Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-06

made n adder so tall that he could
rest the end of it against the moon
while he stood on the highest ruhs
and picked the lit-tle stars to set III
the points of the kings crown. But
when he got to the moon Mister i =
ker found it such a lovely place that
he decided to live there, so he
pulled up the ladder after him and
we have never seen him since,N
HE must have been a great loss,
to this country" said Dorothy, VINO
was by this time eating her custard
pie.
"He was" acknowledged TiktoX.
"Also he is a great loss to me. FOR
if should get out of order do not
know OF amy one able to repair
me, because I am so com phi Gated.
You have no idea how full of ma
chinery I am"
II can imagine it," said Dorothy,
readily.
"And now" continued the machine,
II must stop talking and begin
thinking again of a way to escape
from this rock" So he turned half
way around. in order to think with
out Delng disturbed.
"The best thinker I ever knew"
said Dorothy to the yellow hen. "was
a scarecrow"
"Nonsensc," snapped Bllina.
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ut is true" declared Dorothy. 1T
met him in the Land of Or. and he
travelled with me to the city of the
great ri nf M t<> crnt
brains. for his head was only stuffed
with straw. But it seemed to me that
he thought just as well before he got
his brains as he did afterward."
DO you expect me to believe all
that rubbish about the Land of Or"
inquired Billina. who seemed a little
cross-perhaps because bugs were
scarce.
What rubbish?" asked the child
who was now finishing her nuts and
raisins
why, your impossible stories about
animals that can talk. and tin
woodman who is alive, and scare
crow who can think"
They are all there" said Dorothy,
for I have seen them"
II don't believe it, cried the hen.
with toss of her head
That's cause you're so ignrant,"
replied the girl, who was little Of
Tended at her friend Bllina's speech.
I'm the Land of o." remarked Tx
tok. turning toward them amy
thing is possible. For it is a won
der-ful fairy country"
There, Rllina," what did I saw"
cried Dorothy. And then she turned
to the machine and asked i'm an eager
tone do you know the Land of
OF. Tiktok?"
mo. but I have heard about it,"
said the copper man. For it is only
separated from this Land of Ev
by broad dessert"
Dorothy clapped her hands together
delightfully."-
I'm so glad of that" she ex-
claimed 1T makes me quite happy
to be so near my old friends. The
scarecrow I told you Of Bllina, is
the King of the Land of o."
Pardon me. He is not the king
now" said Tiktok.
"He was when I left there" de-
cared DOrOtny.
+ X X
II know" said Tiktok, "but there
was revolution In the Land Of
oz, and the scarecrow was de-posed
by soldier woman named Cen
er-al Jin-jur. And then Jin-ju was
de-poscd by little girl named
oz-ma. who was the right-ful heir to
the throne and now rules the land
under the title of Oz-ma Of o."
That Is news to me-" said Dor
othy. thoughtfully. "But I s'pose lots
Of things have happened since I left
the Land OF OF. ! wonder what has
become OF the Scarecrow, and of the
Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion.
And l wonder who this girl OZma is.
for | never heard OF her before"
But Tiktok did not reply to this.
lie had turned around again to re-
sumo his thinking.
Dorothy packed the rest of the
food back into the pail 80 as not
to be wastcful OF good things. and
the yellow hen forgot her dignity
FAR enough to pick up all Of the scat
tered crumbs. which she ate rather
prcpuily. ulth puuh uhn had ,> t,taI,,