Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-25

could not remember her transfor-
nation, nor imagine what had re-
stored her to life.
Good morning, Ma'am," said
Billina, in her sharp voice. you're
looking quite we'll, considering your
age"
who speaks a." demanded tho
Queen of Ev, drawing herself UP
proudly.
why, my names Bill, by rights"
answered the hen, who was now
perched upon the back of chair.
''although Dorothy has put scallops
on it and made it Billina. But the
name doesn't matter. I've saved
you from the Nome King, and you
are a slave no longer"
Then I thank you for the graci-
GUS favor" said the Queen, with
graceful courtesy. But, my chii-
dren-telI me, beg of you-where
are my children?" and she clasped
her hands in anxious entreaty.
Don't worry" advised Billina.
pecking a tiny bug that was crawl
ing over the chair back. Just OF
present they are out of mischief ana
perfectly safe, for they can't even
:eWhat mean you, o kindly
Stranger" asked the Queen strN-
ing to repress her anxietE. ,,,,,n,
They're enchanted, said tIat Is
"iust as you have been-an, .has ,icir' To-
except the little fellow Dorotny p.Sat
ed out And the chances siris
they have been good poys snr eo7,Id-
"oht nv poor darlings!" cried the
Queen with a sob of anguish.
.SNJnt at all" returned the hen.
"Don,t let their condition. make you
unbannv ma'am, because III soon
have them crowding rouno ~
bother YOU aa naturally as ever;
Come with me, IL you please anu
I'll show you how pre''S
look" ha- nerch.
and walked into the next room ssa6 a
Queen following AS she passeu
IoU abie a small green grasshoPpe,r
o',,.te+ ber eve. and instantly Bill
H. nounced upon 1t and snapped
T. nm in her sharp bill. For grass, grass,
honpers are a favorite food Win
heps and they usually must oe
namsb+ quickly, before they can mop
oway II might easily have oeen
tbe end of, Ozma of OF. hao shs
been real grasshopper instead os
an emerald one. But Billina touu
the grasshopper hard ana me- nt, 20
and suspecting 1t was not eood
eat she quickly dropped ~ INST ,ns
of letting it slide down her tnroaC y,
VI .tY light have known better,
sbo routtered to herself. "for wnere
s.e.a Is no grass there can pc no
live erasshoppers. This is propaoiy
nre of the Kings transformauons.
A moment later she approache1s
one Of the purple ornaments anu
mhi,e the Queen watched her curt
ousIy the hen broke the Nome klns s
| encoantment and sweeI-iaoeu y
eirl. whose golden hair reli IN q
cloud over her shoulders stooo 20
side them. o,,aar .noy
orn Evannar" and she clasped tne
o,ri to her bosom and covered her
i"'s That's hats all right" said 3: Biliina, d.Iae
NJ NJ Nome King? Well, I guessP
Tben she disenchanted announcer
s;ri whom the Queen addressed as
F,vrose. and afterwards a boy naWeu l,a
Evardo. who was older than ms
hrother Evring. Indeed, tne yeto"
hen kept the good queen e1c. .inc
| ing and embracing for some uLno
,nf;, five Princesses and four Princes,
| all LOOKING very lhoSAA Il.
e.. tbe difference in size, stood IN
q row beside their happy mother.
The Princesses were nanneu'
Eyanna Eyrose, Evella. Evirene,
80 Evenda. while the Princes were
E,,.oh Evington, Evardo and EV-
ro,and or these Evardo was the
a1dest and would inherit his 1atners
tbrone and be crowned King OF nv
VIII en- he returned to his own coultIy'
He was a grave and qulet YOUTH
and would doubtless rule MS peo-
ple wisely and with 1usuce'
piI p,I,ina having restored all OF the
o,,ai FAMILY of Ev to their proper
foSnns now began to select the green
ornaments which were the transLor-
-, tions of the people of Oz. She
NOD little trouble in finding these,
and before long all the twenty-sH
aTscers as we'll as the private, were
eathered around the yellow hen, JOY
SnlIv congratulating her upon their
release. The thirty-seven people
who were now alive in the rooms
of the palace knew very we'll tnat
they owed their freedom to the cieV-
erness of the yellow men, ana they
were earnest in thanking her for
saving them from the magic of the
Nome King.
"Now." said Billina, '1 must find
Ozma. She is sure to be here, some
where. and of course she is green,
heine from or. So look around, you
stupid soldiers and help me in my
For a while, however, they could
discover nothing more that was
green. But the Queen who had kiss
ed ali her nine children once more
and could now find time to take
an interest in what was going on,
said to the hen:
'fMayhap, my gentle friend, 1t is
the grasshopper whom you seek"
"Of course it's the grasshopper!"
exclaimed Billina. 81 declare, I'm
nearly as stupid as these brave SOL
diers. Wait here for me, and I'll
go back and get it."
So she went into the room where
she had seen the grasshopper, and
presently Ozma of Or, as lovely and
dainty as ever, entered and approach
ed the Queen of Ev, greeting her as
one high-born princess greets an
other.
"But where are my friends, the
Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman?"
asked the girl Ruler, when these
courtesies had been exchanged.
"I'll hunt them up" replied Bill
lima. "The Scarecrow is solid gold,
and so is Tiktok; but I don't ex-
actly know what the Tin Woodman
is, because the Nome King said he
had been transformed into something
funny"
Ozna eagerly assisted the hen in
her quest, and soon. the Scarecrow
and fha machine man. being ornn-