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Show UNCLE WIQOILV ON THl BOARD WALK. (Copyright, IIII, by McOlurs Newspaper Newspa-per Syndicate.) , y HOWARD R. OARIs. I "Well, Nuraa Jane, are yoa all frany?" ..Wed Uncle Wlggily of bla aiuskrat lady r.ousekeeper ona morning morn-ing Ready for what? Mlaa Fuaay Wtiu wanted to know. 'To irt your dinner? Why, yvu bay bardly bad breakfaet." "No, 1 mean ara you ready to o dean to the eeeahore hoard walk with me?" aaked L'ncle Wlyaily with a laugli. "It la Rolna to be a vary hot day. and If wa ao down to the ocean beach and alt oa tha board walk we anaii a"t cool." Thank you. I'll t with you." aald Kurae Jane. I cl w irrlly took hi. airohlp out af the aaraae. Hia alrahlp waa made from at) old clothea baaket,- with toy rlrrua balloona to make It rlae. and there waa an elactrlo fan to make It ao. Inside the clothea baaket were many eofa ruahlone. ao If the alrahlp Ml l'ncle Wlffglly would kav aome-thlnar aome-thlnar anft to land on. "Whlaa! whiaa!" went tha alrahlp. and eoon Uncle Wlaclly and Nurae .Tane were at the .eaahora beach. The rnlh wavea were breaking on the andy ehore, and tha cool breeaa waa bloe Inf. Ah. thla la delhrhtftil." aald fncle w'tanlly ae he. and Nurae Jana aat doen on the bord walk, which waa a wooden aldewalk. . aatcadtnaT up and down tha beach. "Tea, I am aMad: yon brought aaa here," aald the muakrat lady. And Juat then Uncle Wla;(llv beard eomeone crvlna; moat aadly. It could i.ot be Nurae Jane, for ahe waa hap- py, so Mr. Loriireara looaeo arouno to aee wher the tears wre leaking from. And he aaw 8ua1e Uttletail. the raoMt slater of Sammle, sitting on a bench not far away, sobbing aa though - hr heart would break. "Why, Suate!" exclaimed TTncle Wlg-gUy. Wlg-gUy. "I didn't know vou were here on the board walk! Whatever la tha matter, aid whre la SamirHer "oh, he s dlrtrlng a tunnH In tha sand." Suate anawerd. "He and I came down an an excursion. But, oh. dc.r'" "Why are you crying asked Nurse Jane. for. just then Buale let fall mora tears than ever. "Oh. I'm ao aad and unhappy!" ohbd tha little rabbit girl "Why?" askd Uncle wlinrtly. "ft Is so lovely here that I ahould think any little animal girl would ba nappy nap-py " "Would you ha happy If you lost your K-cent piece that you were going to spend for a balloon If you lost It Anwn a crack In the board Walk, would you ba happy?" naked Jttuaie through her tra. "No. I don't blleva T would aa-awered aa-awered l'ncle Wlggllv, slowly. . "Well, that's why I'm crying. aald Sui. "I dropped my I -cent piece bob hoc' and it ran down a crack In the board walk boo-hoo! hoo-boo! and Susie cried backward and front-warrl front-warrl at the an me time. rncla wigguy twinkJad 1 hla pink ao. Then he said: "lry your teara Suslet I am going to crawl unnar the board walk and get your a-cent pieoe back for you." "Oh. ean you aaked tha llttla . Mt girl, smiling- through bar tears. "fan you?" "I can and will!" declared TTnele "Irally. And he began crawling be-hfta'h be-hfta'h the board walk, which waa sort or hollow like. Along on the sand iiririrr tha boards crawled the rabbit B.nlltman. He Boon saw Husle's bright 6-r.nt plrce lying under tha crack throurh which abe had dropped It. I nn Wlaally waa about to pick up the inon.y and crawl out when, bap-I'lng bap-I'lng to look up at the board a aver nn brad, tha rabbit gentleman aaw timuali the cracks ths tall of the Skillrry Jlrallery Alligator. "Ha! Where the taU la there tha naai muat ba aleo." thought the bunny. 'The AHIrator la probably rrawllnr along, looking for ma or Nuree Jan.. But I'll fla blm." Bo I nrle wigafly took a sharp stick, which hm round beneath tha board walk. Then he Jabbed the sharp enck up through a crack Into tha ribs or the Alligator. "OH. my goodneaa" bellowed tha Oatnr. And he waa ao surprleed, not knowing where the stick Jabbing waa coming from, that hs turned a flip rlrp eom.raault into the ocean, and i" awav. the Alligator dla. So he didn't nibble l'ncle Wlggtlv'e aara after all. And the bunny came out from under the board walk with F'lale's .-cent piece and everyone waa happy. 80, after all, you aee. It la a god thing the little rabbit girl loet h.r money for the bunny to find alee the '(later might have made trouble. And If the leaf In the etory book dnean t turn green like the leaf of a lr.e and blow away In the wind. I'll t.ll you neat about Uncle Wlgglly mending a leak. |