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Show BEDTIME STORIES BY HOWARD R. GARiS UNCLE .VIGGILY'S Rt: 'MAGE SALE. Copyright 1921, by MoClure Newspaper Syndicate. (By Howard R. Garls ) 'Dear me!" exclaimed Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuxsy one day, as she sat ln the liollow stump bungalow with I'nelc Wigglly. "I don't see how we'r..- ever, going to look ufter them"' "What's the trouble now?" asked I nele WIgglly, looking up from the; I Cabbage Leaf Gazette newspaper he was reading "Is the I'ox or the Wolf; coming here?" 'Oh. no," answered the muskrat lady, , housekeeper. But Mrs Wlbblewob- i Die Aunt Kettle and I and some pthei animal ladles sre looking after some; , poor mice lamtllcs in these woods, but we have no money left i 'So vou need money to help the poor" I said the bunny gentleman. "Well, tokel ' some of mine " "I did USS what you gave me. and vou, were very kind. ' Mips Kuaay Wuzzy suiri. . "I used some of mv own and so did Mr.-;. WibblewObble nnd Aunt Lettie. Hut we I want to find a way to nilso money for j the poor without taking it right out ol ; our pockets." "Hi, l know a good way cried I nele I WIgglly Have a rummage .-ale! ' "What's 8 rummage stlt" asked. NUrse Jane Oh. you get all vour friends to rum-j j mage around In their cellars r.nd at-tii.i at-tii.i and gnther up all the old rubbish land caat-off thlnga they don't need ;old hats, old books, old gas llxtures. old lamps, tables, chairs anything Is good I for a rummage sale 'Than ou pile all these things; In ' some vacant store and you sell them I to the animal folk who will come. Al-I Al-I most evi-rvbody is glad to buy somf thing at a rummage sale whether tliej I want It or noL in that way you'll gel' money lor the poor mice." "Oh. how perfectly splendid." cried Nurse Jane. "IMI ge up a rummage j sale at once." "And i ll give you a lot of my old I things, such as tall silk huts, to sell." promised Mr I.ongears. A, few days later Nurse Jane nnd her i ininial la.oy friends got up a ruuimag. I sale In an old store I nch.- Wlggllv I i-..e them old till .iilK lu''.-. a icd. white and blue striped rheumatism crutch that had a crack In it, and other things he didn't need. Grandpa Goosey Gander brought an oil! tin pan he used to mix his corn meal cakes In. and some of the animal children brought a few of their oiu toys. Oh. wv' II make a lot of money for the poor mice!" said Nurse Jane, kj Lnele Wlggily helped her pile on the counters the different things to be Ttfen the uninial people- began coming In. Mr Whitewash, the l'olur Best-g Best-g ntlt mun. bought for three cents one of 1 neb- Wh:gnv s old silk hats It will do to keep snowballs In," said lh Hear. So ll went on. Things the slvcrs thought were of no use brought in a little money mon-ey for the poor mice. Everything was going on lovel) and in came Mrs. Wagtail, the goat lad;. She was going to buy something to help at the rummage sale, and she saw, on the counter, a reddish fur pn . e. "Oh. What a lovely bit of fur for my nock." said the goat lady looking at it It Is almost new. I don't see how any one could give thnt away for n rummago sale." "Let nie look ' snld I nele Wiggih ''Maybe It belongs to one of the helping help-ing ladles who laid ll down. It would never do lo sell someone's fur neckpiece neck-piece ns rummage." He loo'.ied at the big. fluffy piece o; fur and then, suddenly catching hold of the end of It l nele A Igglix gave a haid yank and cried: "Out ou go! You can't fool us that way1" And would you ever believe It If I didn't tell you? Thai piece of fur was the big. fluffy tall of the sly old Fos And the fox himself was fast to his tall, and went Hying out a the window when I nele Wlggllj thrsw luni "Don t trv- any more of your tricks--cn. iking In our rummage sale and pretending pre-tending your tM ll Is n fur neckpiece' " said the bunny. "You were going lo bit! some one when you gol a chance' Skip nlong'" And the l"o. feeling very foolish thit he lind been lound out, skipped along, taking his tall with him Hut the rummage rum-mage sale was a great suet ess and the poor mice had enough lo eat for a year. So If the stripes on the peppermint candy can-dy don't get all twisted and trv to olllhb up backward, I'll till you next about 1 nele Wlggllv nnd the .-now flowers |