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Show I ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS I V OLIV1 ROBERTA HART Of J NAN CI WD MCK IN YIMi mi MAN-IN-THE-MOON Along a glittering road went Xane and Nick and the Magical Mushroom 10 find Mr Peerabout. the Man-tn-hs-Moon. Nancy supposed he would be livinK In one of the cities thoy had seen from tho mountain, probably the marble I city with trimmings of Jewels, and that his house would be the finest ono In It. . She pictured him In gorgeous robes of velvet and fine ermine with, per- "Here wc arc," "odded the Mushroom -ti pping up to the door and tap hH pint: shandy. jhaps, a gorgeous crown on his head-Nick head-Nick Wdnden d If he rode a whllo horse or w ould he be more likely to do bis traveling along the glittering i roads In an automobile. Probably that was it a gold car it would bo. no doubt, with ivory trimmings. trim-mings. And would ho have two fool-jmen. fool-jmen. or four, or six? What a gorgeous place the moon was. It would certainly be nice to K-- there Imagine living In an ivory house with Suddenly tho Mushroom stopped and turned off on a little side path that led into the midst of the sllvr forest. The Twins followed. wonderlnsr what was Roing to happen But the) had not long to wait, for in a feu momenta they came to a small turn-ble-down wooden hut almost hidden by the low-hanging branches of a Bfl-ver Bfl-ver willow tree. "Here we are." nodded the Mueh- H -p.,inr on ( tb. .., nn.l tr H plrip sharply. i do hope that Mr Peerabout Is at home " "Mr Peerabout," gasped Xancy. I "Home." exclaimed Nick. hat could h all mean? I, "Yes" smiled the Mufhroom. "TNi l- where th m.i ii-ir.-th--.:o..i; i. H At least he used to live here. Oh! ess H he's got so poor lie had to iove out." Had the Mushroom lost his sense Whal did he mean by talking thai Way? The poorest person in the World .:.el . I , . ,. h H riCjety, tumble-down placo. (To Be Continued) (Copyright. 1922. XEA Service) |