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Show ADVENTURES F TBI TWINS CY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON FOXY PHILIP. Mr. Tingaling limped away from Tortv Turtle's house holding on for dear life to Nick aod Nancy, his little friends, because Torty's Granddad shut up his shell on the fairymcn and pinched him. And mind you, he tried to say afterwards that he thought Tingaling was a pearl, but I hardly believe be-lieve that .Tingaling being bo roly-poly I . . thinr. so it was small wonder that Mr. Philip had palpltalion of the heart when be saw the fairy landlord turu the corner looking as cross as a bear 'Quick'-' he called to his wife who was .vashing tho baby's ears. "Conn: here, Flopsy, and when Mr. Tingaling calls for his rnt, tell him lie gone en a vacation. I'm only going on a f! e-minutf e-minutf vacation down in the mud at the bottom of the pond, but it won't 'When he's gone juct go "Ker-chu nkl" three timeE and I'll come up again," said Phd. . and round n everything. But after all, ,lhat may have been the very reason. ; Well, jnn between Torty's cave and' Marty Mink's house, lived that old ras-leal ras-leal Tlill Frog, who told such a yam about Marty Mink getting caught, i When lie wasn't caught at all. i Mr. Tingaling hadn't forgotten that, mot for a minute, and the pinching he'd just pot didn't make him feci a bit more like forgiving anybody any- be at all necessary for you to tell hlmj that. When he's gone just go 'Ker chunk!' three times and I'll come up again. Now do exactly as I tell you 1 and everything will be fine as a rplder 1 web," Phil gave a flop and a dive and a wiggle and was gone. Nothing to be. seen anywhere but a few lazy rings of mud oozing up toward the top of the I water .hist then tho rent-collectors arrived. |