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Show ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON' .i MB TING l IN'. Ql TS REST, "P.ut what shall I do while you arej fixing my suit?" asked Tlngallng, thc fairy landlord, of diver Oriole, who had offered to put In gussets, as Ting-aling Ting-aling was getting so round and fat his clothes no longer fitted. liver thought a minute, then suddenly sud-denly he had a bright idea. "Go to1 bed," he suggested "I'll call Mrs.! Oriole to turn down the covers, andi Mr. Oriole took Tiiicuiin 'if to ii-i- -pun room, where h' wa-. booh snoring snor-ing loudly. you can crawl in until your suit is finished fin-ished Nick and Nancy can wait here With me, and I'll tell them a story While vou're resting " "Oh," yawned Tlngallng slipping off his coat. ' it sounds good to nie. Children, Chil-dren, you can tell Oliver about your monkey and perhaps he may be able to help you find him Now, Oliver, where shall I go?" Mrs Chrlole had appeared by this time, so she took Tingaling off to her j spare room, where he was soon snoring snor-ing loudly. The breeze swayed tin-branch tin-branch up and down, and who. I should like to know, could stay awake under such circumstances. It was better bet-ter than being swung In a hammock, or riding over billowy waves or even sailing In an aeroplane, although I'm not so sure about that, as I never was in one diver cut out the gussets Just the right shape, then set to work Nancy threaded needles and Nick snipped threads and pulled out bastings. "Bz-z-z-z," snored Tlngalln" In the spare room, tho sounds coming down the hall. Snip, snip, snip," went the scissors. scis-sors. Punch, punch, punch," went Oliver's Oli-ver's needle. Hut there were other sounds! Much talking' Because, after the twins had asked about Jocko (but Oliver declared de-clared he didn't know a thing about him), the blrd-tallor said he knew a poem and. If the children should like to hear It he'd start right in. Can you wait till tomorrow to hear It? (Copyright, I0J0. N. F. A.) |