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Show ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS I CY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON I MR. TING MISSING By the time Torty Tvirtlc came back with his rent, Nancy and Nick hart been all around the place interview-Inc interview-Inc Torty's granddaddy, and groat-grandaddy, groat-grandaddy, and great, great . great, etc., granddaddy Bach one of them ibllglngly opening his lid enough to talk to the children and to Mr. Tinj;a-'ing, Tinj;a-'ing, the falr landlord, who was collating col-lating rent? for the Katry Quen In the Land- f-i sr-Knows-where. I Where was the falryman? Where could he be .Nowhere to be seen that minute Probably poking around om) of the curious corners in Tortv's cave "Tlngallng, oh. Mr. Tlngallng." they called loudly. Bui there was none of him. It was quite queer Quite! The twins and Torty Turtle and the Utile fairy helper in Nancy's pocket, the Magical Mushroom, all started searching. Thev searched and search- i and they searched, But no Tinca- linp i ouM they find anywhere. He had i . ' i i .' Here iron ere!" cried Torty, damping hie money out of the old tcn- JH It . But they closed up again one by one. until when Tory returned, they looked exactly as they h before, like a row of brown toast-warmers, or war hats', or butter-bowls upsd. "Here you are'" cried Tor'y. dumping dump-ing his money out of the old ten-pot he had brought from the kitchen. "Now. Mr. T!ngrtlin;. count out what I owe you and mark mo paid In the rent book." No answer! They nil looked around in surprise disappeared as completely as year be-for be-for last, and everybody known It won't come back any more than the ice cream you ate Sunday. "Perhaps Dad or Orandpa saw him"' :ugJCested Torty knocking as hard as he could on their horny bncks. iter no one answered. I'm not able to kiv why it was. but perhaps they thought like this: "It's only those troublesome children again wanting to ak more i ietions. We'll not trouble to answer at all." |