Show I Dorothy Picks the Princess tood before the RoYal Royal B Bush sh of ot In silent admiration On stood poised the f fig figr- girl girl s so exquisitely formed ormed a. a and aid d and an sf so lovely lovel in the he exp i lei Ter delicate f features tures l Jor or or- ht she he had never eno a creature creaturo In all her ber dens den's gt gown wn was waa soft sott as aa s about her In ample folds dainty lace like traceries Ithe bodice and aid sleeves Her JIno and smooth as pol polished shed nd her poise expressed both bothme me ind grace hIS asked the Wizard cu rince rince nce had been staring hard hard bard the tho bush Now he an- an a touch of ot uneasiness Int in intones t tones nel s the Ruler destined to th be bessor sor fr sh she Is s a Royal Pi-in- Pi hen she becomes t fully ripe 1 I andon the sovereignty of ot the theos os oto to her i 1 h ripe now asked Dor Dorothy thy said he be finally It will before s1 needs to b bert be rt t least feast that is is' ismy my j judg- judg dg i arn anIn in no hurry to r resign my ind he be planted you may JS C bl bly not declared declared the W Wis- Wis z- z of the most unpleasant out Dout our oth vegetable lives JIves c conle con con- n le Prince a it sigh that a are in our full prime we must to another and be covered e ground to sprout t and gt grow w I birth to other people ire lre the Princess Is ready to tod d dJ dr ass asserted ried J y gazing he beautiful girl on the bush as she can be mind answered the Prince she ill will be all right for a afe w feW jer er and it is best to for foi me to tolIA lIA tJI can dI dispose of YO you Etra stran- stran h have v corns como to our land tn and must be attend attended to at are arc you going gob to do with us b. b isa fa matter I h have ve not t q quite I pon was the reply I think e ep p this Wizard until a n pew ew Js ready t to pick for he seems may be beof beo of use to us est sV st of ot you must destroyed oo bo destroyed vay and you cannot be plant plant- ls iso I zeI I do o not wish wish horses and meat people growing growing- an all over try cY ry t worry wory said Aid Dorothy grow underground rm Im Vh destroy my friends Wizard Why not let 1 c do not belong here returned ejr r rIh Ih They y have nb right tto to be earth at all d t. t ask k to come down here said Dorothy I Is sno no excuse excuse declared the ildren looked at each other in inLand inand inland land and the Wizard sighed Ku- Ku bed bd her paw on her face and andr r s ft purring voice voices m it t need t to destroy me for If it Tet et eV something to eat at pretty prett naIl hall stat starve to death and to trouble planted you ou he might grow growt t tails suggested the Wiz Wiz- sf t ureka perhaps we can an find to eat said I the snarled the kitten I I ouch uch the tho n nasty hasty l t need mille milk Eureka Eurek J r re- re Jor or thy you are arc kind It d Eureka ingry E ry myself said Z Zeb 1 But B t tsoma some soma strawberries s. s r wing fri tn and some ri m melons ns tri in rn lace ipe These Thes people dont don't eat et gs so p ph perhaps ti p o op oi our ur way w ay y will I let them 1 t us get mind Q r hunger hung r inte Inter Inter- l e PrinceS Prince I l shall you O I 1 iMin n a few ml BO o 0 you J no need to ruin hi our pretties pretty prett les leB and b berry berry- bush bushes Ij l w to mG meet t your doorn o m 11 of th the 1 1 and arid m moist were not very com corn nd as he spoke to them he lie ray and left the Inclosure The feeling s sad d despondent were follow him when the Wizard D Dorothy rothy softly on n her h he whispered for asked the girl s se we pick the Royal ROYl Prin Id the Wizard Im quite quits f 1 I II I i I I i iI I 1 1 r r I I 1 j I I I I A i I S. 1 T i 7 t L i Tn We e s salute luto Y your your Lr Ro Royal Hi Highness h essl CT ri ried ec ed tho the Wizard kneeling kneeling a and d kissing j her hand sure she's shei she's ripe and as soon soon as u sho I comes to life she will be the R Rul Ruler l r I a and d may treat treat us na a better than that I heartless Prince Intends to All right rig hU exclaimed Dorothy II eagerly Lets LeVs pick her while we have the tha char chance e. e before the man man with vi h the star pomes comes omes Jack back a k Of I So together they l leaned ned over the I gre great t bush Insh and each of ot th them m seized one hand of or the lovely Princess cried c d Dorothy and t as they I did so se the royal lady leaned toward them then and the stems snapped and separated sepa sepa- rated from her hen feet She was not at atall atall all haa heavy vy so the W Wizard zard and Dorothy I managed to lift her gently t to tc the ground I The beautiful creature pas passed d her herI I hands over her eyes an instant nt t tucked I In a stray lock of ot hair that had become be- be be be- I come one disarranged and after a look lookaround lookaround around round t the e garden made those present presenta a a. gracious bow and said in a a. a sweet but toned even voice i I r thank yo you very vert We salute your Royal Highness Highness' I cried the Wizard kneeling and kissing her hand Just then the voice of ot the tho Prince Princ was heard calling upon them to hasI hasten hasten has has- I ten and a moment later he lie returned to th the inclosure re followed by by-a by a number I of his his' pe people r ff f Instantly the tp Princess turned and I fac faced d him and and wh when he s 's saw w thit that she I was as picked the Prince stood still stilt and began to tremble I Sir said sald the Royal Lady with much dig dignity It you ou h have hv v wronged me rae I greatly and would have ha wronged me rae I still more mare had not these strangers stranger come t to my thy rescue rescue I Ih have ve be been n ready I tO forsaking I ic i g all l the past week week but bu because be be- be because causO cause you were were- selfish and desired to continue your ur unlawful rule you left me to stand silent upon my bush I 1 di did not know that you were ripe I answered a. a d the Prince in a a. low voice I Give e me nethe methe the Star T f t Royalty she commanded Slowly he ho took the shining star itar from hISO his own r Y and ax p placed ced it u upon on that hat I Of ut th tM Princess I cess Th Then n all th the tho IJ people ople bowed low td her and the Prince 1 t turned ri d and h walked away alone What Vh t became o of him afterward our our friends never knew The people of ot now formed themselves into a a. a procession and marched toward tJ the glass cl city y to es escort escort es- es cort their new new ruler to tu her palace and to perform those ceremonies proper to the occasion But while the people in ir inthe id the procession walked upon the ground nd the Princess walked ih iii the air just above their heads beads to show th that Lt she tha was a superior being and more exalted t than her subjects No one now seemed to pay any attention at to the toe strangers so Dorothy and Zeb and the Wizard let the train tram pass on and wandered by themselves Into the vegetable g gardens rd ns They did not bother to cross the bridges oyer over the brooks but when they came to a stream they stepped high and walked In the air to the other sloe side This was wasa was wasa a very Interesting experience to them and Dor Dorothy thy said saidI I 1 wonder why it is ia that we can J. J i walk so easily the air lr Perhaps answered red the Wizard it itIs itis lIs is because we are arc close to the center of ot the earth where the tIle attraction of gravitation Is very slight But Ive I've noticed that many marty queer things happen happen hap hap- pen In Ii fairy Countries 1 Ms 4 ry country asked 1 ec the 1 toy boy I Of ot 9 course ourse it i is returned Dorothy promptly Only ii ya a fairy country co could l have vegetable people and only in a fairy country could Eureka and Jim Jim Jun talk as we do true tru raid aid Zeb thoughtfully thoughtful thoughtful- ly In the v Vegetable getable gardens they found the strawberries strawberries and ni ons me ons and sev sevi- eral other unknown b but t delicious fruits of which they th at ate heartily But the kitten bothered them constantly by milk or or- meat eat and called the Wizard names be because ause he could not bring her hera a a. dish o of milk by means of hi hf his magical arts As they sat zat upon the grass watching Jim who was was still busily eating Eur Eureka Eu Eu- r reka ka said Bald I I i dont don't dont believe you are a wizard at atall atall atall all all No answered the little man you J I are ute right In tn the strict sense of oC the word I am not a wizard but only a humbug The Wizard of t Oz has always been a a. h humbug bug agre agreed d Dorothy Dorothr Tie Ive Ie known him for tor a a. long time If lt that is so said t the e boy b how how could he be do that wonderful t th the pine tiny piglets if Dont k know I said paid ald Dorothy but it must must- have hay been humbug lg Very true declared th the Wizard td nodding at fier r. r It was necessary to deceive that that ugly Sorcerer and the Prince as well as their stupid peo people le but I dont don't mind telling you who are my friends that the tho thing was only a trick But Jut I saw the little pigs with mYown ray tny own eyes eyes eyes' Zeb So did I 1 purred the kitten To be sure Cure answered t the e Wizard You saw them because they they were there They are in my inside pocket I now But the pulling of them thOn th n apart and pushing them together again was only trick irick a sleight of Lets see the pigs said said Eureka ureka ea eagerly erly I ITh The Th little man mali felt carefully In his his pocket and pulled out put the tiny piglets setting them upon the grass one by byone byone I one where they ran round around and nc nd nibbled th the tender blades f hungry to top too h he s said ld I Oh what cunning things cried Dorothy Doothy catching up one and arid pe petting I It Be B careful said the piglet with witha a squeal youre squeezing me me Dear thel me murmured the Wizard I looking at his pets in astonishment They can can actually acl talk M May y I eat one me of ot them 1 asked the I 1 kitten itten in a plea pleading ing voice H Tm lm awfully awful awful- ly hungry I Why Eureka said said DorothY Dorothy what I Ia a cruel question It would be dreadful I to to eat these dear little things II I should say so so o grunted another I of or the piglets looking uneasily at the things i cats cruel kitt kitten n are arc I Im not cruel replied the kitten yawning yawning- Im just hungry I You cannot eat my piglets even If It I declared l littleman little littleman you roLl are starving the man in a stern stem voice They are the he I only things I have bave to prove Im I'm a I wizard 0 How flow did they hap happen n to be so so- lit little little lit lit- I tle tIe a asked ked Dorothy I 1 never saw such small pigs before II They are from the Island of ot Teen- Teen ty t said the Wizard where I everything is small because its it's a small Island iland A sailor brought them to Los i Angeles and I gave him nine nin tickets to the circus for tor them But what am I going soing to eat wailed walled the tho kitten sitting in front of Dorothy and looking pleadingly into ito her face There are no no cows cows herO here to give sive milk or any mice mice- or even eyen grass grass- hoppers And if I cant can't eat at the hc piglets and you may as well plant me at once raise catsup I have an idea said sald the Wizard that th there ere re are fishes in these brooks Do you like fish FIsh cried the kitten Do o I IlU like Q fish Wh Why they're bett better r than piglets J or or even ven milk Then Th rr Ill I'll try ry to cate to some t i said sard h he 3 T But wont won't they be like th the tha kl kitten kit kit- everything g el else e here hero asked S ten tenI I r think not Fishes are not animals animals ani ani- an- an mals and they are as cold and moist as the vegetables ves themselves There is no reason that I can can see Why they may many not exist in in the the- waters of ot this strange cop Copyright by 1920 hy Frank LN L' Baum for r the Geqrge Matth Matthew w Adams Service Ser Ser- vice Editors Editor's Note Note Note-In In next weeks week's ekg we chapter chap chap- ter hr The Prove Dangerous Danger Danger- ous our our adventurers are in danger of being put to d death dath ath by liy the princess whose advisers persuade her that it w would uld be wise But the Wizard thinks o out oat t a aplan plan to save them then Is this plan successful Read the story and see |