Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-02

. squeezed the Tin Woodman's hand so
earnestly that he denied some Of his
fingers. Then they had to make way
for Ozma to welcome the tin man, and
the army caught sight Of him and set
UP cheer. and everybody was delighted
and happy.
For the Tin Woodman was a great
f.voIite with I'll who knew him, and his
sudden recovery after they had thought
he was los: to them forever was indeed
q pleasant surprise.
Before long the cavalcade arrived at
the royal palace. where a great crowd
Of people had gathered 20 welcome their
Queen and her ten children. There was
much shouting and heering, and the
people threw flowers in their path, and
every face wore happy smile.
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They found the Princess Langwdere
in her mirrored chamber where she was
admiring one Of her handsomest heads
one with rich chestnut hair. dreamy
walnut eyes and a shapely hickorynut
nose. She was very glad to be relieved
Of her duties to the people Of Ev, and
the Queen graciously permitted her to
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heads as long as she lived.
Then the Queen took her eldest son
out upon a balcony that overlooked the
crowd of subjects gathered below, and
said to them:
"Here Is your future ruler, King
Evardo Fifteenth. He Is fifteen years
much shouting and cheering. and the
Jacket and is the fifteenth Evardo to
rule the land of Ev."
The people shouted their approval fif-
teen times. and even the Whselers some
Of whom were present, loudly promised
to obey the new king.
So the Queen placed a big crown Of
gold. set with rubies, upon Evardo's
head and threw an ermine robe over his
shoulders and proclaimed him King. and
he bowed gratefully to all his subjects
and then went away to see IL he could
find any cake in the royal pantry.
Ozma Of Or and her people, as well
as Dorothy. Tlktok and Billina. were
eplendidly entertained by the Queen
mother. who owed all the happiness to
their kind offices: and that evening the
yellow hen was publicly presented with
q beautiful necklace Of pearls and sap
phires as token Of esteem from the
new king.
Dorothy decided to accept Ozma's in
.vitation to return with her to the Land
Of Or. There was no greater chance OF
her getting home from Ev than from
or, and the little girl was anxious to
gee once more the country where she
had encountered such wonderful adven-
lures. BY this time Uncle Henry would
have reached Australia in his ship. and
had probably given her up for lost; so
he couldn't worry any more than he did
II she stayed away from him while
longer. So she would go to OF.
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They babe good-by to the people Of
Ev. and the King promised Ozma that
he would ever be grateful to her and
render the Land of or any service that
might lie within his power.
And then they approached the edge
Of the dangerous desert, and Ozma
threw down the magic carpet, which at
Cnce unrolled far enough for all Of them
to walk upon 1t without being crowded.
Tiktok, claiming to be Dorothys
faithful follower because he belonged to
her. had been permitted to join the
party, and before they started the girl
wound UP his machinery as far as pos
sible. and the copper man stepped off
as brisky as any one Of them.
Ozma also invited Billina to visit the
Land Of Or. and the yellow hen was
glad enough to go where new sights
and scenes awaited her.
They began the trip across the desert
early in the morning. and as they
stopped only long enough for Billna to
lay her daily egg, before sunset they
espied the green slopes and wooded
hills of the beautiful Land Of Or. They
entered it in the Munchkin territory,
and the King of the Munchkins met
them at the border and welcomed OZma
with great respect, being very pleased
by her safe return For OZma Of OF
ruled the King of the Munchkins, the
King of the Wrinkles, the King Of the
Quadlings and the King of the Gillikins
Just rs those kings ruled their own PEG.
pie: and this supreme ruler Of the Land
Of o. lived In a great town of her own,
called the Emerald City. which was In
the exact center of the four kingdoms
Of the Land Of or.
The Munchliin king entertained them
at his palace that night, and In the
morning they set out for the Emerald
(ytv travelling over a road Of yaI1oxu