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Show BEDTIME STORIES H BY HOWARD R. GARIS j i . UNCLE WIGGILY VD JACKIE'S JITNEY Copyright, 1920. i- McClure Nev-- paper Syndicate, (By HOWARD R. GARI ' Rat-a-tat-tat'"' same a knock one evening on the door' of the hollow , stump bungalow where Uncle Wiggil)' I.engearj;. the, nice bunny rabbi; gentleman, gen-tleman, lived with Nurse Jane Fusy Wuzxy, his muskrat lady housekeep- j er. B.-.t-a-tat-tat" 'I'll go," offered Nurse Jane, for she had Just lighted the lamp for Uncle Un-cle WlgKlly to read his eveilng paper "No. you'd better not.'' spoke th" rabbit, pushing his glasses up from his pink, twinkling nose. ' It might be the Pip or Kkc-e. trying to fool ns by making mak-ing believe the were friends '-onilng to pay an evening visit I'll ?:-. S'i Tncle Wlgirily opened th" door I of his hollnw s'unip bungalow, and he was ver gladly surprised when he saw Jackie Bow Wow, the little puppy dog boy. standing there on the steps And Jackie serned quite excited. ' What s the matter"'" asKed I'ncle WiKglly. ' Oh I'm going to get an ice cream cone'" barked Jackie Is that what you came ov er to tell US?" asked Nurse Jane, laughing as she eamo to the door. ' Oh, no'." barked the little puppy dog boy. "J came over. I'ncle Wiggil) to ask If you'd come and see my father feeling very w e 1. for his nose Is a!l ' hot where it ought lo be cool Maybe he's getting a hone fever, and my ; mother wants him to stay in the house, rpilel like, and not go out howl- i ing at the moon as he was going to do. with Old Dog Perelval. "I should thfnk he would stay in!' BS i I N'urso Jane. "He fays he will if I'ncle W'iggily will come over tn play a game of he, ki rs with him.' went on Jackie And my father said if I would come over and toll I'ncle W lgg.ly that, I could hav an Ice cream cone." "Well, I'd like to come,"' spoke the bunny uncle, slow and thoughtful like, "but I don't want to leave Nurse Jane hero alone!"' "Oh! mother said to bring her, too.' barked Jackie. "Come on I want to j get my lee cream eone before it gets I loo dark " 1 So L'ncle Wigglly and Nurse Ian 1 and Jackie started off through the : woods, where the evening darkness now had fiillen toward the Bow W.e.v : kennel house All of a sudden as thev walked along 1 Uncle W igglly called out ' Hark' ' "What s tho matter?" asked Nurse I Jane. I 'l hear a buzzing," answered, the ounny, ana tnen nc ncarci a voice saying- "Oh. dear! Please help me!! I'm caught In the crack of a leg!" ' W ho are you"" asked L'ncle W ig-gily ig-gily ' I m a June bug.' was the answer "I know -I'm a bit late, flying In August, Au-gust, but 1 didn't get my vacation until yesterday I was buzzing around Just now and I got stuck in this cni k ' , i , ' i. "I'll help you out " said I'ncle Wig-. fH ally, and he did, with his red, whH u lH and blue crutch, there being just Pl enough light to see to help the June I jH Thank you." he buzzed, as he flew fjjjjjjjH "Well, you are the queerest. Uncle H Wlggily!" exclabped Nurse Jane ; H Stopping to help a June bug' Hum! H "You never can tell when he might help us," said the rabbit gentleman. K H little further on he stopped to help a H lightning byg Whose legs were caught H In the Stick gum of the pine tree. M ' Dear me, W'lggv if you stop any ' H more you'll never get to Mr. Bow H Wow's In time to play any checkers," I H the muskrat lady. H And I'll never get my ice cream rone! ' barked Jackie. "And I Oh I dear; there it go.s'" ho cried, sud- "What? Your, Ice cream cone?" H asked Uncle W igglly "No. my jitney." answered the pup- H "W hy, vou weren't In a jitney,' ex-claimed ex-claimed Uncle Wigglly 'I don't even I sec one!" he went one, looking about ; the woods. "No. the Jltne i mean was the five ; cent piece my father gave me to buy J an ice cream cone with," said Jackie "Oh, dear! Boo hoo! Hoo boo! I had It in my paw and I dropped It. I J dropped my five cent Jitney here on the ground Oh. what bad luck." Kevei rninri v e n neip you loo.t j for it," said Nurse Jane. So she aivj J Uncle Wigglly did. The bunny gentle- H man lighted all the matches In his H pockets, but they couldn't find Jackie s H Well, come on." said Nurse Jan". "I'll give you another Jitney when 1 ! get back home. Jackie." H "No. I want that1" whined the dog-gle dog-gle boy. T don't want to lose a Jit-ney' Jit-ney' They're too scarce!" Well, we 11 look again,' said Uncle Wigglly. though he was quite tired and wanted to sit down and play checkers. So they all looked some more, but they couldn't find tho money until, all of a sudden, there was a bussing of wings and a flash 01 light ind a voice called: "Here! Bet us look for the lost Jit-ney! Jit-ney! And there was the. June bug Uncle Wigglly had helped and, riding on the June bug! back was the firefly. His light didn't go out quickly, as J Uncle Wlggily's matches did. and the i June bug, crawling around on the I ground, led the Lightning chap Into all sorts of holes At last. In a teeny-i teeny-i tiny one. there was Jackie's Jitney. j shining In the Firefly s gleam. "Oh, I've found It' How glad I am!" barKed Jackie Then he thanked tho j June bug and the Firefly and so did Uncle Wigglly, and Nuise Jane said f "You never can tell when someone ' Is going to' help you' ' rhey went to Mr. Bow Wow's, who soon got over his fever by playing checkers, and all was well. And, If the chimney doesn't blow smoke in iH tho blackbird's face and make him IH turn while like a fried '-gg. I'll tell ll I you next about Uncle Wlggily and B 'Jimmies Jump board. H |