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Show BEDTIME STORIES I BY HOWARD R. GARIS UJfCLE WIGGILY AN' D NURSE JAN K'S I K OTHERS. Copyright; 1920, by McClure Newspaper Newspa-per Synelicate. 1 t" course Nurse Juno dleln't wear fe athers Muskrat lady housekeepei s Ler rabbit gentlemen never ilo Though I don't minel telling you ttin! Nuroo Jane had S feather neckpiece, or boa I as she called It Mrs. Cluck- 'luck, the hen lady, gave It to her for C'hrl3-' nias. But these feathers of Nurse Jane ' ih, well, i guess I'd better start utl the beginning and tell It all the way thiough tor you- One day Uncle Wlggily Longcars, the bunny rabbli gentleman for whom Nurse .Jane kept the hollow stump bungalow, sr,ood on the porch, L'ncle V. Iggll did, and he asked. "Do you want rne to do anything for' you today. Miss Fuzzy Wuazy. I am t,"ing out to look for a little ,-oi(n-ture, but I can also attend to an er-r-' ii 1 1 for vou." All I neod Is some ooap from the store I am Kolng to do a little wash-: mg and I have no soap." answered! Nurse Jane ' then sonp you shrill have, as much' ns you need," spoke l'ncle W'igglly In! his most Jolly, pink nose twinkling eolce, as he hopped away. He had not gone very far on his way to the storo before he saw Dickie Chip-Chip, the sparrow bo Dickie, with his slater. Nellie, was i flitting about In the air. and. every once In a white the two sparrow bird children would dart at a white feather I floating on the wind. They would Latch the feather In their bills and then let go of it again, only to dart alter It once more. "Well, Dickie, v. hat aro you doing'.'" e.ked I'neie Wiggilj . pausing on his way to the store after the soap "Oh, we are practicing at catching floating feathers," Neillo anqwered. "i ou see, L'ncle Wlggily, when we grow up to be big sparrows and have to build nests of our own. we II have tj pick up feathers Often the feathers feath-ers flort In the air. blown by the wnd. So every tlne we see a feather fl Ing now we do oomo practice and Idart after It." "Nellie Ifl better ut catching them than I am," chirped Dickie. "But I'm golnt: to practice haid." "That's the boy:" cried Uncle V. ig-gily ig-gily with a jolly laugh, as he hopped on. It did not lake nlm long to no to 'the otorc and get the soap for Nurse : Jane. I ' I hope sh Isn't going to wash your face with It." laughed the monkey ije eidle ge ntleman store keeper as he wrapped the soap up for Uncle W'ig-;Blly- ;'Oh. No Just some clothes. I guess," "-illetl the rabbit, and then he went looking for an adventure. Rut he i ouldn't seem to find any that day. "Maybe I'll find one back at my hol-1 hol-1 . stump bungalow." thought the , bonny. 'At any rate. Nurse Jane may v.. ml her soap. I'll take It to her." When the bunny rabbit gentleman reached his hollow stump bungalow once more he saw Nurse Jnne out In ; the side ard with some tubs of water and some piles of clothes. "Dili you bring the :..i, lgglly?" called the muskrat lady. I "1 did:" laughed Cnclo Wlggily. "Whoop- Je-doodle-do' How Jolly I feel' Here's the soap: ' and ho tossed it like a baseball at Nurse Jane. Oh, don't be so cut-up like!" laugh- i cd the muskrat lady, as sbe ducked down so tho soap wouldn't hit her I whiskers. 'Look out'" she went on, H OS the snap sailed over the tub ot blueing water and struck a pile of clothes: On, now you have done It, Wlggy!" she screamed, as a big white H elouel of something arose from tho stool whore the pile of clothes had H been resting bclore the soap hit them. H h; t did I do " isked the bunnv. .is I..- looke I in surprise at the floating f u bite cloud. H "Vou knockcel down my pile of ! feathers" said Nurse Jano." "J took the feathers out of some pillows to wash the ticking, and 1 piled the feathers l'i a sin et on the stool. You knocked H the Sheet down, with your funny busl- H II ess, throwing the cake of soap at me, ind now look the feathers are I Scattered all over, flying through tho ,nir' oh, wh it shall I do!" cried Nurso June, aadl) I'll help you catch your feathero. Nurse Ji ne,' offered Uncle Wlggily. i rbere, now you a what I meant by j the muskrat lady a feathers). "I'll get them all back for you.'' I "How can you '" abked Nurse Jane, reaching up her paws and managing H ito gather a few ot the fluffy things. "I'll Jump up after them and grab .them as Dickie and Nellie Chip-Chip did," said the bunny. But he soon I tound that he was not as lively as a sparrow. He and .Nurso Jane did oatch la few of the floating feathers, but jn,ost of them were fast blowing away. '."Oh, dear'" sighed Nurse Jane. '.'I'm so sorry 1 cut up and was foxy like, throwing the soap and scutter-;lr.r scutter-;lr.r the feathera:" Said Uncle W lggily. "What shall I do?" It seemed as though all the feathers would be blown away, but, all of a sudden, along cime Dickie and Nellie Chlii-L'hlu. the inarrawa i " h, here is a lovely place for us to I practice catching feathers," chirped Dickie -WM 'I'm with you!" whistled Dickie- ffM I Through ihe air the sparrows darted, catching feather after feather in their bills as boys catch baseballs. And each time the sparrows caught a leather they took It to Nurse Jane or Uncle W:gglly. and It was put in a bag. At I last, after hard work, Dickie and Nelllo 'caught every floating feather, and Nuise Jane's pillows were saved, anei 'she gave Nellie and Dickie same straw-berry straw-berry longcake- And Mr. Longcars said 'he'd never throw any more soup So everything came out all right, Wm .and if the automobile doesn't turn up- side down so the moonlight tickles tho WM isoles of its rubber tires. I'll tell you I next about Unci Wlggily anel tho cat mwM |