The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-10
BY HOWARD r. cARls.
Copyright, 1920. by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.)

Dear me. NOW can 80 anu SNF
pose that's all there is to II.
Uncle Wiggily Longears, the bunny
rabbit gentleman. said this one DAY as
he was getting ready to hop out from
the hurrow underground house Where
he and Nurse Jane were living, tor
time, with the Littletail family OF rap
bits.
where do you want to CO., Uhcle
Wiggily. and why can't you go? asheu
Susie, the girl rabbit, o5,,.,
Il want to go look for an auNen-
lure. ;" replied the bunny gentleman
hut | can not because there is put+
ton off nv coat and Nurse Jane Is hot
here lust now to sew it on. NelIher ID
your mother here, Susie. r.. >r,,.so
That was true enough, Ior Hu vi,
lane Fuzzy Wuzzy, the muskrat iaoy'
Ind Mrs fittletaii, the rabbit mother,
had gone down to the one and two-cent
store shopping. They had left every
thing all ready for the breakiast OF
Sammie and Susie, the rabbit cElldrS'''
and for Mr.. Longears, too .,. ,oa
Breakfast was over, Sammle nau
gone to school Susie was jIst going,
and Uncle Wiggiiy was about 10 Stat
ont after an adventure when he nap
pened to notice that a button was OH
his coat. ,,.,.,- sor .d.
ventures with a button missing s"'u
the rabbit gentleman 10 ,,o,,
"Oh. I can sew it on for you, II you
have the putlon," exclaimed SGS!e' H..
II have the button" Unci? MissioHi,
answered. But can you sew, SUSIE
"Of course" laughed the little rap4,t
girl THAT is one of the things taught
rs by the lady mouse teacher IN inc
b0,I0ty stump school Wait until ! get
nv needle and thread and IL soon nave
that button sewed on for YOU ,--,-
win you have timer asked Ohcte
NfsNII "a
tor school" - c,,,,o on
svered most cheerfuliy. nan. u,r,
T1yire aside her books, the niue SlIi
rohTit found her needle and thread, ana
Uncle Wiggly gave her the putto''
which had pulled loose from nus nus C0"t
Shall | take my coat OIL 0uS'e'
qu nHb ' me- she answered Just sit
down beside me on this little low sloo.,
and I can sew the button on WIN ny
needle and thread as easily as never
was!" ...-,,.. ,. dou,, beside
susie like Little Miss Muffit, and the
snider. who sat down beside her' anu
Susie threaded her needle, ...-..u, -
Then she stuck the needle through, a
hole in the button and she stuck Ine
needle through Uncle Wlggiy|oll, eN
n,,sa me, | mean she stuck the heeule
t6ro,,gh the cloth of the rabbit gehtie-
rn No coat, and she began to sew on the
ou !, Was almost fastened on, and susie sic
WIS getting ready to break on NY
fhread and Mr., Longears was thlhk Nh,
~ tho adventure he might nave IRA
a. '', hen ali of sudden, the door or
w. burrow underground house opeheu'
Ia IN eneaked the Fuzzy Old FOX -,
any ..uuni Well. | see you're at meme.
b.,t.J the Fox, carefully closing lhe
door. 4 co COO n1e2"
asked Uncle Wigglly, sort ol ne"''''''''7
ike and spasmodic. , hut -,
my ~ not only want to see you, put !
want ~" TO feel YOU" cried the bad old
Enx II want to feel the souSe on
t.omr ears and then III nlnple soi,3t
~, and he looked very hungry a.
Uncle WggiIys ears u'o '"o NDD'
fo I'm dear, What shall I do?' asked
tho bunny in low voice .,i,,,, 7
''i Hush n Leave it to me | thimH
can fix this chap WhlsPerSu no. TJtJ
She shipped off the t I1re5e " WyiggiI Iy
t sne n'a and then. knotting the thread
ou,iU'' and waving her needle IN the
air, Susie said: ar, Eox Won have
. Loose button on your coat il '1,,sd
let me sew it on for YOU % Ton don't
=
Uncte " 90 around biting. rabbits.
""rt \Tith A button dangling from
, vou .ne oU''t rae, OF course not - gurS,ed
,,o Ecx ambitious aud flustered IKE;
~ didn't know | had loose ou''o"'
Can you sew sew 1t 9 said Susie sweetly.
"piea cas-, sit down in this chair, You
are so tall [ can't reach up to you.
G. the Fox sat down in chair, ana
nc he looked over at Uncle Nlgglly the
bad chap said: -, 49,. ,.o,,r sou,e
nc soon as this button is sewed on
d" .T U,ish il would never be sewed on
tbcn " thought the rabbit gentleman
and he wondered what Susie was gong
to do. .,,. ood,o 30 t,,
1;ttia rabbit girl. She was doing some
thing to the coat of the Fox VINO sat II
Ali OF sudden Susie jumped up anc
Now come on, Uncle wiggiy' Run
and I'll run, too .-
and IN get souse from each Of you!
howled the Fuzzy. Fox.
mo. YOU won't! You can't run.
sewed YOU fast to the chair, ! sewec
Won fast to the chair" cried Susie Anl
81 she had. While she was pretending
FOX she wasn't doing that at all-sht
was sewing him fast to the back Of the
/ chair!
And when Uncle wiggily and Susie
{ ran out of the burrow the Fox couldn'
get up because he was fast to the chail
& and he couldn't get the sewed fast chail
through the door And then a police
man dog came and arrested him anc
took him away. So the Fox didn't ge
yTncle Wiggilys souse after all ant
Susie wasn't late for school And i
the clothes brush doesn't try to pu
H a hat on the head of cabbage to make /
look like a snowman in rain shower
the next story will be about Uncl,