Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-08


gled the water Of the ocean.
sending ripples across Its
surface. Then the wind
pushed the edges of the ripples
until they became waves. and showed
tho waves around until they became
pillows. The pillows rolled dread
fully high-higher even than the tops
of houses. Some Of them. indeed.
rolled as high as the tops Of tall
trees. and seemed like mountains, and
tho CUFFS between the great pillows
were like deep valleys.
All this mad dashing and splashing
OF the waters of the big ocean. which
tho mischievous wind caused without
any good reason whatever. resulted
In a terrible storm, and a storm on
tho ocean Is liable to cut many queer
pranks and do lot OF damage.
At the time the wind began to blow
ship was sailing far out upon the
waters When the waves began to
tumble and toss and to grow bigger
and bigger the ship rolled up and
down. and tipped sidewise-frst one
way and then the other-and was
5ostled around 80 roughly that even
tho sailormen had to hold fast to the
ropes and ratings to keep them
selves from being swept away by the
wind or pitched" headlong into the
sea
Z And the clouds were so thick In
the sky that the sunlight couldn't get
through them: so that the day grew
dark as night, which added to the
terrors of the storm ,.t.
:, The captain of the ship was not
afraid, because he had seen storms
before, and had sailed his ship
through them in safety; but he knew
that his passengers would be in dan
ger II they tried to stay on deck, so
he put them all into the cabin and
told them to stay there until after the
storm was over. and to keep brave
hearts and not be scared, and all
would be we'll with them. .,. .-
Now, among these passengers was
q little Kansas girl named Dorothy
Gale, who was going with her Uncle
Henry to Australia to visit some rel
atives they had never before seen
Uncle Henry. you must know, was
not very well, because he had been
working 90. hard on his Kansas farm
that his health had given way and
lift him weak and nervous. So he
left Aunt EN- at home to watch after
the hired men and 20 take care OF
the farm. while he Travelled far away
to Australia to visit his cousins and
have . good rest ~
Dorothy was eager to go with him
on this journey. and Uncle Henry
thought she would be good company
and help cheer him up; 80 he de-
cided to take her along. The little
girl was quite an experienced trav-
elsr, for she had once been carried
By q cyclone as far away from home
as the marvellous Land Of OF, and
she had met with a good many ad-
ventures in that strange country be-
fore she managed to get back to
Kansas again. So she wasn't easily
frightened, whatever happened, and
when the wind began to howl and
whistle and the waves began to
tumble and toss our little girl didn't
mind the uproar the least bit.
'-Of course we'll have to stay in
the cabin" she said to Uncle Henry
and the other passengers, land keep
as quiet as possible until the storm
Is over. For the captain says If We
60 on deck we may be blown over
board"
No one wanted to risk such an ac-
cident as that. you may be sure; SO
all the passengers stayed huddled up
in the dark cabin, listening to the
shrieking of the storm and the
creaking Of the masts and rigging
and trying to keep from humping
into one another when the ship tip
ped side wise.
Dorothy had almost fallen asleep
when she was aroused with a start
to fnd that Uncle Henry was MISS
Ing. She couldn't imagine where he
had gone. and as he was not very
strong she began to worry about
him, and to fear he might have been
careless enough to go on deck. In
that case he would be in great danger
unless he instantly came down again.
The fact was that Uncle Henry had