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Show 1 I ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS lie I 1 I BY OLIVE ROBERTS ft A TON v'" I t I Ml lie could find wiw a siring of 1 which he tied on to mc for a tall. The next kite that came before the Fairy Queen was a bird-kite, and he. loo. was in trouble, f "What can 1 do for you. my good, fellow? " asked the Fairy Queen, klnd-j jf t Nancy and Nick wondered at her t?ood nature. The Twins thought of i their own impatience when their kites got tangled in trees or refused to go as high as their little owners wished them to, and they resolved to do bct- tcr in the future. Tho Fairy Queen , seemed to know this for she looked y ja- over and gae them an approving smile. Then she turned hor attention i to the kilo again. i "Please your highness, vould you I mind sending word to Billy Brown's I mother that I dldn t take her pearls?" I answered the kite "She thinks that I ptole them, but honest, I didn't I You sec the siring broke and the I pearls were fastened to my tui be- I cause Billy couldn't find " pearl beads on his mother's bureau. "Oh hold oh. hold on'" cried out the Fairy Queen. "What's all this? I can t make head or tail of it?" "Neither could Billy," answered tho blrd-k'.to mournfully. "That is, he couldn't find a tall to balance nio when 1 was up in the air. A strip of old muslin would hue done, but he couldn't find a thing. So he hunted around and all he could find was a string of pearls on his mother's bureau, bu-reau, which he tied on to me for a tall "Then he took me out and let mo fly away up Into the air above (he tree-lops. But the wind v as so strong i that the swing snapped and the wind) blew me up here. Now I'm afraid they'll think I stole the pearls." The Fairy yuecn smiled. "I'll send i Twinkle Too bacl; With the pearls," she said "and Silver Wing will ahow you the way back to Billy's house." To Be Continued) |