The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-09-17

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tia- rs W vegtsA vssy vel. oaos
I vas sssA 70 It: hst ny aetioa a,
esre6 ths wicked Witch of ths East,
for sAs ha1 pso0iseA ths ol1 vonas
I should not marry tie pretty Asaeh.
kin Eiri. Whea I beeaa ehopping
agsia ny N clipped aAA cat oR ny
right Ieg. AGnia ! vest 70 tha tn
nor. aAA agaia ~ nads ~ Q Isg out
Of tn. Aftsr this the escAaafaf az
est - ny arms. oae after The sthsr;
bSt. nothing deeated. ! hsA tAea ~
placed With tn oees. TNs wicked
Witch then made the AZ ely anA cut
OF my head. aad 1t arst ] thought
that Vas The end Of me. But the tin
ner happeaeA to cone aloug, asA 10
made ne . new Asad ost Of tin.
Il THOUGHT bod beaten the wicked
Witch thea. and worked harder than
ever: but little knev how cruel ny
enemy could be. She thought Of q
new way to kill my love for ths beau
tiful Nunehkin maiden. and made ny
AZ slip again. 70 that It cut right
through my body. splitting me isto
two halves. Once more the timer
cane to my help and made me Q body
Of tin. fastening my tin arms and legs
and head to II. by means Of Joints, so
that I could move around - we'll ~
ever. But. alas! I had now mo heart,
20 that lost all my love for the
Auachkin girl. and did not care
whether married her or not. I sup
pose she 10 still living with the old
woman. waiting for me to come after
her.
my body shone 20 brightly In the
sun that l felt very proud of 1t and it
did not matter now II my AZ slipped,
for It could not cut me. There was
only one danger-that my Joints would
rust: but kept an oil-can in my cot
tase and took care to oil myself when.
ever I needed 1t. However, there
came . day when forgot to do this,
and. being caught In Q rainstorm. be.
fore thought Of the danger my Joints
had rusted. and I was left to stand in
the woods until you came to help me.
1t was . terrible thing to undergo, but
during the year stood there I had
time to think that the greatest loss I
had known was the loss Of my heart.
While was In love I was the han.
piest man ON earth: but NO one can
love who has not . heart, and 20 I am
resolved to ask On to give me one. II
no does. will % back to the Munich.
kin maiden and marry her."
Both Dorothy and the Scarscrov
had been greatly interested in the
story Of the Tin Woodman, aad now
they knew why he was 20 anxious to
get new heart.
"All the same" said the scarecrow.
Il shall ask for brains instead Of
heart; for . fool would not know what
to do with . heart II he had one."
Il shall take the heart" returned
the Tin WoodmaA: ''Sor brains Do not
make one happy. and happiness d the
best thing In the world"
Dorothy did not say anything for
shs was puzsled to know which Of her
two friends was right, and she do.
cided II she could only get back To
Kansas and Aunt Em It did not matter
70 much whether the Woodman had
no brains and the Scarecrow no heart
or each got what he wanted.
What worried her most was that the
bread was nearly gone. and another
meal for herself and Toto would
empty the basket. To be sure neither
the Woodmaa nor the Scarecrow ever
ate anything. but she was not made Of
tin nor straw. and could not live IN,
less she was fed.