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Show BEDTIME STORIES H BY HOWARD R. GARIS UNCMS WKiGIPY AND TIIK AMIITE P. I TrKRFLY. (Copyright. l'Jn. hy McClure Ncwspa-pare Ncwspa-pare Syndicate.) ( By Howard R t.ai Is ) N'uis June have y.ni -ir--r "" Snked UnClc Wlggily one rfiy of hi: muskrat lady housekeeper. "Sugarr" cried Miss PHizSy Wu.zy, dusting some flour off her nose with the end of her apron, for she was baiting nn orange narrow cake, which y Ilk n strawberry short cake, only not so wide. "What do von want or E'lirar. Uncle Wlggily?" she asked. "It lit very scarce now, but. of court . If you want seme to rat on bread " "Oh, far he- !t,from nic to w.ml i; for anything like that!" laughed iho bunny gentleman "1 just want to mix a little with some water " "Don't tell me that Squpakie Rekle, the cousin mouse, nab the colic, and that Mrs. Lohgta'tl hus come over for gugar and water!'- Interrupted Nurse Jane, excited like. Oh, no! Nothing ll!c that!" said 1 Uncle wlggily. "Please don't get so OXClted, Nurse Jane. No olle has the "lie that I know about. I Jus; wi:ir nn --iuar and water for a poor white butterfly " Sugar and wu'er for a white btit-ti btit-ti rf!v " went on Nurse Jane. "I tv-vr 1 heard of 3uch n thing. Wiggy. vom ar n't fooling me, are yon?" she OSUeil. ' No, Indeed!"' laUghed the biihny. "See, here on our window sill Is a id? white butterfly i was Just talking talk-ing to him, but he la so weak and hungry you can hardly hear what he says. He came out of his oocoon ! hour..- rather late, arid now there If , hardly an honey In the late flowers 1 fcr h'.rn to sip. So I thought I'd fi fed i hJm on sugar and vvat?r, which Is at i ines like honey." "Well, It Is very kind Af you to think I of the poor, hungry, white butterfly "' SStld Nurse Jane "I'll pet you Jhc sugar at once." j 80 she did. and I'ncle Wlgcllv mixed iv with water and put some , Irf a dish on tlie window sill of thr I hollow stump bungalow Then the . rtlfti butterfly flitted there. an l sfppefl some of the sweet Juice through hh I long tongue, which Is almost Uke ar Sl phant'S trunk, only not so larg -, ol course. And th butterfly curled hh tongpc up when he wasn't slppinv sWeel water. Perched on the window sill, the white Insect slowly moved his wing' (fp and down as he ate the sweet Stufl I Unclfl Wlggily and Nurse Jane gave him. "Thank you very much," he said ; w hen he had eaten a good meal "Nov. I I'll fly around a b't." "We'll leav Ov sugar and watei here for you. eft .'re window sill." siild I'ncl i Vigj " "Come vvhenevei I you : hungry.' j ' Thank you araln, said the butter-J butter-J fly, In a soft an l tender voice. Ther I he flew gently p. way. saying It I ever I can do -iu and Nurse lane s .. favor. Uncle Wlggily. shall b; most "Pray do mention re- H marked the uncle bunny, and when H the white insect, had flown away H Nurso H "As If a butterfly could ever help Walt und see." ad v bed L'nclc Wig- H Kor several d.iys the white butterfly H flew back at meal times to get soma H sugar and which kept him and happy. Then one evening. after he had sipped his supper, he flew H away to sleep In the woods, and Uft- H clo Wlggily said to Nurse Jane: the o Che musk-rat lady and hr bunny L rabbit gentleman friend went to the H flarlt when they H out, for a storm was coming H '-ml Uncle Wlggily had forgotten H to bring his flashlight or any matches. "And the worst of Is that all the 1 : lightning bugs have flown away down H South, so they cannot make thi path LH bright (or us," said I'ncle Wlggily. H r How dark cried NUXE4 f -n. she stumheld along SBBBBBB tree H rather dusky." agreed the H bunny. "Put I guess we can manage to cet lo our hollow stump bunga- sskkkH as he said that h stum- H Into a prickly briar bush and H h like this!" H Nur e lane, as she walked on a little H tarth r and t U Into a hole, spralq- H i Ing her tall. I "No. Isn't nice" agreed Mr. H Longears. "And I'm afraid we're off H the path. Nurse Jane!" H "Don't tell mc we're lest!' cried Miss H I 'Tm afi iid so," went on the bunny. H T hava lost my way ln the darkness. ffH j I dor.t know where the bungalow Is!" H 1 Oh! Oh!'1 sighed Nurse Jan.?. "Ha! Have no fear, follow me." ff j said a gentle v ole-, and something H white fluttered in the darkness, Just i ahead H "Who are you?" asked the bunny. H "I am thi white butterfly to whom H you so kindly gave sugar und water," H was the answer,. "I was asleep hero ffH ln the woods and I heard you say you wi re lost I can find my way back, n" matter how dark it is, to your bun- I j galow, where I so often feed. Follow H me; you can easily see my white wings H fluttering in the dark." H So t nclt Wlggily .md Nnr-e Jano H I followed the white butterfly, who WOS H plain to be geen In the blackness, and H - 1 the bunny and muskrat were safe, H at the bungalow, and they invited the H butterfly to stay all night, and he did. H and had honey for breakfast. So thus we learn thai even .i caterpillar may H be ood for something, and If the broom doesn't sweep the dust pari H off the front porch and scare tho H hammock so it swings backward. I'll I tell you next about Uncle Wlggily IjH and the Whiffle Waffle. H |