Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-09-27
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
UMBRELLA STAND.

Dear me, Uncle Wiggily! Look
what you've donen exclaimed
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy one day
when the rabbit gentleman came
hurrying into the hollow stump
bungalow from the rain which was
pouring outside.
What have / done, Nurse Jane ?"
asked Uncle Wiggily. wiping some
drops of water off his pink, twink
ling nose with his tall, silk hat
L didn't forget to bring the jug OF
molasses you asked me to get al
the eight and nine cent store"
Yes, you brought the molasses
all right" said the muskrat lady
housekeeper, but look where you
left your umbrella! In the hall, on
one Of the best rugs, and your UNI
brella is dripping wetn'
"Oh, how sassafras of mel"
cried Uncle Wiggily. IT meant to
put it in the sink. And that re-
minds me, Nurse Jane, we need an
umbrella stand. That's something
like an earthen water pipe stood
up on one end, and you stick UNI
brellas down in 1t, with the handles
up, and all the water from the UNI
brella runs down in the stand, and
you can empty 1t out later"
oh, yes, one of those would be
fine" said Nurse Jane.
I'm get one right away!" ex-
claimed Uncle Wiggily, with a jolly
laugh, hurrying out after his UNI
brella, which Nurse Jane had taken
to the sink, to let it swim around
with the dish rag if it wished.
"Oh, you're not going out again,
in all the rain, are your" asked the
muskrat lady.
why not?" inquired Mr.. Long
ears. "A rainy day is just the
proper one on which to buy an
umbrella stand. I'll be back in a
little while"
With his umbrella held over his
tall silk hat to keep his pink,
twinxling nose as dry as possible,
Uncle Wiggiby hoped over the
fields and through the woods,
splashing through the mud pud
dies until he came to the eleven
and twelve cent store.
There he bought a nice umbrella
stand, with flowers painted on it,
and a sort of a tub in the bottom
to catch the water that would drip
off the umbrellas.
Nurse Jane will like this
thought Uncle Wiggily, as he tuck
ed the umbrella stand under his
paw and started back for his hol-
low stump bungalow. The UNI
brella stand was rather large and
it was hard for Uncle Wiggily to
carry it, but he managed to get it
home at last.
Here you are, Nurse Janet" he
cried, as he went in the hal. mo
more water on your rugs. See!
I'll put my umbrella in the stand!"
And with that Uncle Wiggily did,
You are very kind" said the
muskrat lady.
She was just -'alking along the
hall to look at the new umbrella
stand, when, all of sudden, in
through the door, which Uncle
Wiggily had forgotten to close,
came the bad old Skeezicks.
"Ah, hal" snickered the bad old
Skee. "You can't fool me this
time, Uncle Wiggily. I followed
you right in, just as / followed be-
hind you all the way from the fit
teen and sixteen cent store, where
you bought that big flower pot"
This isn't a flower pot; it's an
stand" said Nurse Jane.
mo matter what it is; I'll have
Uncle Wiggily's souse!" howled the
bad chap, sticking out his red
green and yellow tongue. "l'll get
his souse if | have to stand him
on his head! Souse / want and
souse / must have and"
Then the Skee suddenly stopped
and looked all around.
whats the matter asked
Nurse Jane. II hope you don't
want my souse, too" @