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Show IT BEDTIME STORIES a BY HOWARD R. GARIS 'JNCLE WIGGILY AND THE JUMPLESS fe J JACK. A Co right 1920 . Mci 1 1 .- s pa 1 Eyndlcati mm ad: house came skipping Into ... bungalow JM ' Til KBjl "Is an th' lev llu ma db jBH akp,i the buimy rabbit gentleman, gat- EjKB ting up to make a low and polito bow wmfK with his pink, tyrlnkling noae mmw 6thlng onry thai I cm In a hurry. Miss Fuisy Wusgy, and Kmrnm uartifc in to set the alarm clock so that SJI r wouldn't forget to set the table for ? It '.inner." t'tjBH ' the alarm ilm k at Mils tino- ( Qtlmmm cried LTncle VViggily in surprise, "I breakfasi ? I I thought alai nH uwakert us in 11. o inorninc, Kutaa 'Jnae. if jam sii wo could get u: carl;, tq ,jk)i u: It' i J 1. c f - they're good for hal too . .... b,! tliaa iizzn Wuzry. "Bui a I tin ; . lime of the Christmas holidays and r I thought Id set the clock to nng when j Rmm V8S n,''',r,' dinner tlm... Then 1 won t' i . j a&mmm "Olr, I see!" laughed Uncle Wlgglly, . H his pink nosjfl twinkling .lust like a mOr I . ; 1 H m ' it:. I and lh alarm clo . Sh lmm Put K l ack on the mantel and then the j mnskral lady hurried out to the kitchen. Ivimr" she bad bo much to do thai Bhg Iht-ughl ;I:p miph? forget about I'ncle Vvigglly'a: dlrincr unless rdraltfded of It by the tinkling bell of Mip clock. '"Tick-lock! Tlck-tock: Tick-lock'" went this alarm clock on the mantel. And when u was thin-, the lull would rla: "Tlnklc-tor.kle-iinkle!" "What m&kcn the alarm clor go l,ncle Wijjciiy?- aakfd Baby TJu:ii. the little rct.i.j: niri. a.i slip cllmued up n toe bunny gcnUetnan's knee anJ gked him t.. tell her a storv. "Oh.'' said Uncle WTggtly, "Oiere (s a airing inaide the clock. Xur-e Jane winds up the spring, rind when it tin- i wiiuN n makes the clock tick, the handa 1 chase each other around the face and 1 tlie'n M,e bell ring." "T. II ni' ji n : l r l.t',-. I LUl'V Buqty. and the rabbit gentleman was, jUBl going to do this. when, all Of a jditci. there came a knock at the door' f lh '. i'-v viump bungalow, "Rat-a-tat-tat!" the knock sounddd. Bftly Biinty scrouched down In I'ncle l-gliy s lap. a. . "i i hope that lyn't the PipalBevah r M!, BkeeRlnks' said the little rabbit j 'HJn. ho. I guess not!" laughed Uncle iVIgslly. but. oil the same. !.e looked i tilt of th" Window t;o BO -,h , v.. on the, front steps before hr- opened the d vr. However, when I'nele Wlggliv sawi Itandillg on bis Mt-ri onl Floppy Tv.ls tytali. the. little pfggy iioy, tbe bunny gentleman was no irnsr afraid, and. I uttlrj; Bal fjunly gently down, Uncle . itjiiy opened th- floo. "U ir FlopHv; My near Ijrth. chap' What i-. the inciter? ' ak.-,i i n ie Wlt-aliy Wlt-aliy ns he rsw the i icr.v boy crying la.rva vnllv ,. , "ivi.,,, i ' Ipeiied?'.' -I "Mv-ivy J-JrJack won't Jump anv ! more: sobbed Floppy. "Look. Uncb ' icpily. f Irad a lovely Jumping Jack tot t'lirlstma. but now something Is: the malter. Ills Irps don'f jntjrlc. ar.d I li head doesn't wobble, and he can't," ' "'i a slngie some i sa ult. frontward or: ba'-kward." ' let me (":" begged Uai.v Bunly. , peerthg out from between Uncli Wig-: Wig-: .1.. I. V.i, there Isn't anvthtlng to see!" trnntcd the linlc plsjfy boy. "When li1 . first net him for Cbrratntss he was . I fin..- Jack, and could jump like anything ; when I pulled the string. Hut I guc" i I pulled it too murh, for now be doesn'1 ; do anything"' i lie is a Jumnles Jack.' raid Uncle Wli?gil nut come in, Floppy. Pdr-; Pdr-; haps 1 can mend oui Christmas toy. I mended a broken drum the other h.--f-ct me Fee, now," and the l.unnv gen-tleragn gen-tleragn .arefully lnrkfd at the .!: k , 'Why, all it needs la a nCM SP1 ing," lie j said "i believe I can puj Ijial In ami Jack will Jump aR well as ever." ami when Uncle vVgl! aald tljja he looked I at the alarm clock on th" mantel. "Oh. what are yo:i poing ;,. uo, Uncle Vin?" asked Baby Ki:ni. 'Ton II soon sre." xnsv. erud fr. ling-, ling-, ears. "Ra''- Bunly, yotl look In ibe ; kitchen and see what .'ur:-e Jan is do-lnr do-lnr " The little rabbit Kit! looked, and tame! i-ack to sa that Nurse Jane was paging B "rrot pie. "Tlmn I II fix the Jumrdcss Jack." sjoke t"nr. Vs'tcciK. With l is red. White snd blu- ftrlned rhcumaflsm crutch tbe bunny bun-ny took th alarm - lock apart, p-iihnc oat :h sprinc "lius-' Blzz' Bu-rupji'" giirglcd the I poor old alarm la I I'ncle Wlegity his pink m.F" an extra twlnkro, and put tbe Mrinu fri m the alarm c)ock ui ii?i ie the Juiriplesa Jack nf the plgg- boy. Will he w. rk acnln now, and skin arouid. antl jlggl his legs ami jogcle his bad?' asked Floppy, "I think so." raid Unci u'Icpik. i,n I ful like. I "Ven. and I think I'll nibble vour ears!" j suddenly called :i hgrsh, -.mi-lesxan oi.-P and iherv hinu. Enoe.ki ( no behind ! i nele Wigaily. v.a bad t id 31 Herj Scailery Alllca'or ''yea. 1 thlp'.t I'll nlb-J'le nlb-J'le ypur- cars'. the Alligator said to the ! bunoj, j "Oh plea.se don't." 1 epg.,1 Blbv Hunt v. Thn lb..- li : tie rabbit flrl pulled the strm or Fllpp-s Jack, ond I c-. your ru.li-".-sr That JgcTs Biiddenly Ic-can to lump and lean about because of the at:-m rJoek spring whii-h Uncle Wlggliv had put Inside litni " And in" Jack gave a Jump, and wiggled wig-gled Ms ieS.i kieklng them agifast the ribs of !!,e Alliaaior until he tlOKled ihi lad chap ami made him laugh himself in'o a l onnlptlon fit. And when the XI-bcalor XI-bcalor foand himself '.-tuir'-ii-L;. and I Ine Mckled by "be Jtrmping Jack, that J.11I-gaior J.11I-gaior Just turned a lack somersault and, 01 1 nf the window h" sp):;nr.-. . 'V1'!';?. is n" plrto f:' '-,J " howled the, ad MligaCOf as he ran away. "I tbougin I could get soma nibbles off the bunny's earn, but I didn't know lie bad n Jack that would liricie me In the rJb." Then Floppy was happy because his-' ' hrlatirms .lumpless J.nk was mended a good as ever, and though Xurse Jam n-as a llttl late with Mie dinner o-t account CI the alarm cl.uk ha lnt: ,,; i when the sprina waa ake;l oar, sril! Miat didu t matter. Baby Bunty said. So tlx. lArnnj gentleman was -a- cd and , f the -;rden rage doesn't scrape ail tho fcugar off b. molasses cooky so it catcei r-oPj -hoc If i lays :2(r tilth ihe ice irrm: ' ' un -mi ,"'t about Uncle . la-arli and the lrej ;. doll. |