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Show ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS j BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON 1 I . TWO VOTES This was the note that Corny Coon's bov lairl on Mr. Scribble Scratch's desk. "Dear Mr. Schoolmaster. ' am sorry thai Petev cannot be at school torinv for hla writing examl-nalion. examl-nalion. Imt I hnv.- to take him tr the rloctor'"! to flnl out what Is wronsr with Ills quills, lie ha lot so many lately late-ly that ho Is nearly bald and he catches cold every time the wind blow: "Yours truly, Mrs. P. Porcupine. P. S Why can't l'ctey write hotter hot-ter ? He can read reading hut he can t read writing " Mr. Scribble Scratch looked very queer when he read this. Pint bo-cause bo-cause they couldn't have any examination exami-nation that da unles the little porcupine por-cupine boy were there to furnish the pons, second, because it was only too true that he couldn't write. He and Nancy had promised to let him off I from' his writing lessons if he would be r-o kind as to furnish the pens 1 He handed the note to Nancy and Just then Xlck came In with lha pokc-berrj pokc-berrj ink. But nobdy had anything to sugKes'. tt was a nice state of affairs' All at once Harry Hedgehog rolled i up the aik and unfolding himself laid a note on" Scribble f-Vralch's desk, then he rolled hack to his seat again. I he schoolmaster picked It up KinK- , erly, expecting more trouble, but I scarcely had he read one line when hel tic handed Ihe note to Nancy nd just then Niels came In "ih the Pokeherrx InU. smiled happily. This was It: "Dear Mr. Schoolmaster, "Plas-"- don't tf ich Harry an niorO writing He knows too much now. Besides Be-sides his quills are too thick and he pets tired carrying them around and he mustn't work. .Mrs H. Hedgehog." "I declare!" said the fairyman. You know how Scribble Scratch fixed fix-ed things UP, don't you '' Petes Por-1 lupine's ipnlls ar growinc in nicely now. while little Harry Hedgehog has lost half of his. Only Harry's arc so small that the pupils of Meadow Grove school can no longer make capital letters. |