said Billie as
he scamp0red along over the snow, 1t
isn't heavy, You see, Grandpa Light
foot is getting old, so he cant store
away so many hickory nuts In the fan
as Johnnie and | can, So every year
mother sends some over to him and
grandma" o.,
That's very kind Of her, I'm sure"
said Uncle WiEgily. II know Grandpa
| IiVbtfpot will he Glad 70 get some fresh
hickory nuts"
SO the bunny rabbit gentleman and
the little boy squirrel, with the bag
Of hiCkories. hurried on through tho
wintry woods. Uncle Wiggily was Just
\ wondering whether he would have an
adventure that day when, all Of a sud
den, a voice called. -,
There! Stay Just where you are!
You've come far enough! Stand stu
and IN do the rest
And there, out from under a bush,
hoped the bad old Pipsisewah! 40
II guess I've caught you this time.
he said, What have you in that bag,
Hickory nuts for Grandpa Light
foot" answered Billie,
"Oh, no., you are mistaken" said the
Pipsisewah. They may be hickory
nuts, but they are for me, not for
Grandpa Lightfoot. l love hickory
oh, what shall we DO, Uncle Wig
gily?" asked Billie, III | don't take
any hickory nuts to Grandpa Light
foot he'll be hungry and maybe Grand,
ma won't have any sugar cookies left
and-oh dear, what shall I do?"
wait, a minute" whispered the
bunny rabbit gentleman. Let me think!
Ha! / have il. Wen throw snowballs
at the Pipsisewah!"
But what good will that do?' asked
the squirrel boy. He won't be afraid
OF them. and he'll get the hickory nuts
after all. and maybe your souse, too,
Maybe he will, and perhaps he Will
not, said Uncle WiEgily, with a twinkle
of his pink nose. Anyhow Wen throw
~snowbaIls at him, Billie" and then he
whispered something to the squirrel boy
that made him laugh.
Then, all OF a sudden, the bunny gen
tleman, and the squirrel chap began
throwing snowballs at the Pipsisewah:
Pooh! Think I'm afraid OF them
laughed the bad chap. "Thow away
as many snowballs az you like. When
hickory nuts. I'm not hungry for souse
today-only for hickory nuts. Throw al
the snowballs you like"
SO Uncle Wiggily and Billie did
throwing SNOWFALL after SNOWFALL al
the Pipsisewah. None OF them hit him
. for he hid under a bush. But all tn
snowballs landed in a pile around him
. Pretty soon Uncle Wiggily and Bill
stopped throwing.
. Now III come over and get the hick
DRY nuts said the Pipsisewah, but
when he got over TO Uncle WiGgily AM
Billie. the bag was empty-not a hlck
orv nut vas in II.
'Oh, fooled again" howled the bat
Pip, as he ran away with his tail be,
tween his legs. You didn't have am
hickory nuts after all"
"Oh, yes we did" laughed Uncle Wig
riIy, as the Pipsisewah disappeared owe
the hill "Only Billie ana I hid then
inside Jumps OF snow and made then