The Ordway new era., 1909-11-05

swung his arm and chopred the woil''
head ncm its body. so that II lmmeui
ately died As soon as he could rals'
his ny anothcr wolf came up, ANA ne
also fell under the sharp edge OF th'
Tin Woodmans weapon. There Were
90 wolves. and 40 times "A woli wai
killed: so that at last they an my
dead In hcaU before the Woodmah
Then he put down his aN and sat
beside the Scnrccsow, who said;
1T was good figh,, friend -
They waited until Dorothy awok,
the next morning. The little girl "a'
quite frightened when she saw th'
grcar pile OF SHAGGY wolves, hut th'
Tin woodman told her nil. Sh'
thanked him for saving them ana 'n'
down to breakfast. after which thr'
started again upon their journey
Now this same morning the Wicked
Witch came to the door OF her castle
and looked out with her one "y" that
could see afar on She saw all hr'
wolves lying dead. and the strangers
still travelling through her country
This made her angrier than beioT"
and she blew her silver whistle twic"
StraiGhtway great flock Of wild
crows came flying toward her. enough
to darkcn the sky And the Wicked
Witch said to the King Grow;
Fly at once to the strangers. peck
out their eyes and tear them 10
pieces"
The wild crows flew In one great
flock toward Dorothy and her com
panions. When the little girl saw them
coming she was afraid. Rut the Scare,
crow said
This is my battle: so lie down be-.
side me and YOU will not be harmed
So they all lay upon the ground eN'
cept the Scarecrow, and he stood mp
and stretched ont his arms. And when
the crows saw him they were fright
ened. as these birds always are by
scarccFows. and did not dare to come
any nearer. But the King Crow said
1T Is only stuffed man. will
peck his eyes out.
TIL" King Crow flew nj the Scare
crow. who caught II by the head and
twisted its neck until II died. And
then another crow flew nj him. and
the Scarecrow twisted its neck also.
There were 10 crows and 40 times
the Scarecrow twisted n neck. until at
last all were living dead beside him.
Then he called to his companions to
rise. and again they went upon their
journey.
When the Wicked Witch looked out
again and saw all her crows lying in
heap. she got into terrible rage.
and blew three times upon her silver
whistle.
Forthwith there was heard a great
buzzing in the air. and swarm of
black bees came flying towards her.
Go to the strangers and sting them
10 DEATH" commanded the Witch. and
the bees turned and flew rapidly until
they came to where Dorothy and her
friends were walking. But the Wood.
man had seen them coming and the
Scarecrow had decided what to do.
Take out my straw and scatter II
over the little girl and the dog and the
lion." he said 10 the Woodman. and
the bees cannot sting them" This the
" ooNiidh Altl. anu th lJDTOlnN lay
close beside the Lion and held Toto
in her arms. the straw covered them
entirely.
The bees came and found no one
but the Woodman to sting. so they flew
At him and broke of all their stings
against the tin. without hurting the
Woodman at all. And as bees cannot
live when their stings are broken that
was the end of the black bees, and
they lay scattered thick about the
Woodman. like little heaps of fine
coal
Then Dorothy and the Lion got up
and the girl helped the Tin Woodmar
put The straw back into the Scare
crow again, until he was as good as
ever. So they started upon their Jour
ncy once more
The Wicked Witch was so angry
when she saw her black bees in little
heaps like fine coal that she STAMPED
her foot and tore her hair and gnashet
her teeth. And then she called {
dozen of her slaves. who were tn,
Wrinkles. and gave them sharp spears
| telling them 10 go TO the strangers ant
destroy them.
The Wrinkles We're not brave peo
Pile. but they had to do as they wer,
told: 50 they marched away until the,
came near TO Dorothy. Then the Lior
gave great roar and sprang TOWARD
them. and the poor Wrinkles were S,
| frigh;en that they ran back as fas
as they could.
When they returned tn tho rostl,
the Wicked Witch beat them well will
a strap, and sent them back to thei
work. after which she sat down t,
think what she should do next. Sh,
could not understand how all he
plans to destroy these strangers ha,
failed; but she was powerful
Witch, as well as wicked one, an,
she soon made up her mind how to ac,
There was. in her cupboard. a golt
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