The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-18

dthe court OF 'ozma, the ruler of oS.
ABut suddenly Aunt Ems eyes fell upon
HDorothy. and she said:
"D-d-d-don't that look like our little
lgirlAour Dorothy. Henry?"
Hi, there-look out EN-! ex-
lclaimed the old man, as Aunt En- ad-
lvanced a step; take care @ the wild
Abeastses, or you're a goner
\ But now Dorothy sprang forward and
|lembraced and kissed her aunt and
Iuncle affectionately, afterward taxing
their hands in her own.
VI fDoh't be afraid" she said to them.
N"You are now in the Land OF OF, where
lfer'ble an happy. You'll never have to
IVORY over anything again, cause there
won't be anything to worry about And
lyou owe 1t all to the Kindness OF my
Friend Princess OZma,"
land continued:
Your Highness, this is Uncle Henry.
And this is Aunt En-. They want to
thank you fol. bringing them here from
kansas" -
land she hid the dish towel ana dlsh
lunder her apron while she bowed TO,
1.-THE lovely O3ma. Uncle Henry took
off his straw hat and held 1t awkward
/ " in his hands.
1 But the Ruler fof-Oz rose ana caIlle
II
iarrived guests, and she smiled as sweet
lly upon them as if they had been
king and queen.
have brought you for princess DOT DOT
othy,s sake,Y she said graciously, and
I |, hope you will be quite happy In your
/ rev home. . Then she turned to her
courtiers, who were silently and grave,
4 ly regarding the scene, ana auueu
1 present to my people our Princess Dol
- - NM
1 lGnf, who wilt hereafter be subjects OF
4 cur Kingdom 1T will please me to have
4 YOU show them every Kindness and
1 honor i'm your power, and to, JON me
in making them happy and contentssa1,a
Hearing this, all those assembled
bowed low and respectfully to the Ola
farmer and his wife, who bobDeo ther
own headsfn return. 49, t,on,
FAnd now" said OZma to them
h Dorothy will show you the rooms Ii pre- pre-
them, and shall expect, to JOIN me AZ
81 Dorothy led her relatives away,
and as soon as they were out 81 Ine
RsThrone Room and alone in the corrldoT
Aunt En- squeezed Dorothys manu- anu
Child. child! How in the world did
we ever get here so quick? And is II
/ an real? And are we to stay mere, as
she, sayss,?' And what does 1t al ine"''
Dorothy laughed.
rWhy didn't you tell US Wnat YOU
were goin' to do?" inquired Uncle Hen
nv " reproachfulIy. IF I'd known about
it I'd "a put on my Sunday clothes.
1ll 'spiain ever'thing a. se s9o porothy
you're in great luck, Uncle Henry ana ana
Amt EN-: an sHARln 1! And oh! I'm
So happy to have got you here, at last;
o. AS he walked by the little girls side
Uncle Henry stroked his whiskers
SSefPears to me- Dorothy we wont
make bang up fairies" he, remarkeu.
IAN, NM back hair looks like
fright" walled Aunt EN-, ,.,,.,
Never mind. returned the nave aiIeie any, INV.
t tsins to do now but to look pretty,
Aunt EN-; an Uncle Henry wont nave
to work till his back aches thats GER
TAIN" 49, ,.,,, and
in 6the same breath. ia ooro+bv
k(,ourse I'm sure SAID Dorothy,
You're in the Fairyland OF Oz now
an, what's more, you belong to II
The new General of the Nome king
army knew perfectly well that 10 U jan
in his plans meant death Ior NIL II,orried
he was not at all anxious or worried i
He hated every one who was gooa
ana longed to make all who were happy
unhappy. Therefore he had accepted
this dangerous position as General quite
willingly, feeling sure IN ms en'i ~ bilii 81
misShief and finaflF conquer the Land
Vet Guph determined to be careful,
and to lay his plans well, so as hot
TO fail. He argued that only careless s
neonle fail in what they attempt to 40.
The mountains underneath Whlch the
Nome Kings extensive caverns were
located lay grouped just north TO tne
east of the Land of Oz: AS tne Iaou IN
tains were also on the. edge OF the
desert the Nome KING louna thal the te
had only to tunnel underneath ttle
desert to reach Ozmas commons. ne
lid not wish his armies to appear ABOVE
ground in the Country OF the Wlhkies,
when was the part of the Lana Oh W
nearest to King Roquat's own country,
nc then the people would give the
aIurn and enable Ozma to fortliy the
E;Tnerald cay and assemble an army.
&c wanted to take all the Oz people pS
slIrprIse; so he decided to run the tuiille
whtre he and his hosts could break
through the ground without Warning
ana cOECuer the people before they
had time to Gelend themselves
Roauat the Red began work at once
upon has tunnel, setting thousanu
miners at the task and building IL
Aalgh ana broad enough for ms armies
10 maIcn through with ease Inc
MONIES were USED 10 making tunnels as
all the kingdom IN when lhey lVGu
vas under ground; so they maze rapid
wnile this work was going on Gen
oral Gum started out alone to Visit
the Cnlef of the Whimsie.
These WITNESSES were curious people
who lived in a retired country OF tnelr
own, They had large, strong bodies,
but heads so small tnat they were no
bigger than doUrKnobs. Or course,
suCn tiny heads could not contain any
great amount OF brains, and the Whlm-
sizes were so ashamed OF their personal
appearance and lack OF common sense
that they wore big heads, made OF
DasteboaTd, which Lncy fastened over
their own little heads. On these paste,
board heaus they seWed sheepS wool
Tor hair, and the wool was colored many
tlnts--plnk, green ana lavender pelhS
the faVorite Colors.
The faces OF these false heads were
painted in many ridiculous ways ac-
cording TO the Whims OF @the owners
and these big, bury creatures looked SO
whimsical and absurd in their queer
masks that they were called "Wnlm-
sizes. They foolishly imagined that no
one would suspect the little heads that
were inside TIE imitation ones, not
knowing that ii is FOLLY to try to appear
otherwise nan as nature has made us.
The Chief of the WITNESSES had as
little WISDOM as the others, and had
been CHOSEN chief merely because none
among them was any wiser or more
capable of ruling. sTne WITNESSES were
evil spirits ana could not be killed.
They wdre hated and feared by every
one and were known as terrible fighters
because they We're so strong and mus
cular and had not sense enough to.
know when they were defeated.
General Guph thought the WITNESSES
would be a great help to the MONIES
in the conquest of OF, for under his
leadership they could be induced TO
fight as long as they could stand up.
So he Travelled to their country and
asked to see the Chief, who lived in
a house that had picture of his gro
tesque faIse Shead painted over the
The Chiefs false head had blue hair.