Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-20
Bedtime Stories
Copyright, 1923, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
BY HOWARD f. GARIS
UNCLE WIGGILY AND TEEG
FLATIEON

CIV c'm2 hopping home to Els
hollow stump bungalow, he looked
in the Kitchen and saw Nurse Jane
Fly Nuzzy down on her knees in
front of the back door. The musk
rat lady housekecper was noking
a hairpin in the kcybolc
Why in the world are YOU doing
that, Miss Fuzzy Way" asked
the bunny rabbi; gentleman, Are
rou tickling the keyhole with that
hairp.n. or are You playing tag
with thc key"
~ am doing neither one. Uncle
Wiggily.' answered Muse Jane.
" But wish Nigh; play tag with
the key.
"Why so?" asked the bauny.
Il seems to re that Is avery fun
ny thing to want to dc. Why 80" "
Because, answered Nurse Jane.
If I piarcd taE with ihc key i;
would be here. but it ism that )
.iuSJ the trouble The key of this
door IS loSt--Jle door is locked, AMI
! IN irving 10 open It with 4 hair
PIN.
Nurse Jane went on fussirg and
fiddliug AM juggling the hairpin in
the kcyhol, Of the locked door. Tn
Gle Wigg:ly laughed and said:
THAT : Just Ike you ladies-trv-
ing to do everything with hair
pin instead of he right tool. Now
let mc easn that door for yor with
~ hammer nay screw driver and
my pliers.
"Thank you' l can open i with
a ha;ipin. sid the muskrat lada,
You ncvc. car! cried Un,ie
WiE4Iv.
Eut he happened to rcme@bcr
how, once UPON "A time Whyn his
automobile was broken and toaIiH : |
&C. Nurse Jane mcndei il with a |
hairpin 50 tlat the machine ra0 !
fine.
$50 maybe she can open this
locked door with a hairpin. e1cn it !
she doesn't find the key, said the
bunny gentleman to himself. And
surely enough. that : just what
Nurse Jane did.
There, She exclaimed, getting
up off her knees and opening the .
dcor. i unlocked i with my
hairpin. and she bent the wire
back again into the shape Of the
letter |. and put it III the fur be
hind her ear.
"Wcll, remarked Uncle Wiggi-
". twinkling his pink nose, u
must saE. Nurse Jane, you are very
smart. Il would have taken me
half an hour with my hammer and
screw driver to open that locked
door. And You do il with Il hair
pin in few minutes.
..Oh, that isn't all l can DO
With !; hairpin." laughed Nurse
Jane. But tell me, Uncle Wiggi-
iy, did you lave any adventures
today
NO, not one, " sorrowfuily an
swcrcd the rabbit gentleman. Il
hoped over the fields and through
the woods but found no adveu-
lures.
"Never mind" spoke Miss Fuzzy
Wuzzv, soothingly. "You 90 lie
down in :he sitting room and Ill
make YOU cup of sassafras tea. |
Then weIl go to the movies.
"All right. - said Uncle Wiggiiy.
' Perhaps. after all, it is jIst rs
we'll | didn't have an adventure
For if the Fox or Wolf had chased |
me ! don't believe l could have
loppcd very fast, on account o. my |
"Sassafras tea will make your
rheumatism better said the musk
ra. lady.
50 Jnclc W;ggilv went TO lie
down in the sitting room, and he |
thought if that didn't mike him
feel better he would sit up N the |
lying down room. But, almost be- !
fore be knew il, he was falling as
Iecp.
Ajl Of suticn, however, he was |
awakened by a pounding, hammer
iug noise out in the kitchen.
.'Somc ory T.. a. the door,
thought Uncle Wigcilv. and Nurse
Jane is 50 busy making sassa fras |!
tea she docsn t near thgm. Ill go |
ic' them in.
so Uncle Wi2gjlr went 20 the !
Kitchen again. He saw his musk
rst lady houscEccpcr hammering OF |
,hr vail with tlat'ron.
.'What in the world are you do |
ius, Nurse J&ne:' asked the bun
9y.
"I'm driving a nail in the wall
to hang my dish towels on," an
swpred Nurse Jane.
"Why, you can't drive a nail
with a flatiron.' laughed Uncle
"Whoa! Wait until l get
my hummer. You can t drive a
nail that wav.'
"Oh, cant l? just watch mel
laughed the muskrat lady, &" You
s3id couldn't open a door "i.h my
Lairpin, bat l did and
Nurse Jane raised the flatjron UP
high and banged it hard on the
head OF the nail she wanted TO
drive IN. And, not only did she
drive tho nail in, but she crashed
tho fia'irou right through the side
of the bungalow.
"Thcrc! Look what you did,
cried Uncle Wiggily.
And then, all of a sudden, Il
voice outside the bungalow cried:
"Oh, ouch! Oh, WOW! Oh, Il 20
away, / was going TO creep in and