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Show I BEDTIME STORIES BY HOWARD R. GAR1S It .i . UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE IClCLEb Copyright, 1920. by McClure n paper Syndlcntr (By Howard R. Oai I "Are you going out to look ft r ;.n adventure. L'ncle Wigglly?" aeked Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wurz.. one gflei noon, as tbe bunn ial.hu l fian was about to !eae his hollow stump bungalow I was thinking of it.'' replied Mr l.ongears. "Did you wuni me brin ou back on- Nursr Jane, i mej I have tbe pleasure of getting you I die mond dlshpan at ib- Ihree and fouT cent store1' And. as be aeb id this, tb bunny rabbit gentle. i,. ui made .1 low and pollto bow with his tall Mlk hai "1 hardly think I Can tol an ..! en ture. l'ncle Wiggily." answered Mlaa Fut.zy Wuzzy. "Hut if you want to d 1 something lor me, please make a little ice cream. Aunt Jerushfl Ann. ih-woodchuck ih-woodchuck lady, and Aunt Letti Lb ladv goat, are coming 0V61 10 BOS me. and I'd i'ke to give them Ice cream and cake Rut i Corgol all about or derlng the cream. We have new lillle freezer, though, and you could easily freete me some while 1 am talk Inc to them ' "Why, yes. 1 could do that." said 1 uele A'ici:il. "Ob. thank you" cxilaimed Nurse Jane. "I'll nnx up the (rrani. milk, eggs, sugar and flavoring, ready to put in the freeier. and you can chop up the Ice and salt to go around the outside." out-side." While the muskrat la.i was busy In the kitchen, mining up the aweet .t.am ao it could be froaen, l'ncle Wiggily went to the refrigerator 'o get a chunk of ice. But no sooner had he opened the cover ihau he saw that the box was empty Oh, Nurse Jan. ! cried the rabbit Reutleman. "You Torgot! W told Mr Whitewash, the polar bear gentleman, not to leave any more ice. as the weather Is getting so cold now. You baven't a bit of Ice to freeze the .ream What shall I d kinMi tin., bltnki-.! her 1 1 ..nil ihen. as she looked down the woodland path, fhe "Oh dear me! And here come Aunt Leitle and Aunt JsniahS Ann aOD ' H Ih h:ic t.ine 10 do ..r.ythir.R. and III feel so mortified if 1 can' offer hm cake and Ice crciim Wl .k shall 1 "1 have If uuddenlj onod nolt Wlgglly. "I'll go over to the cav. ol 1 111 Whitewash in my automobile and I , tome Ice. Thon I'll come home and '.Tecre the cream before you know it." nh. please do!1 begged Nuns 4.ne "Quick, now. before lh I haa So l'ncle Wisglly dodt d around the . ..rner of tbe hollow si in.p bingaUc. Just as Aunt LsUle and Aunt Jemsha Ann came along, and Nurse Jane wel corned them, saying Oh, how glad 1 am to osna right in and all down and takl ofl ur bonnets' We'll have a cup of tea and fl -otue ice cream and cake "1 hope 1 may be able to gi ' thnt ice"' whispered l'mle Wiggily lo him self, as ho hopped SWSjJ to his auto HE "If 1 don't there will be no led re,.ni' Soon the rabbi Rentleman was SB his way to the lea cave of Mr Whin Kj wash, the polar bear gentleman wh nil hummer, had kept filled the re H rrtgerators of lode Wirlly ami IBS other animal folk H ' Rut when the bunu centleman H reached the uivc door, he saw a BbjB H on It reading i CLOSED wild. OPEN EAR LA SVX BUMMER 1 MR. WHITl'.w si j un dei4r me'" vlJ the bunnv um B -winkling h sink aoe Mr Whitewash ala goes on his. j vacation, and close hi ice a. h I ,Uv before Halloween. Now I can't 2 j;et ny Ice, unless 1 can borrow gome .,nd Nurse Jane will not t- abb M Kie her little treat to Aunt Lcttl 5 Dd Aunt Jerusb .Van Ob. dear' I 1 What shall I do" jli I nde Wiggily u feeling ruther I ..11 1 he an wondering if perhaps he might borrow a piece of Ice from Grandpa Goosey Gander, when, all of a sudden, a Jolly vojc cried' "What'8 Hie matter. Uncle Wig gily?!' oh I warn .souk- Ice, trerj much, but I'm atraid you c.mnol g.-. m any , ' the bunny answered as he turned and saw I 1 mm? little man. with a bright red nose, standing near the polar bear gen tl. man u" "Ha' Thai's where you are mis taken," laughed the little man, or elf or fairy, as he looked to he "I am Jack FTost, and it Is my business to make Ice. In fact. 1 make all the lec Mr. Whitewash uses. I Jusl came to e it he ne. d.d an;, more, hut I find he has closed his cave for the winter." "es. and because of that I rannot make los cream for Nurse Jane." said the bunny Oh. she will feel so dis appointed, and so will In r company ' "Oh well, perhaps I can help." said Jack FrOSt, ' Come, let's go to your hollow Btump bungalow, anrl I'll freeze yon lot ol Icicles. You can break them up into chunks, put them in the freecer und make ice crenm " 'Oh, cab you do that '" cried Uncle Wiggily. "Surely," said Jack Frost. "Take me home in ytiur auto." So l'ncle Wiggily did. Then the bunny K- ntl' inan poured some pails of water on the roof and as the water dripped down .lack Frost iroze it Into Icicles with hi? cold breath Then bl helped l'ncle Wlgglly break up the big long Icicle and put them in the freezer and soon t l,f r was frozen Hie. most lo tl Ice cream you can Imagine Nurse J.ine gaM' some 10 Aunt Let-He Let-He and Aunt Jemsha Ann. as well as 1.1 uncle Wlgglly and Jack Frost, and the little man called it the best be bad eVI r tasted. Then away he danced, for be said he must get ready to mak. a snowstorm. And il the popcorn doesn't Jump out of the bean oak to play ia with the jumping Jru k Ilttll brother, I'll tell you next about Dhole Wiggily! Hallowe'en. . on |