Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-14

her crime to Glinda; and how the
long-lost Princess Ozma had been
discovered in no less a parsonage
than the boy Tip-she wept real
tears of grief and despair.
ITO think" she moaned, that
after having ruled as Queen, and
lived in a palace, 1 must go back
to scrubbing floors and churning
butter again! 1t is too horrible to
think of! 1 will never consent!"
So when her soldiers. who spent
most of their time making fudge in
the palace kitchens, counseled jim
jur to resist, she listened to their
foolish prattle and sent sharp
defiance to Glinda the Good and the
Princess Ozma- The result was a
declaration of war, and the very
next day Glinda marched upon the
Emerald City with pennants flying
and bands playing, and a forest of
shining spears sparkling brightly
beneath the suns rays.
But when it came to the walls
den halt; for Jinjur had closed and
barred every gateway, and the walls
of the Emerald City were builded
high and thick with many blocks
of green marble. Finding her adj
vance thus baffied, Glinda bent her
brows in deep thought, while the
Woggle-Bug said, in his most posi-
tive tone:
1--WE must lay siege to the city.
and starve it into submission. 1t
is the only thing we can do"
mot So" answered the Scarecrow.
I'VE still have the Gump, and the
Gump can still fly"
The Scorceress turned quickly at
this speech, and her face now wore
a bright smile.
You are right" she exclaimed,
land certainly have reason to be
proud OF your brains. Let us go
to the Gump at once!"
So they passed through the ranks
of the army until they came to the
place, near the Scarecrow's tent,
where the Gump lay. Glinda and
Princess Ozma mounted first, and
sat upon the sofas. Then the
Scarecrow and his friends climbed
aboard, and still there was room for
q Captain and three soldiers, which
Glinda considered sufficient for a
guard.
Now. at word from the Princess,
the queer thing they had called the
Gump Topped it's palm-leaf wings
and rose into the air, carrying the
party of adventurers high above
the walls. They hovered over che
palace, and soon perceived JinJur
reclining in hammock in the
rY.fx- rI T.
ably reading a novel with green
cover and eating green chocolates,
confident that the walls would pro-
tect her from her enemies. Obeying
a quick command, the Gump alight-
ed safely in this very courtyard, and
before Jinjur had time to do more
than scream, the Captain and three
soldiers leaped out and made the
former Queen a prisoner, locking
strong chains upon both her wrists.
That act really ended the war;
for the Army of Revolt submitted as
soon as they knew Jinjur to be a
captive, and the Captain marched
in safely through the streets and up
to the gates of the city, which size
threw wide open. Then the bands
played their most stirring music
while Glinda's army marched into
the city, and heralds proclaimed the
conquest of the audacious JinJur
and the accession of the beautiful
Princess Ozma to the throne of her
royal ancestors.
At once the men of the Emerald
City cast off their aprons. And 1t
is said that the women were so
tired eating of their husbands cook
ing that they all hailed the conquest
of Jinjur with joy. Certain it is
that, rushing one and all to the kit
chens of their houses, the good
wives prepared so delicious a feast
for the weary men that harmony
was imm ediately restored in every
family.
Ozma's first act was to oblige
the Army of Revolt to return to
her every emerald or other gem
stolen from the public streets and
buildings; and so great was the
number of precious stones picked
from their settings by these vain
girls, that every one of the royal
jewelers. worked steadily for more
than a month to replace them in
their settings.
Meantime the Army of Revolt was
disbanded and the girls sent home
to their mothers. On promise of
good behavior Jinjur was likewise
released.
Ozma made the loveliest Queen
the Emerald City had ever known
and, although she was so young and
inexperienced, she ruled her people
with wisdom and justice. For Glin-
da gave her good advice on a | oc-
casions; and the Woggle-Bug, who
was appointed to the important post
of Public Educator, was quite help
full to OZma when her royal duties
grew perplexing.
The girl, in her gratitude to the
Gump for its services, offered the
creature any reward it might name
Then" replied the Gump, please
take me to pieces. I did not wish tc
be brought to life, and 1 am greatly
ashamed of my eonglomerate per
sonality. Once I was a monarch oi
the forest, as my antlers fully prove
but now, in my present upholstered
condition of servitude, am com
PEELED to fly through the Army
legs being of no use to me what
ever Therefore 1 beg to be dis
persed."
So Ozma ordered the Gump taker
apart. The antlered head was agair
| hung over the mantlepiece in the
hall, and the sofas were united
| and placed in the reception par.
| lors. The broom tail resumed its
accustomed duties in the kitchen
and finally, the Scarcrow replaced
all the clotheslines and ropes or
the pegs from which he had taker
them on the eventful day when the
Thing was constructed.
You might think that was the
! end of the Gump; and so it was, a:
a flying machine. But the head over
| the mantlepiece continued to tall
/ whenever it took a notion to do so
| and it frequently startled, with its