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Show f ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON Mr. Scribble S r.uoh-The r.uoh-The Fairy Queen thanked Tinpotlng and the twins for the rent money, very sweetly, then a worried little frown appeared upon her face Here's the money for eerything," said she, pointing ti the big pocket-book thej had laid In her lap, "but where am I to got people to do things'' It's time for the Meadow-Grove school to start, and my chief fairy schoolmaster . 'Please," -alii Xlek timidly, "may wc help Mr. Scribble Scratch?" Scribhl? Scratch, can't find a soul to I help him. He can't te ach the sums, I be the- Janitor, attendance officer, sing-j ing teacher, and everything else, all at once. Kubaduh Is tired out from his duties in Bcrub-LTp-Land, and here's! ringallnff puffing like an engine pull-' ing 40 coal cars, so I know he can't help. Kat people can't teach school anyhow, someway. Did you eer see; a fat schoolmaster or schoolmu'am ? ! No, Indeed! Besides, fat people ar. so Jolly they'd have the children playing play-ing 'riddles' and hldy-go' Instead of' doing their 'time tables' and 'divided! '" I Nancy looked at Nfc',;, and Nick looked at Nancy, and their Rood I friend, the Magical Mushroom, looked at both of them "Go on" whlspereel the Mushroom encouragingly 'Why don't you ' her?" "Please, sa'.d Nick then, timidly. I "may we heln Mr. Scribble Scratch? I can look up the truants because I've got my Green Shoes to take mo around." "And I, ' put In Nancy eagerly, "can dust, and shine the windows, and help v. It h the singing." "And I," spoke up tho Magical Mushroom Mush-room quickly, cr.n teach them any language at all from Hottentot to Chinese " "Tut," put in a new voice just then. "All WC want is chipmunk chatter and groundhog srruntln;;. And nothing noth-ing harder than X.Y Z's." Everybody turned und beheld Mi Scribble Scratch, the fairy srcholmas-toer |