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Show 4 . j ji' . FOR LITTLE FOLKS j : : rS I j CHIRK HUNTS HIS MONEY i Tingaling. the fairy landlord, and Nancy and Nick, the twins who were j helping his collect rents in the Land-of-Dear-Knows- Where. waited and ! waited in Chirk Chipmunk's little , front parlor for Chirk to come down-j down-j stairs with the rent money. They got pretty tired at last, sitting I so. long, so Nancy played "Peter, Peter i , They got pretty tired at Inst, sitting so long Pumpkin Eater" on the organ. Nick found a nut-puzzle, and Tingaling put , on his specks and began to look over all his rent lists, to see whom he had to collect from that day. Tingaling didn't like to look at the shaky doors, and flopping wall paper, because well. Just because most landlords don't I enjoy the sight of those things, I sup-j sup-j pose. "Wiggily Worm owes me two months' rent." hd counted. "If he ! doesn't pay up today I'll have to -put him out of his apple. Hm! There's Marty Mink, behind three-months: I And he wearing such a valuable coati all tho time, too: I'll tlo three bells onto him If ho doesn't pay. and he'll never have fish for diner again. No J fisherman ever has any luck if he' makes a noise, and Marty will sound like a fire engine." All this time there was a most prodigious pro-digious slamming of bureau drawers upstairs,. Slam, slam, slam, bang. bang, they went, until you'd almost I have thought the war had started I again. I "My!'1 smiled Tingaling. "Chirk must be getting out a lot of money to be making all that noise!" But ns the noise continued the smile on Ting-1 allng's face slowly faded. "Can it bo that his money is so scarce he can't; find any. and is making all that noiso. hunting?" the fairy man worried. "Ii think I'll just go up and see." And what happened then I'll tell i you tomorrow. I (Copyright, 10110, N. E. A.) J |