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Show ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS ' BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON a -4 Muffy Mole and Floppy Fleld-Monse stood still and listened after they had slid down the hole In the school house-floor, house-floor, but their hearts were hammering hammer-ing so they oouM seaTcely hear a thing But thev did make out Mr. Pcrlbblc Scratch's voice saying to look down the hole anel they almost fainted faint-ed with fright; but Instantly Markle Ifuskral declared that the runaways eouldn't have gone that w.iv. as there was a spider web completely over it.' So little Sar" Ann Spider had kept her word after all! They begun to breathe I moro easily then Come on," whispered Flop. "Let s 'get out of this!" And he pushed Muff j ahead or him In the carKneSS. Ot coures. Muff had to go first, for they soon came to the end of the passage. land It was necessary to do more digging dig-ging to get to safety Flop couldn't I dig worth a cent, but Muff wius the best e ver. Ho worked nad ami fast. ! but not fast enough for the anxious truant behind him "Oh. hurry' up!" cried Flop giving hjm a push. "Hurry up yourself!" said Muff "I'm doing the best I can. Why don't you dig your own hole." I would but I can't, " answered Flop more politely. So along they trudged through the darkness. Muff shoving the dirt out of the road and Flop keeping an eye behind be-hind them for danger. Everything was going finely, and in , . -, ,.i - . - .v ,:: "pjl.-V. -.'dc So along tlicy trudged through tho darkness. another minute Flop would have broken brok-en through the top crust Into the sun-ItKht sun-ItKht and off into his beloved corn patch, when Muff suddenly stopped. There was a sounel of nibbling and a gulp, 'My, that was a good one,'' he remarked, smacking his llp "What's the matter and what wa? a good one''" peeved Flop. Earthworm" answered Muff 'di go on, I can't get out here urged the mouse-boy. Copyright, 1920 N. E. A. |