Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-04
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In a monment the King returned
to his throne and relighted his pipe,
and the rest of the little band of
daventurers settled themselves for
banother long wait, They were great
ly disheartened by the failure of
their girl Ruler. and the knowledge
that she was now an ornament in
the Nome Kings palace-a dread
ful. creepy place is spite of all its
magnificence. without their little
leader they did not know what to
do next, and each one, down to the
trembling private of the army, be-
gan to fear he would soon be more
ornamental than useful.
Suddenly the Nome King began
laughing.
"Ha, ha, ha! He. he, he! Ho, no.
no!
What happened?" asked the
Scarecrow.
Why your friend. the Tin Wood
man, has become the funniest thing
you can imagine" replied the King,
wiping the tears of merriment from
his eyes. mo one would ever be-
lieve he could make such an anus
ing ornament. Next"
They gazed at each other with
sinking hearts. One of the generals
began to weep dolefully.
What are you crying for p asked
the Scarecrow, indignant at such Il
display of weakness.
He owed me six weeks back pay"
said the general, and hate to lose
him"
Then you shall go and find him."
declared the Scarecrow.
Me-" cried the general, greatly
alarmed.
Certainly. It is your duty to
follow your commander. March"
IT won't" said the general "Id
like to, of course; but 1 just simply
won't"
The scarecrow looked enquiringly
at the Nome King.
Never mind" said the jolly mon
arch. IF he doesn't care to errter
the palace and make his guesses I'll
throw him into one of my fiery
furnace
TN go! OF course I'm going
yelled the general. as quick as scat.
Where is the entrance-where is it?
Let me go at once"
So the Nome King escorted him
into the palace, and again returned
to await the result. What the gen.
eral did, no one can tell: but it was
not long before the King called for
the next victim, and a colonel was
forced to try his fortune.
Thus, one after another, all of the
twenty-six officers filed into the
palace and made their guesses-
and became ornaments.
freshments to be served to those
waiting, and at his command a rude
ly shaped Nome entered, bearing a
tray. This Nome was not unlike the
others that Dorothy had seen, but
he wore a heavy gold chain around
his neck to show that he was the
Chief Steward of the Nome King,
and he assumed an air of much i'm
portance, and even told his majesty
not to eat too much cake late at
night, or he would be ill.
Dorothy, however, was hungry,
and she was not afraid of being III:
so she ate several cakes and found
then good, and also she drank a cup
of excellent coffee made of a richly
favored clay. Drowned in the fur
naces and then ground fine, and
found 1t most refreshing and not at
all muddy.
or all the party which had start
ed upon this adventure, the little
Kansas girl was now left alone with
the Scarecrow, Tktok, and the pr!-
vate for counsellors and compan'-
ions. OF course the Cowardly Lion
and Hungry Tiger were still there
but they, having also eaten some of
the cakes. had gone to sleep at one
side of the cave, while upon the
other side stood the Sawhorse,,
motionless ard silent, as became a
mere thing of wood. B:llina had