The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-11

Sad and discouraged, after seeing the
terrible armies Of the Nome King, osma
Of os turned to her friends, and the
Nome King calmly reseated himself on
his rock throne,
at would be foolish for us to fight"
the girl said to the Tin Woodman. NFor
our brave Twenty.Seven would be
quickly destroyed. I'm sure l do not
know how 70. act IN this emergency,
ASK the king where his kitchen Is"
suggested the Tiger. "Pm hungry as
n bear"
Il might pounce upon the King and
tear him In pieces" remarked the Cow
Try IT. said the monarch, lighting
Ia tppoeeRe from warn b faI pocEet n0' '0a' Wn''0
The Lion crouched low and tried TO
spring upon the Nome King; but he
hopped only a little way into the air
and came down again in the same place,
not being able. to approach the throne
ut seems 10 me-" said the Scare
crow, thouGhtfully, that our best plan
Ia 70 whoedle his Majesty into giving
up his slaves, since he is too great a
nj glcian to oppose
This Ia the most sensible thing any
e. You have sygg9sted" declared rs
me, but I'm SO kind hearted that /
cannot stand coaxing or w~heedllng. II
you really wish TO accomplish anything
By your Journey, my dear ozma, you
must coax me"
Very wsrl," said osma, more cheer.
fully, Let us be friends, ana talk this
over In a friendly manner"
ITO be sure" agreed the King, his
eyes twtnkling merrily.
II am very anxious" she continued,
ito liherate the Queen Of Ev and her
children who are gov ornaments and
bric-a-hrac In you Majesty's palace,
and 70 restore them 10 their people.
Tell me, sir, how this may be accom-
The king remained thoughtful for a
moment, after which he asked;
Are you willing to take a few chances
and risks yourself, in order to set free
"Yes, indeed answered onna eager.
""rhen," said the Nome King, ~ will
make you this offer; You shall 80
alone and unattended into my palace
aud examine carefully All that th'
rooms contain. Then you shall have
permission 10 touch eleven different OBJ
iects, p~ron1unCing at the time the
word 'Ev,' and II any one of them, OF
more than one, proves to be the trans
formation Of the Queen of Ev or any OF
, her ten children, then they win in.
stantly be restored TO their true form:
and may leave my palace and my King.
dom IN your company, without any oh.
! lection whatever. " Ia possible for you
/, In this way, to free the entire eleven
! but II you do not guess all the oulect;
| correctly, and some OF tho slaves re,
> main transformed. then each one Of you
friends and followers may. In turn, entel
the palace and have the anne privileges
I | grant you."
q "Oh: thank YOU, thank you for thi
? kind offer'" said Cgma eagerly.
Y 81 make but one condition" adde,
tho Nome King, his eyes twinkllng,
T "What Is IT." she inquired.
'If none of the eleven objects 70,
touch proves to be the transformatio,
4 OF any OF the royal family OF Ev, then
instead Of freeing them, YOU viii your
self become enchanted, and transformn,
into an article OF brlc-a-brac or an or
V nament. This Ia only fair and just
: ard. Ia the risk YOU declared you wer
l. willing 10 take"
- Hearing this condition imposed by In
Nome King, OEma became silent AN
II thoughtful and all her friends looked q
her uneasily,
u Don't you do IT. exclaimed Doroth,
IN you guess wrong, you will be en-
tslaved yourself"