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Show j ADVENTURES OF TEE TWINS j 1 CY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON i IN Tin: STEEPLE. i Mrs. Bat was the next person Tlngn- ling took the twins to see, while he i was collecting rcnt It wasn't the first time Nancy and N'lck had been in the church steeple, because they had visited tho lady while bunting for Jocko, so they didn't have to be told the way. Up they cllmbf-d pos. the Sparrow's house nnd Mrs. Pigeon's apartment, until they reached reach-ed the place where the big bell hung bold their ears, really! fJJH When the noise died, a complaining voice from high overhead drawled out sleepily. I declare, if it isn't Sunday again! It's very funny, for Sunday was only three days ago. and it uaed to come once In seven. If they've cbang ed It. I'm going to move. A re-spectable re-spectable bat family can't get a de-cent de-cent day's sleep with such a racket COtng on!" llBal Tingling gave another boom, and So the fat falrymnn found a stick, and creeping towarel the big bell he 4 bent n loud "boemi" em It. and Mrs Bat and her family, for they, too. hung from a pole all day. head downward, "Do be careful"' warned Nick as the falryman landlord came near. "She's very snappish and doesn't like to bo disturbed.'' "Don't I know It?" grinned Tinga-I ling "And Just because she Is so fussy I'm going to play a Joke on her." So the falryman found a stick, and creeping toward the big bell he beat B loud "boom" on It Then another. I and another, and another! Such a din! Nick and Nancy had to. Instantly 'here were six voices all crying cry-ing at once. M goodness, there go the babies'" exclaimed Mrs Bat. "Blackle. do get j up and see If you can't get them to j sleep again!" IH "I'm going to see w-hat the tarna- tlon's wrong first." growled Mr. Bat. IH "It Isn't Sunday at all. and I'm sura LH It not Christmas or Thanksgiving!" Ills voice sounded so uwfuily mad, that Tlngallng and the twins made ! their escape at once, without getting a l! cent of rent. nH i Copyright. 1920. N E A ) |