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Show II ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS ji BY OLIVE ROBERTS CARTON I THE MAGICAL SHOES DISAPPEAR. "Let'j? vri in ourselves ' out of here, whispered Nick. a.s the Whale sank faster and faster toward the bottom of the ocean and the palace of that wjvkcd wisard; the Bobadil Jinn "Oh, yes, let's," agreed Nancy clutching clutch-ing at her brother fearfully. "Are you t,uro that Is where We are going?'' Nick pointed to the pala e on Die map , tlnulng their swift journey to tho bot- 1 1 lorn of the Sea. 'Wh-What'S" 'rong"" gasped Nancy. Ni'4; looked down. "Our Magical Shoes 1 are gon, thai s what," he said. "Now 1 we're In for IL" Yes, re nil-thing In. happen. d to Die : hi BS. Hither th water had washed them awaa 01 some evil magic Lad caused them, to disappear. If the whale heard this j I conversation, he made ITO reply, but kept 1 I dn with his passengers. Some strangei i Strange creatures sw.im by which looked as If they belonged on neither land i nor eea. and In spite of the water all around them ' Nancy could see plainly, Nl' k was right. I So they wished at una-. "Please. Green Shoes " begged Nick. "set us on fop of one of thorn- big Ice i bergs floating around on top of the atr ! so that we may keep i.n our journey to the South Pole." But Instead of finding themselves ln- slantly whisked off to Dm place of their I choice, as had always happened before , when the kittle nhoes were aaked a favor, I the tw-ina found themselves Instead con- power held the children firmly to the whale's back. It seemed almost as though they were tied there and no amount of -iruggllnis could gel them free. Strange creatures swam by fish of all kinds, and objects with tiueer forms and name which looked as (hough they belonged, on neither land no rsea. But all the while Nancy held fast to the carved box containing their preclOUfl chat ids. She knew that the wicked wlz-ard wlz-ard would get them if he could. (Copyrighr. 1921, N. fit A. |