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Show . srj ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS V OLIVE ROBERTS BARTOW I Ho gnr one yell and dropped the flng. Nancy and Nick and Buskins lis-1 toned with Interest to the tale of the smoke-ring and how It had caused the rich man to help tho poor one. "Well, that's that'" sighed a black smoke pillar loudly. This fellow wan large and black and fierce looking. But I too, have seen wonderful' trlngs. I'm out of engine No vt that pulls the United Slates Limited, the. most wonderful train in America. "One time we were "carrying sonifi valuable express packages, a million ! dollars In gold, I was told afterwards. I had Just come out of tho big black i smoke-stack of tho engine and was looking around at the rough country,' when I noticed something. "The track made a deep curve j around a hill, and Just as tho engine started around the curve, I saw some figures ahead of It with a red flag in their handr. Also I noticed that tr figures wore masks and carried guns, and beyond them in a little valley some horses were standing,' saddled and bridled and ready to go. I saw at cim-o what was 'going to happen. hap-pen. My beloved train would be stopped stop-ped and robbed and lose Its reputation reputa-tion for safety. "There was only one thing to do." said the black smoke-pillar importantly. import-antly. "I took a short cut across the hill and dropped one of my shai-p black cinders Into the eye of the man who had tre flag. He gave one oll and dropped the flag, clapping his hand to his face. The others crowded crowd-ed around him to sen what was tho matter. They thought something dreadful had happened. Just th n my train whizzed by. I had 6aved It." "Fine! " cried all the other smoke fairies, and Nancy and Nick and Buskins, Bus-kins, who were listening, clapped their hands But didn't the men come back?" .asked Nick. "No," said the smoke-pillar, "for the gold was delivered that day. The next day was too late." (To Be Continued ) |