The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-10-22
ADVENTURE OF
THE TWINS
BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON

Would you ike to 90 to High
links Land?' asked the Fairy
Queen rs she appeared to Nancy
and Nick one day without the least
warning, or top of a golden rod
plant.
High links Land" cried Nancy
in surprise. "That's funny name.
We never heard of it! Where is it?
Is it far?'
The Fairy Queen laughed mer-
rily. Your name shouldn't be
Nancy" said she. at should be
Little Miss What-is-it.' You ask
so many questions. But III tell
YOU about the Land of High Jinks.
Without the magic shoes it is Il mil
lion miles away. but with them it
is only around the corner. And as
the magic shoes arc right here,
you and Nick WON'T have far to
GO
"We1! go. We'd love to go"
cried the children eagerly. "Well
go right away if we may
Every we'll, then said the Fairy
Queen. '-Slip on the magic shoes,
and I'll call Mister Corn Dodger
He'll guide you amy place you wish
to GO
She clapped her hands and who
should come running but the queer
est man the Twins had ever seen
! He was dressed altogether in corn
stalk leaves and he WAS smoking a
corncob pipe.
"Did you call, your Highncss p
, he asked. taking the corncob pipe
out of his mouth and making q
deep bow.
ayes. did. indeed. Mr.. Dodger,'
said the Fairy Queen. 81 want you
to take these children to the Land
Of High Jinks and see that the!
have good time"
"Certainly! Certainly" said Mr.
Corn Dodger. 81 should be de
lighted. Most highly delighted.
What will they go asp
eco as?" repeated the Fairy
Queen in puzzled voice.
yes" nodded Mr.. Corn Dod-er
GO as They will go as what
! 10 one has good time in tbs
Land Of High Jinks unless he is
dressed up and pretends ne i:
dressed up and rretends he is aome-
body else"
COT course" declared ths Fairy
! Queen. Il forgot. That's half al
it. What would you like to 60 as
! Nancv?'
an be Bo Peep" said Nancy
! quickly.
Bat SO Peep may be there no,
very own self" said Mr.. Corr
Dodgar. Better pick something
else. But don't pick any Of the
Mother Goose people as they al
come to the Land of High Jink;
this time of year and it would not
do to have two of anybody"
"Then can't be Little Boy
Blue!" said Nick. Scan II"
81 know" said the Fairy Queen
81 know! Nick, you go as Hansel
and Nancy, you 60 as Gretel, the
woodcutter's two children who go,
lost in the woods. III give you both
Dutch costumes"
So she waved her hand and sud
denly Nancy and Nick turned into
little Dutch children with wooder
shoes and all. Nancy had the cut
est little Dutch cap with wings, ane
clean white apron. Nick had /,
| great big cap and wide white cal
lar, and his clothes looked much
| TOO loose, as all little Dutch boys
clothes do.
"That is perfectly elegant" sa;e
Mr.. Corn Do1ger." Come along
now. my dears. But you must no
be surprised at anything. Peopl.
come from all over the world to tn,
Land of. High Jinks."
"Goodsbye!" said Nancy happil!
to the Fairy Queen as their new
guide led them off.
But what do you sthink! The
Fairy Queen had disappeared. ane
the golden rod had disappeared
and they were in a strange. queer
looking place with still queerer
looking people everywhere.
All without taking single step
The magic green shoes had don'
their work. For the soft little slip
pers were still on the children
feet, Struggled down under tn
great wooden shoes.
(TO Be COntinued.)
Downright, 1926, NEA Service, Inc.