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Show ' :' j ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON 1 THE RETURN OF THE CHARMS " Now-." .-jid the Fairy Queen to the twins as they were floating around on a large coke of Ice In Ihe middle of the sea. fall that was left of the enchanted Iceberg castle I. if On Wish to continue your journev to the Soutli Bole. I shall sec that your Magic Green. Shoes and jour Box of ("harms are returned to you. Otherwise you should never be able to The Fairy Queen clapped her hands reach th.- .!i- of Snitcher-Snatch, tho wicked '.mi., who ftoie the toys' "But the wiznid took them away from u " protested Xl.-k 'They must be at the bottom of the sea by Ihls time!" The Pair)1 Queen smiled and clspped her hands, instantly there was a sound of wings and four white gulls flew toward them. As they lighted upon the Ice, each bird dropped a little t'lre.-n Shoe Oh'" cried tho chlldnn In delight. seising tic. shoej and putting them on1 I oulckly "Thank you. kind birds We thought that' but Knottier sound Inter 1 rnpled them, the sound of s great blow ing and splashing In the water and ft ! great dark form came so clo..- that II threatened t overturn them. The twins! .bitched each other in alarm. But again I canto the Ks.iiy (Juccn'a voice. "Don't got (tightened. It la only another of I my faithful messengers." Just then the whale, for that Is what; I and four white gulli flew toward them. lit uas opened Ills Jaws wide. ;.!.! hid it not been for the I'airy Queen's word.- I'm sure that Nancy and Nick would hove I thought that that was the end of them. ! Instead, however, the whale laid some. thing on the edge of ihe lea at theii feet. It's our hox," s'ld Nancy. "Our Box of Charms." "You needn't have be, n frightened," smiled the whale, (yes. llC Smiled) "for 1 couldn't swallow so much us a frog If 1 wished to. Look in your books and see." |