Show 3 0 IF I INTEREST N T ERE ST ST. TO T VV 0 M E U 1111 JJ Stories L. L Frank Bawn 0 r The Rainbows Rainbow's Daughter I Toto now allowed to run about as ashe ashe ashe he pleased pl was glad Iad to be free again and a able lc to bark at the birds and chase count country around the butterflies Th The them then 1 iwas charming yet In tho the pretty fields fields' of ot wild wIla flowers Jowers and ant groves gro of or orleaf leaf leafy trees were wore no houses wh whatever te er or sign of ot nn any Inhabitants Birds flew new through the air all and sunning white whito rabbit rabbits rab rab- bits bit darted amongst the tall grasses a Res and green bushes Dorothy noticed ever even j I the ants tolling toiling busily along the roadway bearing gigantic loads of or clover CC seeds seed but of ot people there were none at all Thc They walked briskly on in for an hour ot two for e even en n little Button Bright wn was a 8 good walker and did not tire easily cUlly At length as they turned a n curve cur In the road they beheld Just be- be foro them a n. curious sight eight A little girl sir radiant and beautiful sha shapely b as asa a fairy and md exquisitely exquisite dressed was dancing gracefully In the middle middle- of the lonely Jonely road whirling slowly this way Y and that her hor dl dainty nty fet feet twinkling In sprightly fashion She was clad in flowing fluffy luffy robes of soft material that reminded Doroth Dorothy Dorothy Dor Dor- oth othy of woven cobwebs cbs only It was Wa colored In soft timings of violet rose topaz olive e azure and white mingled together most harmoniously In stripes which melted Into the other with soft Her Hor hair hilr was like spun gold sold and floated around her In a a. cloud no strand being fastened or confined by either elthor pin or ornament or ribbon Filled with wonder and admiration our friends approached and stood tood watching this f fascinating d dance nc The Th girl was no taller than Dorothy Doroth al although although although al- al though more slender nor did she seem any older than one little heroine Suddenly she paused an and abandoned the dance as if for tor the first time obi ob- ob i the presence of strangers A Ahe Ashe ft she he faced them shy as a 0 frightened fawn tawn pol poised ed upon one foot as Os If Ir to fly the next Instant Dorothy was as astonished astonished as- as to see sec tears and trickling down her violet hued rose cheeks That the dainty maiden should dance and weep at tho the same time was In Indeed Indeed indeed In- In deed surprising BO so Dorothy asked In Ina a ft soft eort sympathetic voice Are you ou unhappy little girl girt Very was the reply I am lost loet Why so are re we 1 raid eald ld Dorothy Doroth smiling but we dont don't cry about It It- IL Dont you 7 Why not II Cause Caus Ive I've been lost before and answered always got found again Dorothy Doroth simply But Ive I've never been lost before murmured the dainty maiden malden and Im I'm worried and afraid You were ere dancing remarked Dorothy Dorothy Dorothy Dor Dor- othy In a puzzled tone of ot voice Oh that was M Just to keep t warm aarm arm explained tho the maiden quickly It was not because I felt relt happy or sa gay I as assure assure as- as sure you I as-I Dorothy looked at her closely Her gauzy y flowing robes might not bo ho ver very I warm yet the weather wasn't at all aBI chill chilly but rather mild mUd and balmy like a spring day Who Vho aro arc you OU dear she eh asked gently Im Polychrome was the reply PoUy Polly whom 7 Polychrome Im I'm the Daughter of the Rainbow Oh said Dorothy Doroth- with Uh a ga gasp p I 1 didn't know the Rainbow had chil children ren But Dut I might have known It It before you OU spoke poke You couldn't Teall really be anything anything anything any any- thing else elec i Vh not non 2 Inquired Polychrome e I as ns it ir f surprised Because 6 youre you're oure so lovely and sw sweet et I The Tile little maiden smiled through he her herte te lM tears s. s came up to Dorothy Doroth and placed h her p slender fingers In the kansas Kansas aneas girls girl's chubby hand bo bo be my friend wont friend wont won't you she he said paid pleadingly Of course And what Is your name Im Dorothy Doroth and this Is my friend Shaggy y Man who owns the Love o Magnet Nag Mag n net t and this is Button Bright onlY Dutton only you dont don't seo co him as he really all Is because be- be cause causo tho the Fox King carelessly changed hIs head into into- a a. fox head But the real Bright Button Is good to look at at and andI I hope to get him changed back to himself some somo time The R Rainbows Rainbow's Daughter nodded ch cheerfully no longer afraid of or her new companions But who Is this she sho asked pointIng pointing point- point Ing log to to Toto Toto who ho WAS w sitting Bitting before her hor wagging hl his tall tan in the most moot I y frIndy manner end admiring the pretty maid m with his bright eyes Is this also abo some some- enchanted p person Oh Ob no Polly l pon-l I zany may call y you yu U Polly Folly mayn't mant 1 11 Your whole hole name names name's s awful hard Jo o say tAy Call m me Polly Folly if you wish Dor Dor- othy POny Polly Totoa Totos Just a dog but buthe buthe buthe he has more sense I than Button Bright to tell lell the thC truth and Im I'm very fond of ot him So 50 am I. I said ald Polychrome bendIng bending bend bend- ing gracefully to pat Totos Toto's head But nut how did the Rainbows Rainbow's Daughter Daugh Daugh- ter ever over get on this lonely lonel road oad and nd become lost 1 asked the shaggy haggy man who h wondering wonderingly to to all 11 IhK L Wh Why my father stretched rainbow over c this morning so BO th that t one end of Qu It hed thi this road rond was WIlS the reply and mel I 1 w ul dancing upon the tho pretty rays ai as I love to do and never ne noticed 1 I was le getting too far over the bend In Inthe Inthe Inthe the clr circle lo Suddenly I began to slide and I went faster taster and faster until at last lafit I 1 bumped on tho ground at the tho very ery end Just then father lifted the rainbow again 1 without noticing me ma at atall all and an though I tried to seize Ie the end of it St and bold fast fut It melted away en entirely entirely en en- Urel and art I was wan left Idt alone and nd helpless on the cold hard earth Jt it doesn't seem cold to me Polly Folly said Dorothy but per perhaps hals hal's youre you're not warmly dressed d. d Im to o used to living nearer ruru the sun un t replied Hd the Rainbows Rainbow's Daughter that at Rt first t I I feared I would freeze down here But Dut my dance has warmed me m some and now I 1 wonder how I 1 am ever cor tl to get home again agan for tor Wont Vout your father miss you and look took for you OU and let down another another an an- other rainbow for you ou Perhaps so 0 but hes he's busy Just now because It rains In HO so O man many parts p ol rOt the world at this season and anji he halto has hal hasto hasto to set let his hili rainbow tn in a lot of different places What would YOU I d advise moto meto mo me moto I to do Dorothy Com Come with u Us U- M was as the tho answer answer Im a spine s to o tr try to find my mv Way to the Emerald City which U t. in the fair fairy fairyLand fairyLand Land of Oz Or The Emerald City Is ruled I g 1 Jr Jrr r f 1 01 te ir f 1 I.- I. POLLY POLL SIPPED A UTILE LITTLE COLD TEA by b a a. friend trien l of oC mine the Princess Princess Princess' Oz- Oz 1 0 ma mil ma and If e we can manage to get gel there thero Im I'm sure lure sh she will know a way to send Bend you OU homo home to your our father again Do you really think BO so asked Polychrome anxious anxiously sure surd Im pretty prell sure Then Ill I'll go with you ou said th the lit little I tie tle maid for travel will help keep mo warm and father can rina me In one part of ot the tho world an as well as another an an- other other other-It If he gets time to look for me Come along then said the shay shaggy man cheerfully and they started on ononce once more pony Polly walked beside Dorothy Dorothy Dor Dor- oth othy a while hold holding In her new friends friend's hand as if JC she feared to let it go o but buther buther her nature seemed teemed as aa light and ana buoyant buo buoyant buoy buoy- ant nt as her fleecy robes for fOl suddenly she darter ter ahead and whirled around In a a. giddy dance hen she he tripped back to them with sparkling s ch-s c ey es s and smiling cheeks having regained her usual happy mood and forgotten tors all her worry about being lost last j The They found her a n ch charming companion companion com corn panion and her dancing and laughter for or she laughed at times Umes like the tinkling of ot a 0 silver bell did bell did much to enliven cn their Journey and keep them contented When noon camo the they opened the Kings King's basket asket of luncheon and found a 0 nice talt roasted d turkey with cranberry sauce sauco and some Borne slices of ot bread and butte butler I As the they s sat t on tho grass braSS b by roadside the tho shaggy man An cut up the tho turkey with his pocket knife and an passed slices of it around you any dewdrops or or asked Polychrome Polychrome Poly Fob chrome longingly II Course Courso not replied Dorothy We Ve eat solid things down here on onearth earth But theres there's a bottle of cold tea ten Tl Try some wont won't you The Tho Rainbows Rainbow's Daughter watch watched d Button Bright devour one leg of the tu turkey Is It IL good she he asked He Ho nodded Do you think I could coul eat ent Jt 7 Not this said Button Bright But Dut I 1 mean moan another piece Dont kno know he replied Well Im I'm going to try for torr l Im I'm m merY Very erY hungry she decided and took a thin slice lIce of the white breast of pt turkey which the shaggy man cut for her as asas aswell aswell well as a bit of bread and butter When she sho tasted It Polychrome thought tho the turkey was good good bet bet better ter even cn than but bu tall a lit littie little lit lit- t- t tie tle satisfied her hunger and she he finIshed finished finished fin fin- with a tiny Un sip of cold tea hats hals about as much as a fly would eat cat said Dorothy who was making a good meal herself But I some people In Oz Ox who eat not at all ali allt Who Vho aro arc they tho the shaggy matt man manOne One Is a scarecrow who's stuffed with straw and tho ho other a woodman woodman woodman wood wood- man made out of or tin They haven't any appetites Inside of ot cm em you see so they never neer eat at anything at all aU Are Aro they alive asked Button- Button Bright Oh you replied Dorothy and they're thero very cry clover er and very sery nice too If we wo get ct to Oz Os Ill I'll Introduce them to I It you ou Do you really expect to get to I Oz Inquired the shaggy man taking a R. drink of cold teaI tea I dont don't know Just what to sped ct answered the child seriously but Ive I've noticed Jf Jr I happen to get lost Im I'm almost sure to come to the Land Landof of oC 0 Oz Os In the tho end somehow r I other so 80 I may get Jet there thero this time But Dut I cant can't promise pron you OU know all nil I can cin do doIs doIs dois Is wait walt and see sec Will vm the tho Scarecrow scare mo me mo asked Button Bright No o cause youre you're not a crow she returned He lie has the loveliest smile you ever saw only saw only Its It's painted on and he cant can't help it Luncheon L being over they thoy started again as upon their Journey the shaggy man Dorothy and Button Bright walking soberly along side b by side and the Rainbows Rainbow's Daughter d dancing merrily before them Editors Editor's note The note Th-s Th little party of our cor fr friend nd are on their way again and next w week rk you shall ball har hear how bow they reached The City of ot n Det ts and what the tho horrible nol noise e ewa wa was that greeted ted them upon their arrival In that queer city Copyright b by L. L Frank Funk Baum for tor the Matthew Adams Adam Service |