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Advemture-s OR Ttit TWINS Olivm Rok«rt/ B«rlor> *7 told the Fairy Queen Fd like to hate the turkey gob bler** tail, too." Mid the duck, mmeh ashamed. "Tho twins hadnt gun* very far Wboa UM7 hMnl the duck quacking ■ltln. Now, after Nancy had rut off his rilly Mack roontor (ail with her tyttlo sharp artaaor*. ho had seemed to to Tory happy, and waggled hl» own little nub of a nail quite cwutent- Odly. "Now." a&M he. "I ran Iravo Topay-Tervey land, and *0 hack homo to my friends In tho tvarnyard and tho grubs under the woodplis." Bat Imt* he wm. quacking mth-Sp u mdt, M tfvflr* 80 txu'k they hur (M to the romp. "What U U wnrr" asked Nick. peeping thru the trweda -My tall!" wafted the duck Put tha twtna could aee very well for thomaeJ yea. Tha dlerontented duck had only lout on* ridiculous tall to ret another Thla time It spread out Uka a rreat fan behind hire. "I fonrot to tell you." aald tha dock, much ashamed, "that T told Mm Fairy Quean I'd like to haro tha turkey gobblers tail. too. She aald Prickly Porky Makes Good Hi* Boast BI THORNTON W. BI'RIiKVi TCAXKER BROWN'S BOT waa " tired and ba waa croaa 11a had 1 tramped and tramped thru the Orreo | KOraat In warch of Prickly Porky, i but not eo much u one of hla Ift tie Rpaara had ha found. You am. he had not been looking Id the right place. H* had not oooe thought to l>»k up In the topa of the treea. for | lia knew nothing about porcupine*. or their habrta. finally ha aat down to rtat under a tall poplar trea "If I could Juet gat a gllmpao of j that fellow. I'd nil him full of ahot." I growled Farmer Brown'a Boy. Now. ho thought that no one heard , him. But he waa mistaken. Docena of little aara heard him. Striped I Chipmunk, peeping nut of a bole In tte ground not three feet away, heard him and ahlvered aa be rolled I him bright Uttle eyea up to the top j Of the tall poplar. l*eter Rabbit ' agoactlag behind a thick buab. rolled j hla eye* op to the top of the tall ' poplar and ahlvered, too. 80 did Johnny Chock, aud Jimmy Skunk, and Happy Jack Squirrel and iUlly i Htnk and Bobby Coon and a lot of ether little meadow people ar.B foreat folk who were hiding clnee by. Hed dy Fool didn't ahlver. He Just grin ned wickedly and waited, takln* greart care to keep o«it of sight Down In hla heart he waa afraid of Prickly Porky, and he hoped that Farmer Brown'a Boy would make good hla dreadful threat. And up In the top of the tall poplar aotne one elae beard hla dreadful threat. It waa Prickly Porky himself. He atopped eating and looked down .at Farmer Brown a IVoy and hla gun. 11l a* 'Heddy Fox grinning and the other little meadow people and ' foreet folk ahlvnrlng with fright, j Prickly Porky ami led to himaelf. "80 | they think I'm a boaster becauae I •aid I'm not afraid, do theyT" he > mattered. Then very alowly, for he! never harries. he began to climb down the tree. Farmer Brown'a Boy heard hla clawa rattling on the tree and looked ap. He waa ao aurprlaed that for a minute he Just irtared footlahty. Then ha sprang to hla'feet and threw up hig gun. Rvery one ahut their eyea and pot their hands oyer their eara— every one but Reddy Foi, who grin nad more wickedly than ever. But •tin Prickly Porky kept right on climbing down. But Fanner Brown'a Boy didn't •boot Til wait until he geta nearer aad then I'll be aure of him," aald he. go be waited, and all the time Prickly Porky kept right on climbing down. Fanner Brown a Boy dldnt know what to make of It. "It's a shame to ahoot him. for I can kill him with a club." aald he, and reached Lift Corns Off! Doesn't Hurt! Don't let eorns ache twice! Liff any corn or callus off with fingers—Here's magic! p i Var * tow erata you eaa Joat think! Not one bit of ll I * MMtt txtU* of the fftta belc.e applying frcezone Jl magta fTMMM dUflotarad by or alterwarda. It doaaa'b trvovfl * UMtautl db—lit, nm IrrUata the euxround i TJT Juat Mk at any drag atore lag akin. I I*l far » «all bottle of traaaoua. ITard ooraa, aott coma, or I !■ ft few dropa opon a corse between the toes, also I leader, asking oora and in- hardened calloaea oa bottom HB ateurtiy that old bothersome of feet shrivel np and fait off rv I eon stops hating, then without harting a particle. J I J shortly you eaa lift It out, Ladlssl Keep freuone handy JM»—i at Wltk IN i— jwqd—Mfr Kmtefalt MORE TROUBLE I rouldnt have two flno tails at one*, but that I might havo one at a tUne. 80 when you rut off my roost*r tall, thla one grew. I'm completely dis gusted." Nancy had to laugh. Tti» fsath era make Hue birds. I've heard mania my. "but I llko you better plain. Mr. Dnck." "Prm*•"" currorted the bird. "My name's Drake. Hut that tuumt any thing to do with looks, has It?" "Well." aald Nancy. -11 l cut your turkey tall off, too, If jrou like. Hut my Kiann are getting very dull. Mr Draka »o plena* don't wtah again." The feather* were aooti off. and Mr. I>mke waggled hla own tall hap pll. "flood by«\ my dear*"* h* «ild. aa they aklpped off down the road, "If I *ee your luet monkey I*ll let yoa ku'w." Nancy and Nick, with their Or*en Shoe* ami Magical Mushroom. turned a corner Juet then, and Mr l>rahe"» voAo* «w loat in the dlntani-e Kepyrtakt. IB*. X. >- A.) "Yov. have certainly ffot nerve." for • stick. And stfll Prickly Porky came down. When he reached the ground, what ■Jo you think he dldT Why. he walked right ovar and sniffed at th« can of Partner Brown's Roy. ajrl mn a funny little grunt. in If to «ay. "Tou wont hurt m»." and then he turned hi* hack and alowly walked orer to another troe and be can to climb. The frukled Iu« of Parmer Brown's Boy broke Into a broad laugh. "Well." aald he. "you oartnJn ly have got narvel Tou wm to be minding your own business, ao I cue** I won't Interfere" And. shouldering hla run, ha tramped off thru the Orean Porest. Neit *tmy. The VtaJt la Parmrr Brown'*. British Official Wants Less Pay England. March 12—Be. cause he aald he thought hla aalary of -129 a weak too high, M. Time*, executive officer of the Hltrhln area food control committee, ha* asked for a reduction to 110. It waa granted. Hotel Constructs Studio for Singers NEW TOflK. March 11/—Ho that singer* In the hotel may practice whenever they feel the urge, the Majeatlo hotel haa had a glaaa en closed studio built In the roof garden where the inng bird* can try out their voices without disturbing other guest a THE DOINGS OF THE DUFFS WEDLOCK ED FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS KEEPING Ul' WITH THE JONESES OTTO AUTO Hat* for Women Arouse London I/JNPON, Marrh 12.- labeled "Hat* for women M. P.'*," the h««4- gear In a Regent *treet millinery In attrar-tlng enormoti* attention. A number of prominent rcngllfih women have betrayed their parlia mentary ambition* by vtalllng the Ktnre and trying on the hata. I«edy Nancy Aetor wear* a slmpl* black velvet toque In the hon*e <rf common*. Hhe I* en far Uie only woman member of parliament, the Counteae Marldewlc*, Hlnn Fein member. having rrfuaed to take her eeat $20,000 Necklace Is Lost in Blaze UEWI-HTT, N. V., March 11.—A 110,000 pearl necklace wae lo*t In a fire that do«tr<flred a home occupied by Norrl* Hellar. A *toek of wine* In the cellar waa sftvsd Jhd*Moved In AM pn«» THE SEATTLE STAR -FRTPAY, MARCH 12, 1920. jiSm NEVER GRIPE OR SICKEN ®i!'i All Biliousness, Headache and Constipation gone) Tom Thinks Everybody h Interested in Rubber. A fir,ok of If ll fen Wouhi Crvmc ■iv Jfnwfn Pa Pickcd a Good One. It's Six of One and Half a Dozen of Another. Proof for Pal. The flint Jolnt«l itrtlflcUl l»* w«» invented in 18G3 by Count <l« B«»u fnrt of France. IT'S UNWISE to put off today's duty until tomorrow.. If your stomach is acdd disturbed take KMfOIDS the new aid to digestion comfort todmym A pleasant relief from the discomfort of acid dyspepsia. . hade it scott a so wire MAKERS OF SCOTT'S EJIULSJOH A glri nrrn for[H« thfl first khs nil* gets ufter reaching the ugo where Ulshcm count. OBSTINATE COUGHS Wheir resistance is lowered and you come down with a cold that runs into an obstinate cough, your trouble is more than surface deep. You need SCOrn EMIU9ON an easily absorbed tonic-nutrient, mixed with your blood to nourish and enable you to get a fresh hold on strength^ fFor nearly fifty years scott'« hat been helpiim break up colds by building up strength. Try /0 Tin nclualv* grade of sod-llwr oil ucd In Seett'e Iwslitoa U the famous M a. (k It Proem," mull la Norway md refined In oar asm American lttboratsriaa. It to a gaaaaataa of pnrltr aad pala«ablUU> aniarpaimJ. 'JE »aaaai—>Wwflilil.a.,J. IHI liy ALLMAN By LEO By BWSSEH By POP MOMAND —By AHERN Ciuuufa I* planning to take car* of an Influx of not lees than <6,00# Americans thle yenr.