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Show ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON THE SLIPPERS OF FORCETFULNESS Again Nick snd Nancy were prisoners of the wicked Bohadil Jinn who was try-' try-' Ing to prevent thajrn from getting to tiv South Pole: and the Iceberg was nothing more nor less than hb- own great Ice- palace which he had caused to break I uwuy from the Ice-field at the North I Pole and come floating through the ! ocean- And the linn had turn, d himself Intil la great white polar b I girl's feet. "Vou mus-t be cold, my dear.' she said. "Sec! I sluill slip off your shoe and stroke your feet with my warm hand?, "so! tid tlir n I shall put on the- nice rel fell Slippers instead. Isn't that better?" .Nancy nodded - "Yes, thank you. Indeed In-deed It is'" she said. it waa done so quick!) that Nick could not Interfere: it was too late to warn Nancy now. Of course he could have wished himself out of that at once, but he iicv r one.- thought of leaving his sis- : "Your feet piust be cold, my denr," s.ud the old woni.nv "I hnil put on these j nice red felt slippers." As soon as iho twins hnd gone through the trapdoor In the roof and descended the ns i row stairway into ihe castle, how ever, tlo- Jlhn chaptfed irom a b ar Into an old woiiuin. The Jinn, vou know, w..-a w..-a wicked wizard who could tnkc- any form he wished. Nick knew now who their host war and was about to wjlispei the news to Nancy ami to ask the Gceon Shoes to take them both aafelj away, whon the old woman knelt Sudden! a I ih. little ISr alone. No. he must stay with her al I w ya. Bul l(ad he known whit th- little red l-1 1 slippery were, he would noi have al- ; lowed Ihe old woman to tuk-- his own Green sine - a aj . nor io place pair on ' his own fert. like those sho had given to I Tin wene the slippers of rorgetfulnees, and instantly thi twins forgot about their ' rrand: i "-pi right. IfC'l. N. B. A |