South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-30
Uncle Wiggiiy

Nurse Jane. could you bake
few little extra cakes, PIES and jam
arts for this evening"" asked Uncle
W ggily one day as he was hopping
out OF his hollow stump bungalow.
Extra cakes and tarts." exc!alm-
ed the muskrat lady housekeeper.
Why do you want them, Uncle
Wigg!ly? Are you going to take your
lunch and hop off on long adven-
ture trip"
"Oh, no. nothing like that" laugh
ed the bunny gentleman. But I am
going 10 have a wireless telephone
concert here this evening, and I'd
like TO give the company that I am
going to invite something good to
eat"
"A wireless concert-here? cried
| Nurse Jane.
Certainly. right here in our hol-
low stump bungalow" answered Mr..
Longears. I'm going out now and
get the wireless outfit"
We'll, III have the cake, pies and
jam tarts ready" promised Miss
Fuzzy Wuzzy
Uncle Wggily horped to the II
and 12-cent store and bought him
self a wireless outfit, with an aerial,
ground wire, telephones and every
thing. He bought enough telephones
so a dozen Of his friends could lis
ten in at the same time.
Grandfather Goosey Gander help
ed Uncle wiggily put up the wire
less. One end Of the aerial wire was
fastened in a tall tree outside the
hollow stump bungalow, and Grand
pa Goosey was very useful in fly ns
up IN the tree to fasten that end OF
the wire.
When evening came all was In
readiness. Nurse Jane had baked
some chocolate cream cakes. some
lam tarts and pumpkin pies, and
hey were ready to serve.
Then the company began arriv-
ing Uncle Butter, the goat. and
: Aunt Lettie, his wife. were the first
to reach the bungalow.
Anything on. Uncle Wigg 'ly?"
bleated Uncle Butter picking W a
pair Of telephones and slipping them
over his ears out OF the way OF his
horns.
Il think It's just some phono-
graph music" answered Uncle Wig
gily. But a little later there is TO
be a grand concert broadcasted from
JAM station"
why. that spells JAM" chatter
/ ed Johnnie Bushytail. the little
squirrel boy, who came IN just then.
Are they going to broadcast any
I jam tonight. Uncle Wigg ly?"
Nurse Jane Will do the broadcast
ing OF the jam" chuckled the bunny
gentleman.
Then more OF the animal ladies
and gentlemen. together with girls
and boys. reached the hollow stump
/ bungalow, and soon they sat about
with telephones TO their ears, listen
ing TO the wireless concert.
The concert was fine one. There
was singing and playing. jolly music
that made you want 10 dance, and
some songs so sad they made tears
come IN the eyes of Mr.. WhEewash,
the polar bear gentleman. who had
shuffled over from his cave OF ice
20 listen in.
All of a sudden, when every one
was happy, listening TO a band play
ng a fine tune, all at once, IN
bounced the bad Bob Cat with hts
little stump of a tail
"Ah. now for some ears TO nib
BILE" howied the Bob Cat.
AS all OF Uncle Wiggily's visitors
had telephones over the ears. they
rad not heard the Bob Cat enter
But there he was.
"Oh. DEAR" screamed Aunt Lettie
and every one took off the tele-
phones except Aunt Jerusha Ann
4 the woodchuck lady She kept hel
telephone over her ears, for sh:
dn't want 10 miss any OF the mu-
sic.
What do rou want, Bob Cat?'
asked Uncle Wiggly.
r rst I'm going TO nibole you
ears and then I'm going TO n!bblt
the ears OF everybody here" snarleC
the Bob Cat. Il never saw 50 many
ears for nib0ling ali in one place
before" he snickered.
he was ust reaching over 10 star
billing Uncle Wigs ly's ears when
all Of a sudden. Aunt JerUsha Ann
took he telephone from her ears
and said:
"Oh. Mr.. Bob Cat wouldn't you
Ike 20 Listen N before you DO an
nibbl ng?"
Listen to what?" impontely
growled the Bob Cat.
To the wireless" answered Aun.
Jerusha Ann, and before the Boz