The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-21
THE sCARECROW TAKES TINE TO
THINK

THINK.
sit seems to me- began the Scare
crow. when an were again assembled
in the throne room, that the girl
Jinjur is quite right in claiming to be
Queen. And if she is right. then I am
wrong. and we have no business to be
occupying her palace"
But you were the King until she
came" said the Woggle-Bug, strutting
up and down with his hands in his
pockets; $50 it appears to me that she
is the interloper instead of you.
Especially as we have just con-
quered her and put her to flight"
added the Pumpkinhead. as he raised
his hands to turn his face toward the
Scarecrow.
"Haye- we really conquered her?
asked the Searecrow, quietly. Look
out of the window. and tell me what
you see."
Tip ran to the window and looked
"The palace is surrounded by a dou-
BILE row of girl soldiers" he an
nounced.
II thought So" returned the Scare
crow. I'VE are. as truly their prison
ers as we were before the mice fright
ened them from the palace"
my friend is right" said Nick
Chopper, who had been polishing his
breast with bit of chamois-leather.
"Jinjur is still the Queen, and we are
her prisoners"
| But 1 hope she cannot get at u.s."
exclaimed the Pumpkinhead, with a
SILVER of fear. '.She threatened. to
make tarts of me, you know
Don't Worry saidath Tin Wood
man. 1T cannot matter greatly. If
you stay shut up here you will spoil
in time, anyway. A good tart is far
more admirable than Il decayed intel
lect."
Very true" agreed the scarecrow::
ooh, dear!" moaned Jack; what
an unhappy lot rs mine! Why dear
father did you not make me out of tin
or even out of straw-so that I
would keep indefinitely %
"Shucks!" returned Tip, indignant
made you at ALL Then he added.
reflectively, Everything has to come
to an end some time"
But I beg. to remind you" broke
in the Woggle-Bug, who had a dis
tressed look in his bullying, round
eyes,-"that this terrible Queen Jinjur
suggested making a goulash of me
Me! the only Highly Magnified and
Thoroughly Educated Woggle-Bug in
the wide, wide world."
II think it was brilliant idea"
remarked the Scarecrow, approvingly.
a better SOUP" asked the Tin Wood
man, turning toward his friend.
well, perhaps" acknowledged the
Scarecrow. -
The Woggle-Bug groaned.
II can see, in my minds eye" said
he, mournfully, the goats eating
small pieces of my dear comrade, the
Tin Woodman, while my soup is being
cooked on bonfire built OF the
Saw Horse and Jack Pumpkinhead's
body. and Queen Jinjur watches me
boil while she feeds the flames with
my friend the Scarecrow!"
This morbid picture cast gloom
over the entire party, making them
restless and anxious.
1T can't happen for some time,
said the Tin WoodmaE, trying to
speak cheerfully; "for we shall he
able to keep Jinjur out of the palace
until she manages to break down the
doors"
And in the meantime I am liable
to starve to death, and SO is the Wog-
gle-Bug." announced Tip.
'.As for me-" said the Woggle-Bug,
IT think that 1 could live for some
time on Jack Pumpkinhead. Not that
1 prefer. pumpkins for food; but 1
believe they are somewhat nutritious,
and Jacks head is large and plump"
How heartIeSSi" exclaimed the Tin