The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-10-23
ADVENTURE OF
THE TWINS
BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON
A QUEER INVITATION

There were many surprises IN
store for the Twins in the Land OF
High Jinks.
Indeed, it was just one great sur
prise. There were so many odd peo-
pie.
A Jack OIantern came along and
made a deep bow-as dcep bow as
Jack O'Lantern can make. Here
is your invitation" he said. at is
an invitation to come from a party"
"To what?" said Nick in surprise.
"You mean to go to Il party, don't
you?'
ooh, no!' laughed the Jack OLan-
tern. THAT would be too ordinary.
Anyone can invite you to party.
! am inviting you to come from my
party. 1t shows that ! mean we'll.
that | like you well enough to give
you an invitation, and it saves me a
lot of trouble. | don't have to give
a party at all. Goodbye! hope you
will have a good time in High Jinks
Land
Away went the Jack OLantcrn,
and Mr.. Corn Dodger laughed.
"That's just 4 high Jink he was
playing" he said. Sort of Il joke.
you know. Jack O'Lantern is one
of my best friends and he wouldn't
do anything mean for the world. See,
he is giving invitations to everyone
he meets
Suddenly the Scare Crow, who had
Just received an invitation--began to
laugh. He laughed so loudly and so
long, that half his straw fell out
Indeed. it is no joke to say that he
was fairly bursting his sides with
laughing.
"What are you laughing at, you
goose?" asked the Jack OLantern
GROSSLY. "Are you laughing at me? p
"Certainly," said the Scare Crow
"Ha, ha, ha! Ho, no, no! It's my
turn to laugh, and he who laughs
! last, laughs best, you know. How
can we all come from party unless
we go to party first, SO we car
come from it %
"That's SOL" agreed a tall clowr
with a surprised look and his hail
! done in peak. "Your invitation:
mean that you are going to give
party so we can go to it so we car
come from it," he said to the Jacl
O'Lantern.
"Now you have me all mixed up
said the Jack O'Lantern. I'm al
dizzy with so many words. Am
going to give a party or am not !?
"You are" said Old King Cole. :"
have decided it. Someone has t.
give a party, SO it may as we'll b.
you" ;.
"Ill announce it," said Captain
Kidd, the pirate. II have the loudes
voice. Attention.! l hereby announce
that everybody in High Jinks Lane
is hereby invited to a party to b
given at once by Jack OLantern
Everybody who expects to 60, please
sign here" 49,.
the clown with the surprised lool
and the peaked hair.
"For goodness sake!" said Jack U
Lantern. "We've been at this thinI
for nearly an hour. If am to Civ
a party, let's have it at once and &c
it over. have only one request t.
make"
whats that?" asked the, Scar
Grow.
THAT everybody brings his ow
refreshments, said Jack OLanterr
ut would suit me best to have
surprise party where each CUES
takes his own food"
"I'll take Gingerbread said tn
Muffin Man.
"Tll take apples" said the OF
Apple Woman. ;.
"Ill take a pumpkin pie" :sid tn
Pieman.
"Tll take some popcorn" spok
up Mister Corn Dodger.
"What had we better take?' viii:
pcred Nancy and Nick, or | shout
say, whispered Hansel and Crete
now that they were dressed lii
Dutch children.
"A nice big round cheese sueges
ed Mister Corn Dodger.
And that's what they took. The
got it from the store man at tt
corner.
(To Be Continued)
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