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PPIP PQQf " If <,,. . . ^ V .; ..,. -, ,, . .. ... ,, t. . _. ^_ < ,? ?" ^ "\ r ' IjjB ^ *' ^ " "" I Uncle Wiggily's Adventures Text by HOWARD R. GARIS . .??* K.. u./'iur. SundUnf Trade-Hark Reoltff*. ANYTHING. "DlNGl DINGP* Author ?f u>? Famous UWCLe WICOILY BEDTIME 9TO?IE? flAiurArl kw i i ur. /^a modbi t ^ Copyr%4jn+. ***** ** ? . "Dear me, Nurse Jane!" exclaimed Uncle Wiggilv, as he came down to breeakfast one morning. "1 am very late. Hurry tod five me my breakfast, if you please. That alarm clock must be broken. It should have gone off at 7 o'clock, but it did not, and now it is 9. I was to meet Grandpa Goosey at 8. I shall have to take that clock apart and mend it." Nurse Jane hurried with the breakfast and Susie LktJetail helped her. "Do you think you can fix the alarm clock?" Nurse Jane asked. "Oh, of course 1 can," Uncle Wiggily answered. ' a!! the chairs and crawled under the table he found the wheels he had dropped. "I'm join? to take the clock out on the bench outside," he told Nurse Jane. "I'll have more light and room there." So he took everything out in the yard. Then, all of a sudden Nurse Jane heard Uncle Wiggily shout. She /an out with the broom and asked what the trouble was. "My paw is pinched in the buzzer part of the clock I" L said the bunny. Littletail, th? rabbit boy, began to mill aa automobile oirt of the i pieces of Uncle Wirril/j oUT alum clock, a aoap box tod some baby carriage wheels. 'You don't cart what we do with the pieces of the dock, do you, Uncle Wiggily f" barked Jackie. "Not at all," answered the bunoy, whose rheumatism was hurting him again, so that he had to limp on Us red, vfctte tad blue striped barber pole ^ crutch. "Maybe we can giwt Uaalt Wlfgtty a ride," said Sanunie. Ani If * A?ooU*? wxW iomm't pUj * - \ . j ~ - - - - - iti"i"Vff*i^fctiiJ&Wil?? i'SiTI* Pit .ii I J|fl || 111Ht^sS^|R Uncle Wiggily finished his breakfast, went and saw Grandpa Goosey Gander, though, a little late, and then he came back, to the hollow stump bungalow. "Now 1 shall fix the alarm clock so U will ring at the right time and wake me up mornings,'' said Uncle Wiggily. He took out some wheels and springs. He took the hands of the clock down from in front of its face. "1 hope Uncle Wiggily doesn't pinch his paw," whispered Susie. "Hush!" cautioned Nunc Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy. All of a sudden, after Uncle Wiggilv rot his paw loose from the buzzer part of the alarm clock he was nxTng, there was a snapping, cracking sound and the old rabbit gentleman gave a loud cry. "On, what is the matter now?" exclaimed Nurse Jane, running out again. Well, you can see what happened. The big, strong sprihf qt the clock became loose and caught Uncle WiggHy in its coils. "Oh, this is terrible!" cried the bunny, as he spun around like a top. "I'll never try to mend an alarm clock again!" other parts of Hie alarm clock on the soap box, Jackie, Peetie and Sammte at last made a cute little auto. "Now we'll have a ride," barked Jackie, to all three of them got in. As they rode off through the wooda ill a# a sudden Sammie looked between the trees and cried: "Ouickt To the rescue! The bad old Plpsisewah is chasing Uncle Wlgglly and w? must save him." Jackie turned on hill speed. "Right you ait!" he barked. "We are coming, Uncle Wiggily!" *><mted Peetie. ' t*f *fth the talcum powder, and ttfo so white that It look* tike a durhtti i UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE COFFEE GRINDER. HHHHIHI - UOI1V VTkiMI UlrfLrLf ?r w ifft.'y /r-. ^BHLsi^V Nl \ 1 p\ f ^p g w pR| ^^jiJJjWJT m / Y ! L I v M J M l^jjj After a while, having watched Uncle Wiggily tinker with the alarm clock for ten minutes or so, Nurse Jane and Susie -went out In the kitchen. But soon Nurse Jane heard a funny noise and, hurrying back to the room where the bunny was working, she saw him under the table and everything was all upset. "Why, Uncle Wiggily!" cried Nurse Jane. "Whatever tn the world has happened?" Mr. Longears twinkled his pink nose. just dropped some jaf the clock wheel*, and I'm hunting for them," he said. With the help of Jackie Bowwow, two pupp y dor boys, and with Nurse Jane pulling at hia coat taili, Uncle Wiggily at last got free of the alarm clock spring. He sat down on the bench to rest, and fanned his pink twinkling note, with his tall, silk black hat. "Do you want the pieces of the clock, Uncle Wiggily?" asked Jackie. "No, I do not," answered the bunny. "You and Peetie may have them; but what good are they?" The two puppies b&rkad joyfully. "We'll make an automobile." they uid. H|uV^SJ2? mm ?J, Jfk,^ (A,netSft.U. VU-xo WHmku* Nearer and nearer the Pip came to catching Uncle Wiggily, but . the animal boys made the alarm clock auto go very fast and at last they reached the bunny eentleman. "Hop In! Hop in, Uncle Wiggily!" cried Sammie. Mr. Longears jumped into the auto, rheumatism crutch and all, and away It went faster than ever. The bad old Pipsisewah tried to follow, but he stubbed his toe and fell down. "Ha! Ha!" laughed Uncle Wiggily. '\My old alarm clock was of some use after all." Hue, the next pictures and story will be about mj?Ma.