El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-11
The Wonderful Stories Of "OZ" z2E Frank Baum
ByL. Frank Baum

tventies and flfties. There are
enough OF them 10 stuIL dozen
Scarecrows. Why not use the money
The Tin Woodman oeEan 20 -uII
over the rubbish with the handle OF
his axe; and. sure enough what they
had first thought only Worlnless
papers. were found 20 be al pllls OF
various denominations Whlcn the
mischievous JackdaWs nau LoI go
been engaged i'm stealing rom the
villages and cities they visited
There was an immense fortune "
fne in that inaccessible nest ana ZIP
succession was. with the ScarecroW
I consent, quickly acted upon
They selected all the newest and
cfeanest bills and assorted rnen INTO
various piles. The Scarecro,W, 3 s. leLl
leg and boot were stuffed with IlEe-
dollar bills. his right leg was stutted
with fen-dollar bills, and his boqy 50
closely filled with riItteS- one-hul-
dreds and one-thoUsands that ne couIu
T scarcely button his jacket win COM
fort
'.You are now" said the Woggle-
/ Bug. impressively. when the task had
/ been completed, 'the most valuable
member OF our party. and as you are
among faithful friends there IS little
danger Of your being spent
Thank you" returned the Scare
crow. gratefully. i feel ike a new
man: and although at first glance /
might be mistaken for safety De
Dosft Vault I beg you TO remember
that nv Brains are still composed OF
] the same old material. And these are
the possessions thar have Always
made me a person 20 pe uepehueu
upon I'm an emergency
: well. the emergency is here, ob-
] served Tip; and unless your nrdlns
T help us out Of it we shall be compeueq
| 10 pass the remainder Of our lives IN
. D. Sc
How about these wishing pills2"
I incurred the ScarecrOW. taking the
box from his jacket pocket can
we use them TO escape2
Not unless we can count seventeen
by tWos.- answered the Tin Wood
man. But our friend, the Woggle-
] Bug. claims TO be highly educated, so
E he ought easily 20 figure out how that
can be done"
returned the Insect; -irs merely q
question Of Mathematics I've seen
+ the Professor work lots Of sums on
z the blackboard. and he claimed any
thing could be done with Ks and Us
and as. and such things by mixing
I them up with plenty Of plusses and
D minuses and equals and so forth But
. he never said anything, so far as 1
{ can remember, about counting up to
I the odd number OF seventeen by the
] even numbers Of twOs."
"Stopi stop" cried the Pumpkin
head. You're making my head
ache"
"Aud mine" added the Scarecrow.
I your mathematics seem to me very
{ Ike a bottle OF mixed pickles-the
more you fish for what you want
s., the less chance you have Of getting
f. I am certain that II the thing
can be accomplished ~ all, % a. IN a
very simple manner"
YES" said Tip "old M0mb
couldn't use KS and miuuses. for sh'
never went 10 school"
why not start counting at hall
Of One1" asked the SaW-Horsl
abruptly. Then anyone can coun
They looked az each other IN sur
up 10 seventeen by twos very easily
prise, for the Saw Horse was consid'
cred the most stupid OF the entire
party
You make me quite ashamed OF my
self. said the ScarecrOw ,bowlng low
20 the Saw-Horse.
Nevertheless. the creature a
right" declared the Woggle-Bug; FOL
twice one-half is one, and II you ge