The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-09-24

- 800 - 0ey ho4r ~ rear they all
try to ~ away froa Ne. and Of
course ! ~ thea 90"
Bat that isn't right. ~ Kiag Of
Beasts shouldn't be . coward" said
the 8carecrov.
Il know IT," returned the Lioa.
vipins . tear fron his eye With the
tip Of hts tail; 1t is my great sorrov.
and makes my life very ushappy. Bst
whenever there Is danger ny heart
begins to beat fast"
perhaps you have heart disease" :"
said the Tin Woodman.
1t may be-" said the Lt0a.
IF you have" continued the Tin
Woodman. you ought to be glad. for
1t proves you have . heart. For my
part. l have no heart; 20 ] cannot
have heart disease"
Perhaps" said the Lion. thought
fully. If ! had no heart ! should not
be . coward"
Have yos brains?" asked the Scare
crow
Il suppose SO. I've never looked to
see" replied the Lion.
o8A
him to give me sOme." remarked the
Scarecrow. for my head is stuffed
with straw"
And Am going to ask him to give
me . heart" said the Woodman.
And am going to ask him to send
Toto and me back to Kansas" added
Dorothy.
DO you think Or could give ne
courage!" asked the Cowardly Lion.
lust ~ easily - he could give me
brains." said the Scarecrow.
"Or give me . heart" said the Tin
Woodman.
"Or send me back to Kansas" said
Dorothy.
Then. II you don't mind. I'll 90 with
you." said the Lion. for my life 10
simply unbearable without . bit Of
courage"
You will be very welcome" an
swered Dorothy. for you will help to
keep away the other wild beasts. 1t
seems to me they must be mere cow
ardly than you are II they allow you
to scare them 30 easily"
but that doesn't make me any braver.
and a. long as know myself to bs
q coward l shall be unhappy"
So once more the little company set
on upon the journey. the Lion walk.
ing with stately strides at Dorothy's
side. Toto did not approve this new
comrade at first, for he could not for
Ont hn0y In kA h.d
between the Lions great jaws; but
after q time he became more at ease,
and presently Toto and the Cowardly
Lion had grown to be good friends.
During the rest of that day there
was no other adventure to mar the
peace Of their journey. Once, indeed,
the Tin Woodman stepped upon a
beetle that was crawling along the
road. and killed the poor little thing.
This made the Tin Woodman very un-
happy. for he was always careful not
to hurt any living creature; and as he
walked along he wept several tears Of
sorrow and regret. These tears ran
slowly down his face and over the
hings Of his jaw. and there they
rusted. When Dorothy presently asked
him a question the Tin Woodman
could not open his mouth. for his Jaws
were tightly rusted together. He be-
came greatly frightened at this and
made many motions to Dorothy to re-
lieve him. but she could not under.
stand. The Lion was also puzzled to
know what was wrong. But the
Scarecrow seized the oil-can from Dor.
othy's basket and oiled the Wood
mans jaws. SO that after . few mo-
ments he could talk as well as before
This will serve me n lesson" said
he, ito look where l step. For II II
should kill another bug or beetle 4
should surely cry again, and crying
rusts my jaw 80 that I cannot speak"
Thereafter he walked very careful
ly. with his eyes on the road, and
when he saw tiny ant tofling by he
would step over 1t, SO as not to harm
1t. The Tin Woodman knew very well
he had no heart, and therefore he took
great caro- never to be cruel or unkind
10 anything.
You people with hearts," he said,
have something to guide you. and
need never go wrong; but 1 have no
heart, and so must be very careful.
When Or gives me heart of course l
needn't mind so much"