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Show rBB pj 1 l ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS y OUIVC ROBERTS BARTOM mi was i a 1 . a - o i. t i ii . "I'm tlio bubble ou Die) with your dad's j-iiavlnir s-oap." (Soap-bubble land was a funny p!ao When Buskins stopped the little ap-oie-tree elevator and the Twins stepped i if, dozens of soap-bubblo people ol j every s!ze came bobbins along to greet hem. There were poap-bubblea from I almost ever nation on the earth, al though it is shocking to say that there -pa places (dnd bi$ ones at that) kji wher there arc uo soap-bubbles be- .-a use there is no so.H' On big fellow apt-ana; lightly up il ' '.o the top of Nick's head any bal anced himself there for a minute. ( Hello, Nick!" ho called into the lit- j tie boy's ear, "don't you know me' f I'm the big bubble you blew with 1 ..our daddy's shaving soup. I'm con- sJdcred ery aristocratic up here I I shine wltli a hundred colors and smell I veiy nice Thank you for using ?uch I fine BoaD." j 'You're welcome." said Nick. "But I l.cn daddy found it out he took my ...low-pipe awa for a week. I havo II i 'o u- laundr'-soap now" ' "Don't 1 know it," grumbled a i looking bubble, rolling up. "I'm the luat ono vou blew. Look at me, brown as a lump of mud and a, strons scent of kerosene, f'gh"' "That's too bad'" said Nick, "but you koc I couldn't hlp ll." But the bubbly bad worked himself him-self into such a rae tha'. he burst with Indignation. "Well, he wasn't happy anyway.'' SLiiu Nanc; , "vh, look there!" A buncli of bubbles came along singing a sonc which went like ihls: "A rub a dub dub, "Wo were born in a tub, Where we solashcd and wc foamed and we played. We slid down th board, And with liiuehter we roared. 'Ti! we frightened Susannah the maid." Away they ail scunnered, playing leap-frog and a doien other games known only o soap-bubbles. ! It was a Jolly pla.e. (To ii Continued) ' (Copyrlirht. 1922. NEA Service) |