The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-15
if it were dancing.

if it were dancing.
That's better it said, in more
| pleasant voice; Il ought to run now until
sundown''
Just then the Queen exclaimed: Here
I comes Mr.. Right Split and the chill
| dren looked up and saw the other half
Of the split man coming out of the for
est a short distance away He also had
I a key in his hand, but when he saw the
| Queen and her companions he came hop
| ping toward them, saying In his jerky
| voice:
Ming, -iesty! Come our ley. "
| BY which he meant to say: Good even
ing, your ajesty! Welcome to our Val
ley" But being the right half of the
! man he spoke only the right half of each
| word. -
AS soon as he came up, however. there
was an end of this mode of speech, for
the right half of Mr.. Split placed his fiat
side close to the, left haIf's fiat side, and
then with both hands he hooked the two
halves, together with little brass hooks
Then Mr. Split looked more
Ike complete man., although
the left side was dressed in
bright red suit while the right side
wore white, so it was easy to see where
he Was9joined together, 60
When he had fastened himself securely,
which he did with great rapfdity, the
man spoke, saying:
Your Majesty has found us as busy as
ever: The fact is, these animals and
cars and merry-go-rounds run down very
quickly, and they require so much atten-
ton that this is the first time we have
been hooked together since early this
morning. It is the same every day, but
try to do my duty, and you will find this
Valley in good condition and everything
properly cared for
81 am sure Of that Mr. Split an
swered the Queen.
Dot and Tot had BEEN so astonished
at all this that they had stood perfectly
still, and noticing this Mr.. Split came
toward them with his key raised and said
brisk1y:
here are4your- keyholes, my dears?
You must have run down.
''Oh, nor cried Dot, shrinking back.
'we're-we're alive.a
.'oh, that j. different" returned the
man, with laugh. I'm glad you are
not to be would up,. for l am so busy now
that there ought to be three or four of
me instead of twopi
you're funny remarked Tot, who
had been staring at Mr.. Split,
Thank you. SIR" replied the man, bow
ing politely.
What are you made of" asked the
~
Wood, of course answered the man.
Wood is the strongest and best material
for that purpose. My feet are
beech, my arms and legs are of ASH
my body is pine and my heart is
oak. AS for my head, it is mostly chest
| nut, although my hair Is curly-map
my eyes mahogany and my teeth hick-
ory.''
s"Oh!' said Tot.
you may notice my voice is very
strong" continued the man. cit is made
of birch bark
~'Oh!' said Tot.
''And my hands are made of the rub
Der tree, so I can wiggle my myers
Eseasily and turn the keys to wind the
| machinery" s-T-
''Ohr' said Tot.
IF you had not told us this" re-
marked Dot, shy1y, 1--WE, should have
thought you were made entirely of
witch-hazel.'
/. The Queen laughed at this, and said:
Now, Mr.. Split, If you will kindly
gather some fruit and nuts from the
forest for our supper we will ride on the
merry go-round until you return.
The man bowed and zat once ran into
the forest or his errand, while Dot and
Tot followed the Queen toward the mer-
ry-go-round.