Show I E The Adventures of Uncle W E C Copyright 1319 by McClure Newspaper r E Syndicate nr By- By E K R UNCLE AAD SD Tin Til Tun 13 PI JARS D By Howard K R. Garbs Garls j l I My goodness me mc me saKes S. alive an and 1 j some hone honey cake Ice ie cream exclaimed I Uncle one da day as he hopped out Into the kitchen n of the hollow hollow hollow hol hol- low stump bungalow where Nurse Jano Jane Frizzy uzzy was cooking something I on the stove sto hats hats the matter asked cd the I muskrat lady housekeeper Did Old you 1 fall Call In tho the rain water barrel Oh Oli no answered Uncle But what are lre you ou cooking that smells so good Nurse ur e Jane Janc It H make maee mo ml think of ot jam tarts strawberry stra shortcake shortcake short short- cake oran orange c marmalade and ketchup ell 11 its it's something JI like e all an of those laughed Nurse Jane as she stirred sUrrell something cool cooking ing in tn a big biS iron kettle on the stove I hI am am making spiced pears rears and aud Im I'm bla glad you ou came in So So am I 1 1 exclaimed the rabbit bit gentleman gen gen- tiernan I 1 dont don't know that I over ever ate spiced pears 1 but ut I 1 am an very cry willing to learn Yum Yum Tum I Oh tho they arent aren't read ready to cat eat yet et I Uncle I goll said the muskrat lady housekeeper Thc They are arc only onh partly cooked But the reason I am glad you came camo along just now Is that I wish vish you ou would stand here b by the thc stove and stir these spiced pears so the they will not nothum nothum hum Right i ht gladly will I do that promised promised promised prom prom- Uncle n IJ with a low and nd polite bow of his twink nose noso I shall stir the spiced pears hears a as along loutas long lout longas as you ou want ant me inc to Nurse Jane Jac t Oh it will not be er very lon long spoke tho the I need just a little more moro vinegar and su sugar ar to put in them and Ill I'll run across the woods and borrow borrow bor row some somo from rom Mrs Longtail th the mouse lad lady And you want ant mo me to stir the spiced pears until you come back is that It asked Uncle I It answered Nurse urse urse JaneI Jane I wont won't be gone very lon long The pears pear arc almost cooked cooled Just a dash more mor of vinegar an and a n sprinkle of ot sugar which Ill I'll get r-ot from Mrs l Lon Longtail an anthey and they will be cooked nn and ready to ca eat cat when thc they are arc cool So while Nurse Jane hurried across acres tho the little clump chump of oC woo woods s across from ron the tho hollow stump bun bungalow alow Uncle lg H stood near tho the stove sto stirring the spiced pears The rite They kept on smelling smell smell- In lug ing better and better and nicer ant and nicer and more an and 1 more spicy ant and Mr Ir was thinking thinking- how now goo good ou the they would taste with some lettuce carrot butter when all aU of or a asu su sudden something jumped right in ir through the tho open window of or the tIme bungalow bungalow bun bun- galow kitchen Dear me exclaimed Uncle turning s sound to see ace who ho It was You Vot must be in a great hurry huro Nurse Janto Jane Jan to jump In the tue window that wa way O 0 ho I am in a hurr hurry cried a snippy voice Im in a hurr hurry to get gel some sortie of your souse and there It 11 t tI wasn't Nurse Jane Jano at all aU 1 but ut the bad bat I old Oh dear me 1110 cried Uncle il 1 but ut he ho lie didn't stop stirring the 1 pears on the stove Please go awa away and dont don't bother me he beg begged cd tho tin I am yer very bus helping Nurse urse Jane Jane- Yes and I am going going- to be be very bus busy in a minute helping myself to tc spouse souse 0 off your our cars ears cried the tho Skee Skee- s L Look ook out for Cor yourself HerI Hero Here I come Dear me This is most unfortunate ate cried Uncle Oh I kno know what Vu Ill I'll do o ho said to himself as he ht Watched the kettle lettle o of spiced pears bubbling Ill ask tho the to tc have ha some and anal when he takes a taste they'll be so hot that hell he'll burn buns his tongue and then he wont won't want ant any of or ormy my souse Ill I'll do that So Uncle I vcr er very politely said aid ont Vont you have c n. n little of or Nurse Nurs I Jane Jane's spiced pears jears before you OU take an any of my louse bouse Mr Air Skee I O 0 0 ho Ito No o indeed I wont won't cried the Ieli I t I know w how you yon fooled I my ray friend the time Giving him plum pic 1110 with stones in You dont don't c catch mo me that wa way Here I T conic como for I your rouse ouse 1 dont don't want an any spiced p u He Ic was wa just going to grab Uncle I ig ily when all aU of or ofIL a. a su sudden en In j through the open window flew new a lot of ot I bees au and ancl w I wisps wasps Ps und aul hornet and yellow Jackets and lone lone- thin darnIng darn- darn lag Ing nee needles le A And d thc they all swooped I down on the and the they stung turc him so KO hard that tho time bad chap cried I Wow vo wow o oa wow three timos Just justI I like that and o out t Cf ef f the tho window hI ho I Jumped not hurting Uncle Wig ily at atall all aiL O 0 Im I'm so glad lar larou you ou came in time limo to pavo avo mc me said Mr Long cars to the bees bee the tho wasps the hornets an and darning darnIng darn rn in ing needles who of course coulse wouldn't hurt tho bunn bunny bunis' I Yes wo always come around whenever whenever when when- ever r we ve smell spiced plc pears cooking I said Mr tr B. B Umble Bee ee We Ye just cant can't help it An And l when we smelled the spicy smells front from your 1 bungalow alo to toa today today to- to day a we wo just buzzed along hoping you 01 or Nurse urse Jane Jano would give Ivo up a few tew drops of DC L the juice to flavor or our honey V I I Ii Have as much as you ou like cried lo L r In his most joB jolly voice and when Nurse Jane Jano camo came back with the sugar lIgar Hn and amid vinegar nc nr she finished hed the spiced pears and the bees beer and anel 1111 as much of oC tho the juice juleo a they want wanted d. d And tho the didn't have o a n So 80 if It the roller skate Ski doe doesn't nt r through h the hole hol holIn In tho ho rubber ball when nhen It plays plas croquet with tho the thota ta tak k k puller Ill I'll tell you ou next about Vh Il an and 1 tho the boll bell |