Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-08

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Iever be able to leave this place il
, safety"
Il think that is true" said. tn,
Scarecrow. But 1 have another
idea, due to my excellent brains. Lei
Dorothy transform the King into 9
goose egg unless he agrees to go into
the palace and bring out to us tho
ornament which is our friend Mich
chopper, the Tin Woodman."
"A goose egg" echoed the horri.
lied King. How dreadful"
wen, goose egg you will be
uhIess you go and fetch us the or
nament we want" declared BilIina
with joyful chuckle.
You can see for yourself tba,
Dorothy is able to use the magic
oeit all right" added the Scarecrow
me Nome King thought it over
ana ilnally consented, for he did moi
want 10 be goose egg. So he went
nso tne palace to get the ornament
mhicn was the transformation of
the lin Woodman, and thew all
awaited his return with considera HE
impatence, for they were anxious to
IeaVe the underground cavern and
see the sunshine once more. But
When the Nome King came back Ee
brought nothing with him except a
puzzled and anxious expression upon
his face. Neoi'
He's gone!" he said. THE Tin
Woodman is nowhere in the palace. !"
sternly. "'
m very sure" answered the
hing' trembling, for 1 know Just
What L transformed him into. and
exactly where he stood. But he IS
not there, and please don't change
me into goose egg, because I've
done the best I could.
They were all silent for a. time
and then Dorothy said:
Ihere is no use furnishing the
nome King any more, and I'm
trald Wen have to go away without
our friend"
IF he is not here, we cannot
rescue him." agreed the Scarecrow,
sadly. Poor Nickl wonder what
has become of him."
AND ne owed me six weeks back
pay said one of the generals, wip-
ing the tears from his eyes with his
gold-laced coat sleeve.
very sorrowfully they determined
TO return to the upper world without
! Ineir FORMER companion, and SO
Ozma gave the order to begin the
march through the passage.
Ihe army went first, and then the
royal family of Ev, and afterward
came Dorothy, Ozma, Billina, the
Scarecrow and Ticktok.
They left the Nome King scovI-
ing at them from his throne. and
mad no thought of danger until o.
ma chanced to look back and saw a
large number of his warriors fol-
lowing them in full chase, with their
SWORDS and spears and axes raised
to strike down the fugitives as soon
as they drew near enough.
Evidently the Nome King had
made this last attempt to prevent
their escaping him; but it did him
no good, for when Dorothy saw the
danger tthey were in she stop
peg ana waved her hand and
whispered command to the magic
belt. 'i'e'c
instantly the foremost warriors
| became eggs, which rolled upon the
1loor or the cavern in such numbers
that those behind could not advance
without stepping upon them. R,,t
when they saw the eggs, all desire 70
advance departed from the warriors
and they turned and fled madly into
the cavern, and refused to go back
again.
Our friends had no further trou-
pie IN reaching the end of the pass
age, ana soon were standing in the
outer air upon the gloomy path be-
tween the two high mountains. But
the way to Ev lay plainly before
them, and they fervently hoped
that they had seen the last of tho
Nome King and of his dreadful
palace.
The cavalcade was led by Oznoo
mounted on the Cowardly Lion. and
the queen OF Ev, who rode upon the
back of the Tiger. The children OF
the Queen walked behind her. hand
IN hand. Dorothy rode the Saw
horse, while the Scarecrow walked
and commanded the army in the oh-
sence of the Tin Woodman.
Presently the way began to Tighten
and more of the sunshine came in
between the mountains. And before
long they heard the "thump! thurnn'
thump!" of the giants hammer upon
the road.
| How may we pass the monstrous
man of iron?" asked the Queen,
anxious for the safety of her chill
dren. But Dorothy solved the prob
! lem by a word to the magic belt.
The giant paused, with his ham
mer held motionless in the air. thus
allowing the entire party to pass be-
| tween his cast-iron legs in safety.
If there were anf shifting, rock
colored Nomes on the mountain side
now, they were silent and respect
! full, for our Adventures were not
annoyed, as before, by their impu
dent laughter. Really the Nomes had
nothing to laugh at, since the de-
feat of their King.
On the other side they found o.
mas golden chariot, standing MS
they had left it. Soon the Lion and
the Tiger were harnessed to the
beautiful chariot. in which was
room for OZma and the Queen and
six of the royal children.
Little Evring preferred to ride
with Dorothy upon the sawhorse,
which had long back. The Prince
had recovered from his shyness and
had become very fond of the girl
who had rescued him. so they were
fast friends and chatted pleasantly
together as they rode along. Bill
lima was also perched upon the hcna
of the wooden steed. which seemed
not to mind tho ndded weight in the
'east. and the hov WIS full of Won
der that hon could talk and saw
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