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Show I I ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS iii i I i BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON After n and Ni.k nn.i Fl!)rely-Plap Fl!)rely-Plap had brought Squeak, the eiephant-baby. eiephant-baby. lock to the ire-u-. Fllppety-Flap sat down and Squinted thoughtfully at the sole of his enormous shoes (where he wrote all his remlndersi "Mrs. Kangy Is gone, too!" said he "Tlie gnomes let her out of her cage and she look her son. Kicky Knnit, alon b.iek home wllli her." "Mrs. Kang) ? ' erled Nancy. "Who is she? " "The big kancaroo ' explained Pllp-j Pllp-j pety-Plap ' And she carries her son I around In a valise. Handiest thing you ! ever saw ' ' Llut what if she .1 i berk It sonic -I time," said Nick md lo the ticket? Daddv dhl that once ' I Fllppeti -Flap hniphed beartilv "Vh . : bless you. boy. she can't lose either the : valise or the ticker She couldn't cbr.k il If she wished to. She carries her valise va-lise fastened tight to her tummy. Most x convenient, i coll It, with a neat drawstring draw-string on 'op When sonny has a cold and she does not wish him lo go out and play, she merely says: 'It's damp out today my dear, so you stay In the house.' Then she tics a double knot In the draw string and sonny I stays In Or when he s been naughty It's easy as butter In put him lo ned i without his supper and tie three knots to make sure of him Put. better still, if sonny gets chased and someone threatens to bur: her darling she ehucs him Into her valise and Jerks It shut, anil then says. ' 'Come on. now whatever-yonr-name-la I'll settle with you ' And whalevcr-hlanamC;le, whalevcr-hlanamC;le, thats been after sonny, usuallj howls and turns tall and runs Mis. Kangi Isn'l Just talking when She sais dic Jump on people. She I the best kicker, too. I'll tell you about that nraln. I (To Rc Continued.) |