The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-14

should prove troublesome to me in
the future shall order you all to be
destroyed. That is. ALI except tho
boy, who belongs to old Mombi and
must be restored to her keeping. The
rest of you are not human. and there
fore 1t will not be wicked to demolish
you. The Saw-Horse and the Pump
kinhead's body I will have chopped
up for kindling wood: and the pump
kin shall be made into tarts. The
Scarecrow will do nicely to start q
bonfire, and the tin man can be cut
into small pieces and fed to the goats.
AS for this immense Woggle-Bug-"
Highly Magnified. IL you pleased"
interrupted the insect.
II think 1 will ask the cook TO
ttnued the Queen, reflectively.
The Woggle-Bug shuddered.
Or, if that won't do, we might use
| you for a Hungarian goulash, stewed
and highly spiced," she added, cruelty
This program of determination was
SO terrible that the prisoners looked
upon one another in panic of fear.
The Scarecrow alone did not give way
to despair. He stood quietly before
the Queen and his brow was wrinkled
in deep thought as he strove to find
some means to escape.
While thus engaged he felt the
| straw within his breast move gently
At once his expression changed from
sadness to joy, and raising his hand
ne quickly unbuttoned the front of his
| Jacket
This action did not pass unnoticed
by the crowd of girls clustering about
him. but none of them suspected what
he was doing until a tiny grey mouse
| leaped from his bosom to the floor and
J scampered away between the feet of
+, the Army of Revolt. Another mouse
| quickly followed; then another and
another, in rapid succession. And sud
! denly such a scream of terror went
| up from the army that it might cas-
lily have filled the stoutest heart with
CONSERVATION. The flight that ensued
turned to stampede. and the SIAM
| pede to a panic.
For while the startled mice rushed
wildly about the room the Scarecrow
had only time to note a whirI of skirts
and twinkling of feet as the girls dis
appeared from the palace-pushing
and crowding one another in their
mad efforts to escape.
The Queen, at the first alarm, stood
up on the cushions of the throne and
began to dance frantically upon her
tiptoes. Then a mouse ran up the
cushions, and with a terrified leap
poor Jinjur shot clear over the head of
/ the Scarecrow and escaped. thru an
Iarchway-never pausing in her wild
career until she had reached the city
gates.
So, in less time than can explain,
the throne room was deserted by all
save the Scarecrow and his friends.
and the Woggle- Bug heaved a deep
sigh of relief as he exclaimed
Thank goodness, we are saved"
For a time, yes" answered the
Tin woodman. "But the enemy will
soon return. I fear"
Let us bar all the entrances to the
palace!" said the Scarecrow. Then
we shall have time to think what is
best to be done.'
So all except Jack Pumpkinhead.
who was still tied fast to the Saw
Horse, ran to the various entrances of
the royal palace and closed the heavy
doors. boiling and locking them Sc
curely. Then. knowing that the Army
of Revolt could not batter down the
barriers in several days, the adven-
turers gathered once more in the
throne room for a council of war.
Copyrighted by L. Frank Baum for the
George Matthew Adams Service.)
Next Story: "The Scareerow Takes Time
to Think" in which the adventurers real
lie that they must escape from their palace
fortress to save Tip and the Woggle Bug
from starvation. Such an escape seems al
most impossible, however, for Jinjur's
army surrounds the palace. Then the
Scarecrow determines to think ont way
] Does he succeed ?Read and find out. Next
weeks installment tells.