The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-23

bottom of the coop. which supported
her easily enough. -,
why, I've got ship of my own"
she thought. more amused than
| frightened at her sudden change OF
condition; and then. as the coop
climbed up to the top of a big wave
| she looked eagerly around for the ship
from which she had been blown.
1t was far, far away, by this time:
Perhaps no one on board had yet
missed her, or knew of her strange
adventure. Down into a valley be-
| tween the waves the coop swept her,
| and when she climbed another crest
the ship looked like a toy boat. Il was
| tirely disappeared in the gloom, and
then Dorothy gave a sigh of regret at
parting with Uncle Henry and began
to wonder what was going to happen
Just now she was tossing on the
bosom of a big ocean. with nothing to
| keep her afloat but a miserable wood
| en- hen-coop that had a plank bottom
and Slated sides, thru which the wa
| ter constaf tly splashed and wetted her
| thru to the skin! And there was Moth
| ing to eat when she became hungry
! as she was sure-to do before long
and no fresh water to drink and no
| dry clothes to put on.
| We'll. I declared" she exclaimed,
| with a laugh. You're in a pretty fix.
| Dorothy Gale. 1 can tell you! and I
| haven't the least idea how you're go
ing to get out of it,
AS II to add to her troubles the
night was now creeping on, and the
gray clouds overhead changed to inky
! blackness But the wind, al IL salts
fled at last with It's mischievouS
pranks. stopped blowing this ocean
and hurried away to another part OF
| the world to blow something else; SO
that the waves. not being toggled any
| more, began to quiet down and be-
have themselves.
| 1t was lucky for Dorothy. think.
| that the storm subsidized; otherwise,
| brave tho she was. 1 fear she might
| have persisted. Many children, in her
place, would have wept and given way
| to despair; but because Dorothy had
| encountered so many adventures ana
| come safely thru them 1t did not oc-
/ cur to her at this time to be espec-
| tally afraid. She was wet and UNI
comfortable. it is true: but. after
! signing that one sigh told you OF, she
managed to recall some OF her Gus
tomary cheerfulness and decided to
patiently await whatever her fate
By and by the black clouds rolled
away and showed a blue sky over
head, with a silver moon shining
sweetly in the middle of II and little
stars winking merrily at Dorothy
when she looked their way. The coop
did not toss around any more. but
rode the waves more gently-almost
/ like a cradle rocking-so that the floor
upon which Dorothy stood was 10
longer swept by water coming thru
the Stats. Seeing this, and being quite
exhausted by the excitement OF the
past few hours, the little girl decided
that sleep would be the best thing to
restore her strength and the easiest
way in which she could pass the time.
The floor was damp and she was her
self wringing wet. but fortunately this
was a warm climate and she did not
feel at all cold. So she sat down in a
corner of the coop. leaned her back
against the Stats, nodded at the friend
ly stars before she closed her eyes,
and was asleep in half a minute.
copyrighted by i. Frank Baum for the
George Mathew Adams Service.)
Our Next Story-"The Yellow Hen"
or THE Yellow Hen" who talks just
we humans do. Read Of Billinas and
Dorothy's venture the open sea. their
landing on some strange land. and the
finding Of the Golden Key What mys-
teries do you suppose this Golden Key"
! will unfold?