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Show ; ADVENTURES OF TEE TWINS BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON 4 1 THE WISHING RING IS LOST The wick'il Iobadil .linn was fll - when be found X.ini-v and N"n k Bleeping peacefully in th. hul 01 rahtu. ! "If people would onlj .iti. Inievferlhgi'' he cried. oni no one heard hfni. "I should be able to stop tin-a twins and prevent them from getting to the South 1 Pole I have their charms, however, and , thai is a good beginning." U- patted th.' I Quick as scat the twins or'ibbed the box out of the Jinn's side pocket. carved lo that he had slipped Into the side pocket of his robe. 1 I don't bolloVe that ihe, .mi et along very well without them." . At that minute N'unii awoke. She remembered their visit to the Fairy VUeen and the advice she had glv-0T glv-0T her Then Nl-I. tti up In llhtll'a bed trying to think Just where be was and what had happened. The Bbbadii .linn ..I , r, 11 rse was invisible, but he w.is stand ing close by add watching and trying to 1 .Ink what to do naJtt. Suddenly Noncy smelied hyacinth p(Sl fume (the Bohadll linn always used ID I nnd she whispered something to Kick, j Quickly sle- waved her left arm ihrec time from right to left and utt. r'd fh.-I fh.-I magic Words that Ih.- Kalry iju n had told her In her dream. Instantly the wlsnlnit ring rolled from the Hobadil Jinn's finger to the floor and Ithore he stootl in plain view t wvery-I wvery-I body. He was unprepared for such a proce.-dinc and terribly 1001 tilled .-, 1 in . j Ing out In his nighties with only a robe oyer them. The wicked thing was n dude In his Way and never dreamed when ho bud put j hi wi.dilng ring on thai way one would sea him. He was In a diuadful way at tbo occurrence, and stopped to search for his ring at once, growling like a mother lion whoso cubs have been stolen. The twins saw tholr chance. Quick as K.-ai they grabbed the box out of the linn's side pocket, slipped on their llac lo I'.reen Shoes nnd wished theihselVCI a hundred mllen away (Copyright. 1021. N E A ) |