Show c Stones C LIRE THE DEADLY DESERT CROSSED While Johnny sang ang he seized an ax and in a couple of or chops foiled felled a tree Next ho he took tooka a taw saw and In a few fow minutes saved I the tree treo trunk into broad long lons I boards He lie then nailed the boards blards together into tho shape of a boat about twelve feet long and four tour feet wide Ho He cut from another tree treo a 0 long slender polo pole which when trimmed of ot Its branches blanches and fastened upright In the center of or I Ithe the boat served d as a mast From the chest ho he drew a a. coil coll of ot rope and a big bundle of ot canvas and with sUU these these still still humming humming- his son song ho bo ho rigged up a sail arranging it so it could be bo raised or lowered upon the tho mast Dorothy fairly gasped with wonder wonder won won- der tier to see the thing grow so speed speedily speedily ily lIy before her eyes ees and both But nut ton Bight ht and Polly looked on with tho same absorbed interest It ought to be painted said Johnny tossing his tools back into the chest for tor that would make malee it look prettier But though I can paint it for tor you au in three seconds seconds sec see ends It would tike take an hour to dry and that's thal's a waste of or time lime We dont don't caro care how It looks said tho the shaggy man if 11 only I it will take us across the desert It uIt will do that declared Johnny All you need worry about is tipping Upping over o Did you ever sail san saila a n. ship sailed sane l the I c seen one said shaggy man Good Sail this boat tho the way I youve you've seen icon a a. ship sailed and you'll bo be across the sands before you OU know It It With this ho slammed down tho the lid of ot the chest and the tho noise made them therm all While they were winking the workman disappeared ared tools and allOh allOh all Oh that's too bad cried Dorothy Dorothy Dor Dor- othy I r wanted to thank Johnny for tor all his kindness to us us usHe He hasn't time timo to to listen to thanks replied the shaggy man but 1 Im I'm rn sure ho he knows we O are grateful gr l I suppose ho he Is already at tt work in so some somo mo other othel part of the world They now looked more carefully at tho the sand-boat sand and saw that the tho bottom was modeled with two sharp runners which would glide through the tho sand The Tho front o othe of tho the boat boal was pointed like Uke the tho bow of ot a ship and there was wasa a rudder at the tho stern slem to ta steer by It had been built jut at the tho edge edee of ot the desert so 80 that all nil its Ita length lay upon the grey sand ex except except ex- ex tho alter after part which still rested on the strip Of bt grass Get in my dears said he the shaggy man Tm sure I can mat age ago this boat bOLt as well as any nn sail or All you need neca do cIo is 15 sit still In your o r places Dorothy got ot In Toto In her arms aims and sat on the tho bottom of at the boat Just In front of ot the roast maat But Dut- ton Bright sat in front of or Dorothy while Polly Folly leaned over the bow The shaggy man knelt behind the mast When all were ready he ue raised tho the sail hal halt half wa way Tho The wind caught It At once the sand- sand boat bont started forward forward slowly slowly at ut first then with added speed The shaggy man pulled tho the sail ua wa way up and they new Hew so fast tast over the Deadly Desert that every one held lucId fast to the sides of or the boat and scarcely da dared d to bren breathe the Th Tb sand lay In billow and was in places s uneven so that the boat rocked dangerously from side to side but It never quite tipped over arid and the tho speed was so HO great that the shaggy eY man be became became became be- be came an anti and began ican tl to won nonder lr how he could make th thi hip po go o slower I If U were WOle spilled In thib thia sand In 1 L L t tl t l 7 J I 1 1 r y i u L I V s r rI 4 I f J JV tI t Si S V i L. L 4 j I i 1 ti t i I t II 4 I II I 4 I TT e Look Out Polychrome I the tho middle of ot the tho desert Dorothy thought to her herself well be nothIng nothing nothing noth noth- ing but dust in iii a few minutes and that will be the end of ot us us But the they were not spilled and by and Polychrome who was clinging to the bow and looking straight ahead saw a dark line lino before them and what It was It grew plainer every second second sec see ond until she sho discovered It to be bea a 1 row of Jagged rocks at nt the end Q of the tho desert while high above these rocks sho could see sec a tableland tableland tableland table table- land of green grass and beautiful i trees Look out she screamed to the lie thel shaggy gy man C Go slowly or we we shall smash into the rocks I III He lIt heard her tUl and tried to pull down the sail ball RII but mit the wind woul would l I Inot not let go of oC the lie broad canvas call and tho the ropes had hail become tangled sled Nearer and nearer th thy arc to the great rocks locks s nil an nit shaggy KY man was in despair be because uso hp hf could do o nothing to lo stop tho wild wU rush rUHh of ot the sand boat They reached the edge of of the desert sort and bumped squarely into the rock There W was M a 0 cr crash as Doroth Dorothy Button Bright Toto ToW and Polly flew up In the air In a n curve like a R. skyrockets skyrocket's one art after r another an- an an 1 other landing high upon th ho grass where they rolled and tumbled for tor foru fora u it time line before they could stop them themselves selves The shaggy shage man fl flew w after atter them I head first and lighted In a betide beside Toto who being much c ex excited cx- cx x- x I cited at the tho time wl d one of ot the j ears lars fool xi n his teeth and and it as aa hard a as he could growling sr angrily Th shaggy y man made th the tho little dog lloS' let go and Ind sat up to look aroundhim around him Dorothy was va feeling one of l cr front teeth which was by knocking her knea-as knea She fell feU Polly was looking tor- tor at a rent In her hel pretty g gauze mc gown and Button Bulton Brights Bright's fox tox h head d had stuck r rAst st In a a ago aso go so gopher gopher go- go pher hole and he was wiggling his little tat fat legs frantically In an effort ef- ef fort COlt to get iet free tree Otherwise c they were wore unhurt b by bythe the jibe be adventure ho so o toe tao shaggy shag man man stood tood up and pulled lluU n- n Bright out of or the hole holo and went to the edge of or tho ho d desert to took look at the sand boat It was was a mere mer moss of or now crushed the ro rocks lis put of shape against The rhe wind had hall torn away the sail and curried it to the top lop of ot a a. tall I tree where tho the fragments o of It fluttered like a white while flag Well he said where the here Is IsI were here but I dont don't know It must be some ome part of ot the thc theLand observed cd Doro Dorothy hy Land of ot Oz coming ro to hip sl side e. e Must 1 It it It Course it must Yo Were ore re across I the desert arent aren't we And Anti somewhere some somo where In the middle of ot Oz Os is the Emerald CIl City To be sure bUic said sa th the shaggy man nodding Lets go there But I 1 dont don't See sec any people about to show how us the tho way she continued I Lots hunt for tor them he sug sug- b Ther must be lIe people somewhere but perhaps they did not expect us and so 50 are arc not at hand to give us a a. welcome They now made a mor mol careful examination of ot the tho country around them All was fresh and beautiful after the sultriness of ot the desert and the tho sunshine and sweet crisp air all were delightful to tho the wan wanderers Little mounds of ot yellowish green were away ay at the right while on the left leCt waved a group of ot tall leafy leay trees bearing yellow blossoms that looked like tassels and pompoms Among the tho I grasses carpeting the ground I were pretty buttercups and cowslips cow cow- II I slips and marigolds After Alter looking at these a moment Dorothy said reflectively II We Vo must be in la the Country of or ortho the lie Winkles s for tho the color of that 1 country Is yellow and you will noLice notice no no- Lice tice that most everything here Is yellow that has any color at all But I thought this was the Land Lund Landof I of ot Oz replied th the shaggy man as 1 If greatly disappointed So it Is she declared but there are arc four tour parts larts to the tho Land Landof Landor of or Oz Os The North Country is purI purple pur pur- pie pic and its it's the Country of ot the The Tho East country Is I blue and that's the Country of ot tho the Down Do at tho the South Is is the ic re Country of at the Quad- Quad lings hinge and here in the West Vest the yellow ellow Country of ot the Winkles This is the part that is ruled by bythe bythe the Tin Woodman you know I Ithe Vho's he hc he asked Button Button- I Bright ht I Why hes he's tho the tin Un man I 1 told you ou about His Ills name is Nick Chopper and he has a lovely lovel I heart given I en him bim by the wonderful I Wizard Where does he ho live JIve liveT asked the boy boyThe I The Tho Wizard Oh he lives JIves In Inthe Inthe inthe the Emerald City which is Just in inthe inthe inthe the middle of or Oz Os where th the four tour I corners of ot tho the fo four r countries o meet I I Oh sold said Button Bright puzzled pus pus- sled ed cJ by this explanation We Vc must be s some ome distance from I the Emerald City remarked the sh shaggy G man true ruc she replied s so sowed sowed o oved wed we'd better start on and see J i if we can cnn find an any of the tho Winkles They're nice people she continued continued contin contin- as the tho little party parl hogan began walkIn walkIng walking walk walk- In Ing toward the Group croup of of trees tree and I came here once with m mf my f lends friends i the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion to wicked witch who had made all aU tho the Winkles her hersla sla slaves sla Did you ou conquer her asked Poll Polly Why I melted her with Uh D. D a bucket of Water tater and that was th the thui end of her replied Dorothy After Arter that the people were free you rou l know now and they thoy made m Nick Chopper Chopper that's that's the tho Tin Woodman their their hals that asked Button- Button Bright Oh ts t's like an on alderman I guess I Oh said the bo boy But Dut I thought Princess Ozma Ozina I ruled Oz On said the shaggy marSo mar min I 1 So she doe does she rules tho the Emerald ld City and all the four our countries of ot O Ox Os but each country countr I has another littler uler not so bl big bigas bigas t tas as Ozma Its It's like the officers of ot otan C Care an arm army you OU see tho the little rulers are nil all captains and Ozma's Ozma the J benera general D By this time timo the they had reached the trees which stood In a perfect t circle and Just far enough apart so r-o that th their lr thick branches t touched or touched or shook hands as I Button Bright ht remarked Under I thu the shade shad of or the tho trees thc they t found I |