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Show 1 ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS j i BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON THE TWIN'S MAKE A MSIT When Tlngallng, the falrv landlord failed to appear, Nancy and Nick decided de-cided that he had gone home without them. Of course they couldn't Imagine why, unless it was because he was sc comfor t bio In Oliver rloe'R night: that he r.ad forgotten everything else Tingaling was wearing Oliver's nighty you know, while his own clothes were getting let out, l'"i ;' ' th .i Mimi.hi" Moure burst In. completely tuckered out, running up the s airs so fast. "H--h hurry'"! he gasped. ' Mr. Tingaling has gone up on the dumb waiter with Oscar ( wl's garbage can. and I am afraid some- thing will happen to him If Mr. Owl la angry, dear knows what he'll do ' 'But what can we do?" asked Nancy Nan-cy anxiously. "I'm sure I don't know." panted Munchle. "You'll just have to go up and see I can't go with you, because1 I I'm ' very busy downstairs today." But everybody knew that If Oscar Qwl had lived downstalre. Munchle'i vork . I would hae kept him about ten stories , high. I So Oliver Orlolo and the twins climbed at once to the next floor in Maple-Tree Flats where Oscar lived. 1 and knocked gently. They thought It best to find out first if Tingaling were really there, before planning his rescue res-cue When the knock came Oscar Owl lumped in surprise. He wasn't expecting expect-ing callers and he wondered who In g io wasn't expecting caller 8 so he pcqped oat cantlonsly. the world It could be. so he peeped out cautiously. "How-do-you-do?" said Nick boldly" We came to see If you know any thing about Mr Tingaling. the fairy landlord land-lord Wo thought he might be herc.': Oscar opened the door wider when he heard that. "Vou may come In and look for him If you wish." ho said graciously, "but 1 don't think you'll find him." Tho twins weren t so sure about that. They had noticed a tassel (the one on Tingaling nigh; c ipi sticking out of the corner of Oscar's mouth |