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Show ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS I CY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON Nancy was writing leacher in the Meadow Grove school, and on writing da; there was a grand skirmish to get ink and pens ready. Poke-berries had to be smashed ami strained to get the Juice for ink and I'etey Porcupine, Prickle's little boy, had to furnish the pi ns. Peteji stemd up front and when Mr. Scribble Scratch, the fairy schoolmaster, school-master, said ' .March,' the whole yti nothing the clay before as ihe copy had been Zebra's dose dizzily ' Tongues wore pretty tired, too when So. of course, they were depending b on IV.. !. be p I lo u--ii.il Mr. Scribble Scratch called the roll and market x- - In hie big roll -book i invl.o, iv , Ai ifl But nearly everybod" was there for H writing was easy and it was just as T .lu-t then c oh c oon Shuffled I p to the Teacher's Desk and laid Down a sksaaBBB school stood up and mart hed past and took whichever one of Petey's quills he had a fancy for, just as ll it were Christmas morning and the Sunday school was having a treat, each child picking any package he wished. Nancy decided one day that it was time they were having an examination, examina-tion, so she made some new copies on birch bark paper and sent Nick out; for some nice fresh poke-berry Juice. All the pens had been worn clown to1 well t0 have one good mark on your ''Sf'tJi report card when you carried it home ffiFabi Bven Muff. Mole and Floppy Field H Mou e re pn ienl todaj H Bui whai (In you think? When th BBrijJ schoolmaster called out 'Petey Porcu- pine,'" the-re wasn't any answer. Petey BnHBH wasn't there at all. IIsbbisbbI Just then ( ob shuffled up to the KnJBtj teacher's desk and laid down a note. BEau It was from Petev's mother. HsSBM (Copprlght. i: jo. x. E. A. iiBBBBBBfl |