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Show I ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS BY OLIVE ROBERTO HART Off r -A j ... When Kin:; Indig saw King Vcrdo, he scowled. I HI I ) l IN(.s Back over the seven valleys flew 'a rn y a ml .icl a nd l he dove, t he rnaglc Green Shoes making better time than the fastest express. After them came King Verdo who had made a sail of his long beard. Princess Therma. who had been watching from the tower of her Castle of Mirrors, saw them coming. and made a signal to the furious falcon who guarded the gate of King Indlg's palace. For the first time In a thousand years, tho furious falcon forsook hn post and flew to a tree near hor window. "The falcon's gone the falcon's gone!" cried the people, and Instantly there was a chase to catch tho ancient an-cient bird. Tho falcon, with his steel feathers nil sharply barbed, had been King Indlg's only army. "Quick! Catch him!" callod King Indig, forgetting all about playing hopscotch and Joining In the chase himself. Everybody ran and by and by' they came to the park where they found the falcon resting outside Princess Prin-cess Thcrma's window. But before anyone had time to climb the tree, there wits a noise in the air and Nancy, Nick and tho I dove arrived, followed In a moment by! King Verdo, who looked like a flying machine. When King Indig saw King Verdo. he scowled, and when King Verdo saw King inulg he frowned My, ho a those two hated each other! Princess Therma looked at them both and shuddered. Thon she stroked the white dove which had flown to, her window sill. "Oh, I can't marry either of i them." she sighed "They are both so ugly." Suddenly tho falcon cried out, "Silence "Si-lence everybody! It Is now to be de- , elded which of these two gentlemen ls the finer looking. Longhead, the Wiseman, has decided, and his words are on a record which the Twins brought here where all can hear." (To Bo Continued.) ; (Copyright, l'J22. NLA Service.) Il |