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Show 1 ADVENTURES OF TEE TWINS M BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON I 1 MR. FROG COMES BACK, t. nfl Nancy and Nlrk sat Quietly while m Mr. Tingallng, the falryman landlord, '" i ed around Philip Prog's house, as Era it Said, for repairs, but really hunting ' 1 ;e-r Phil himself. He'd a ptetty good yW Idea that Philip's vacation hadn't tak- K? en him either so far as Atlantic City jWc or Niagara Falls, or even so far asj Hippie creek. Anel he wasn't far wrong, for down' 'tj under the mud Philip was waiting pa-1 - Vp he popped as quick as a wink. f.ently for the "Ker-chunk" (three times) that was to be his wife s signal that the falryman had gone Tingallng looked first In the clipboard, clip-board, examining It carefully "Empty!' "Emp-ty!' he exclaimed coming out quite M crestfallen. HB "What's that?" asked Mrs. Frog y suppicloualy. ' I mean it's aJl right. ' explained Tingallng "Bocks all In fine shape, hooks and knobs, too' Now for the jB chimney!" And he poked up as far is he could ti'aoh with a cat-tail which grew In Mrs. Frog's gnrden "Erupt v, too!" he declared in dismay Why of course'" answered Mrs Frog lndignantlv "Why shouldn't it be ?" ' Now for the' pantry," said Tingallng Tinga-llng quietly, pretending not to hear 'I'll have to see If the sugar barrel anel flour bin are In gooel repa'r." And h- poked Into each one of them determined de-termined to find Mrs Frogs missing husband. But for all Tingallng was so smart, Mr. Frog would have fooled him com-; P'.etely, had it not been for an accident acci-dent The falryman tripped and upset the, pe-pper And Mrs Frog had to sneeze, j "Korchoo. kerchoo, kerchoo!" she went loudly, and it sounded exactly like three "Ker-chunks" under the rr.uel where Phil was Up he popped quick as a wink, ami 'hen he saw vhat had happened it, was too late to go back. "My." he said, trying to hide his chagrin. "I see I've Ju6t returned In time Here's mi rent, Mr. Tingallng " And he meekly handed It oyer. |