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Show ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS j I DY OLIVE ROBERTS CARTON I WHO THE SCARECROW WAS "Who i9 what ho isn't, and isn't what he Is?" That was the Magical Mushroom's riddle at the Scarecrow's masquerade party in tho'Corn Field It wafgetttng pretty late, along toward to-ward 'morning, indeed, and the last quarter of the hunter's moon was getting so low In the sky that it didn't look like more than 24 cents and didn't give any more light than aJ Who should step around Into fall'VlCw but Fleet Fox. j ' nickel, scarcely If It was dark when tho Kuests came, it was now still d.rlc- 1 cr and nobody could see a thlngr. Nobody could guess this last riddle either. "I'll give It up!" said Cntle Cottontail. , "Don't give up. Just keep an eye on the corn-shock beside you," answered an-swered the Mushroom mfsterlouslr. Squirrel Don't." cautioned the B Mushroom mj "I give up, too!" called Scamper Squirrel. "Don't... cautioned tne Mushroom. "Just keep an eye on f.ie I corn-shock beside you." "W'e give up. Wo givo it up," said pretty nearly everybody by and by. J But all the Mushroom would say to H each one was to keep his eye on the H corn-shock beside him. H Suddenly Mr. Scribble Scratch called H out. "Where's Mr. Scarecrow?" Hb H hasn't guessed yet. Let him guess. H and after that we'll take off our J maskj and false-faces and go home. H It's getting quite early." H "Here I am " came a voice from H 1 behind Cutie Cottontail's cornshock. H I'm taking off my mask and I'll be there In a minute." And now what do you think hap-pened? hap-pened? W ho should step around lrr- H full view but Fleet Fox. He'd l)een JH trading as Farmer Smith's H Scarecrow all evening. No wonder he H wanted It dark! But there was still H enough IlKht left for him to see ntcr. H plump, juicy Cutle Cottontal and H sweet, tender, tasty Scamper midst. "Jrrrr"' he growled, Jumping lnro their midst. Just wall until you hear what the H did. (Copyright 19 2 0, N. E. A. H |