The Glenwood post., 1909-09-18

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fortune. for l knew a oae-le0Bed man
could not do very well as wood
! chopper So went TO a tin.Smith and
had him make me . new leg out Of
tin. The leg worked very well, once
| l was used to it; but my action an
gered the wicked Witch of the East,
for she had promised the old woman
| | should not marry the pretty Munich.
kin girl. When 1 began chopping
again my ak slipped and cut of my
right leg. Again l went to the tin.
ner. and again he made me a leg out
of tin. After this the enchanted Ak
cut on my arms. one after the other;
but, nothing daunted, l had them re-
| placed with tin ones. The wicked
Witch then made the ak slip and cut
OF my head. and at first 1 thought
| that was the end of me. But the tim
ner happened to come along. and hs
made me a new head out of tin.
II thought had beaten the wicked
Witch then, and worked harder than
ever: but | little knew how cruel my
| enemy could be. She thought of a
new way to kill my love for the beau
tiful Munchkin maiden, and made my
AK slip again. SO that 1t cut right
through my body, splitting me into
two halves. Once more the timer
came to my help and made me a body
of tin, fastening my tin arms and legs
and head to it. by means Of joints, so
that | could move around as we'll as
ever. But, alas! had now no heart
so that | lost all my love for the
Munchkin girl, and did not care
whether l married her or not. sup.
pose she is still living with the old
woman, waiting for me to come after
her.
My body shone so brightly in the
sun that felt very proud of it and 1t
did not matter now If my ak Slipped
for 1t could not cut me. There was
only one danger-that my joints would
rust, but | kept an oil-can in my cot
tage and took care to oil myself when
ever | needed it. However, there
came day when l forgot to do this,
and, being caught in rainstorm. be-
fore l thought of the danger my Joints
had rusted, and | was left to stand in
the woods until you came to help me-
1t was a terrible thing to undergo, but
during the year | stood there | had
time to think that the greatest loss l
had known was the loss of my heart
While l was in love / was the hap
piest man on earth: but no one can
love who has not a heart, and so | am
resolved to ask Or to give me one II
he does, | will go back to the Munich.
kin maiden and marry her"
Both Dorothy and the Scarecrow
! had been greatly interested in the
story of the Tin Woodman, and now
they knew why he was so anxious to
get new heart
All the same" said the Scarecrow,
Il shall ask for brains instead of a
heart; for fool would not know what
to do with heart if he had one"
Il shall take the heart" returned
the Tin Woodman: for brains do not
make one happy. and happiness is the
best thing in the world"
Dorothy did not say anything, for
she was puzzled to know which of her
two friends was right, and she de-
cided If she could only get back to
Kansas and Aunt En- it did not matter
SO 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 Woodman nor the Scarecrow ever
ate anything, but she was not made of
tin nor straw, and could not live up-
| less she was fed.