Warren sheaf., 1917-12-19
dence's cloud in the parsonage sky.

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They certainly interfered with her
own plans. They engineered her of on
TO their beloved professor at every con-
ceiyable turn. And Gene, who nearly
haunted the house, had a savage CLEAN
IN his eyes quite out Of accord with
his usual chatty good humor. Fairy
knew she was being adroitly managed
but she had promised to help the twins
with "Ducisie." At first she tried ar
ltistically md unobtrusively to free her.
self from the complication in which her
sisters had involved her. But the twins
We're both persistent and clever, and
Fairy found herself no match for them
when it came right down to business
She had no idea Of their purpose she
only knew that she and Gene were al
ways on opposite sides of the room, the
young man grinning savagely at the
twins merry prattle, and she and the
professor trying to keep quiet enough
TO hear every word from the other cor
ner. And II they walked, Gene was
dragged off by the Arm slender fingers
Of the friendly twins, and Fairy and
the professor walked drearily along in
the rear, talking namely about the
weather wondering what the
twins were talking about.
And the week passed. Gene finally
fell off in his attendance, and the twins
took q much-needed rest. On Friday
afternoon they flattered themselves
that all was well. Gene was not COM
ing. Fairy was In the hammock waiting
for the professor. So the twins hugged
each other gleefully and went to the
haymow to discuss the strain and
struggle Of the week. And then
'Why, the big multi" cried Carol, in
her annoyance ignoring the Methodist
grammatical boundaries, ''here comes
that bubbling Babler this minute. And
he said he was going to New London
for the day. Now we'll have to chase
down there and shoe him off before
Duckie comes" The twins, growing
and grumbling, gathered themselves up
and started. But they started too re-
luctantly, too leisurely. They were not
in time.
Fairy sat up in the hammock with a
cry Of surprise, but not vexation, when
Genes angry countenance appeared be-
fore her.
Look here, Fairy he began,
whats the joke? Are your fingers
itching to get hold Of that four thou
sand year the twins are eternally
Dragging abcnt7 Are you trying to
thrown yourself into the old school
teachers pocketbook, or what?''
Don't be silly, Gene she said,
"come@ and sit down and 2
"Sit down, your grandmothe ~ he
snapped, still angrily. "Old Double D.
D. will be bobbing up in a, minute, and
| the tWinsIl drag me off to hear about a
sick rooster, or something. He is com
ing, isn't hep
.sI-guess he is" she said confusedly.
Lets cut and run, will you?' he
suggested hopefully. 1--WE can be out
of sight before Come on, Fairy, be
good to me. I haven't had glimpse or
touch Of you the whole week. What
do you reckon I came down here for?
Come on. Let's beat it, He looked
around with a worried air. Hurry, or
the twinsll get u.s.
Fairy hesitated, and was lost. Gene
grabbed her hand, and the next In
!, stant, laughing, they were crawling un-
der the fence at the south corner of
the parsonage lawn just as the twins
appeared at the barn door. They
stopped. They gasped. They stared
at each other In dismay.
1T was q put-up job," declared
Carol.
'Now what'll we do? But Babbie's
i got more sense than thought he had,
I must confess. Do you suppose he
was kidnapping herr
| Carol snorted derisively. Xxi Kidnaping
nothing! She was ahead when / saw
'em. What'll we tell the professor :"
Two humbled gentle twins greeted
the professor some fifteen minutes
later. al