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L Frank Baum a. a E Purple Green and Gold 4 then cn Dl placed her cl claw w upon f purple toots footstool tool In lit the Nome ing's ings 1 palace and fa said Bad d tho the magic magi 1 o ord d Ev E the footstool vanished nd ff a lovely lad lady tall taU talland and slender jid most beautifully robed robe stood be before beote be- be fore ote her And the lad ladys lady's eyes were p and nd d with astonishment for a mo- mo ent ent for tor she could not remember her hei 1 nor Imagine what had hac life ute Restored her to I Good morning maam ma'am maam ma'am said laid Bit BIN Bita BUa naj a a In her sharp voice folce Youre Smoking oking g quite well considering your r Who speaks den demanded the Queen t Ev drawing herself up proudly Why y my names name's Bill by rights the the tho hen who was now upon the back of a chair Ii j thoUgh although Dorothy has put it and made t But thee the tho feme e doesn't ma mater Ive I've saved you om oho the Nome King and you are a a. ive ve no longer l W 1 Then I thant than you for the gracious vor or vor said sald this th Queen with a grace grace- is Ll 11 curtsey But my children tell children tell e e I beg of jou you where where ou-where where are my chUi chilen chU- chU i pen en n and pie e clasped her hands In entreaty Dont Don t worry sorry advised Billins eking at a a. tiny bug that that Joss was over the chair b back Just Jus present they are out t of mischief safe for they y can cant can't t even B t I J mean you 0 O kindly inger nger asked tho the Queen striving inger repress her anxiety They're enchanted said t aa you have been been all all that Is Is the little fellow Dorothy picked tAnd the chances are that they e rover J. J been good boys and girls for fort or e time because they couldn't help t 1 ij ll Oh my poor darlings cried the een leen with a sob Bob of anguish at all aU returned the hen lien flo ont t let their condition make you appy maam ma'am because Ill I'll soon soone e them crowding round to bother worry you as naturally as ever me with me If you please and Ill I'll l YOU how pretty they look 1 he flew down from her perch and anda andi sf i a fk ked d toto nto the next room the Queen owing As she passed a low table mall m all green grasshopper caught her hernand herand herand nand and Instantly pounced nt It and snapped It up In herI her herIt I P bill For grasshoppers are a food with hens and they filly lIY must be bo caught quickly bethey bey be- be they y can hop away It might It been the end of Ozma of ad she been a real grasshopper I ead cad of an emerald one But Bu found the grasshopper hard hard har lifeless less and suspecting It was good to eat she quickly dropped stead of letting It slide down her In fat I might mh-ht have known better she to herself for tor where there fio oC grass there can an be no live 18 This Is probably one I Die Ile Kings ICings transformations moment later she site approached one I he purple ornaments and while Queen Q een watched her curiously the broke brok tho the Nome Nomo Kings King's enchant enchant- and a sweet faced girl girt whose whoso I en hair fell tell In R Et cloud over her Iders stood beside them vanna ranna cried the Queen my lEvanna and she clasped d theto the thet theto I t to her bosom and covered her with kisses kisses- hats hat's its ats all right said con- con idly Am Am I J a good guesser Mr Well Yell I guess len fen len she disenchanted another girl Irl the Queen addressed as Evan Evand Evand Ev- Ev an and afterwards a boy named o 0 who was older than his bro- bro Indeed the yellow hen Ithe the good Queen exclaiming and icing for some time until five 1 jesses esses and four Princes all look- look pery very much alike o except for the renee rene In size stood in a n row r happy haPP mother 1 were named Evanna se Evella and Evenda the Princes were rob E Eying Eving- i E ardo and Of these o was the eldest and would O It t his fathers father's throne throne- and he be beed heed heed ed King of Ev when he returned fown own country lie He was wes a grave gravo youth and would doubtless r d Il hie people wisely and with i p having restored all nU of the tho tholly family lly of ot Ev Bv to their proper prop l' l I y now I now began beRan t to select the green treen I L E I r rY f I 4 Y L r i p pi i F e. e I V l 7 t 4 7 t r a N i I A c 1 fl y M l i. i THE QUEEN OF EV THANKS ornaments which were the transformations transformations transformations trans trans- formations of the people of Oz She had little UWe trouble In finding these and before long all the twenty-six twenty officers as well as the private were gathered around the yellow hen joyfully joyfully Joy joy- fully congratulating her upon their release The thirty-seven thirty people who were now alive in the tho rooms of the palace knew very well that they owed their freedom to tho the cleverness of ot the yellow ellow hen lien and they were earnest earnestIn In thanking her f for r saving them from the magic of the tho Nome King Now how said I I must find Ozma She is sure to be here somewhere somewhere somewhere some some- where and of course she is green being from Oz So look around you stupid soldiers and help me in my search For a while however they could could discover nothing more that was green But the Queen who ha had 1 kissed all her nine children once more and could now find time to take an interest In what was going on on said to the hen Mayhap l my gentle friend it is the grasshopper whom you seek seel Of course its it's the grasshopper r exclaimed I declare Im I'm nearly as stupid as these brave soldiers sol sol- diers Wait here hero for me and Ill I'll go goback goback back an and get It ft I So she went into the room where whore she the had seen tho grasshopper and presently Ozma of 01 Oz as ns lovely and I dainty as ever entered and approached ed the Queen of or Ev fly greeting her as one high born princess greets another But nut where are my friends friend the th-e Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman asked the tte girl ruler when these courtesies courtesies cour cour- had been exchanged I Ill hunt them up replied The Scarecrow is solid gold- gold and so sois sois o is but I J dont don't exactly know what the Tin Woodman Is because became tho Nome King said he had been transformed transformed transformed trans trans- formed into something funny Ozma eagerly assisted the hen in her quest and soon the Scarecrow and the machine machete man being ornaments c shining gold were discovered and re restored restored restored re- re stored to their accustomed forms But nut search as they might In no place could they find a funny ornament that might be the transformation 01 uL the Tin Woodman Only one thing can be done said Ozma at last and that is to return tl to tb the Nome King and oblige him to tell us what has become of our friend Perhaps he wont won't su suggested Bil BIl- lina lie He n must returned Ozma firmly The King Ling has not treated us honestly honestly honestly hon hon- estly for under the mask of or fairness an and good nature he entrapped us all aU and we would have been forever enchanted enchanted enchanted en en- chanted had not our wise and clever friend t the e yellow hen found a way to save us The King J I Jg is a villain declared the Scarecrow crow His Ills laugh is worse than another mans man's frown said the private with witha a shudder I thou thought he was hon est but I r Iwas was tak en remarked ed I My Iy thoughts are u al cor or but It Js Js is Smith and Tin kes fault tault If they times some go wrong or donot donot do donot not work prop er Smith and Tinker made e a very good Job of Jt you Ou said Ozma kindly ly I do not think they should be blamed d if Ie you ou are not quite perfect I Thank you ou replied f Then Th n said BUleha t l. In to her be brisk briski little littlevoice voice let us all ll go back t to the i Nome King and see what he ha has to for tor himself say y I So the they started for the entrance Ozma going first with the Queen and her train of 01 little Princes and Prin Princesses I ceases following Then cam camo me and the Scarecrow with h perched upon his straw stuffed shoulder The twenty-seven twenty officers and the private te brought up the rear As they reached the hall han the doors flew open before them but but- they all an stopped and stared into the domed cavern with faces of astonishment ent and dismay For the room was tilled with the warriors of ot the Nome King rank after rank standing in orI or orderly orderly or- or or- or I derl derly aITa array The electric lights lights' upon lights upon I their brows gleamed brightly their batI bat bat- I were p poised as if It to to strike i I down their foes toes yet rel et they the remained r motionless as statues awaiting the I word of command And in the center Of 61 this t terrible army sat the little King upon his I throne of 01 rock But he ho neither smiled I nor laughed Instead his fa face was wasI I 1 distorted with rage and was most 1 I dreadful to behold I After entered the palI palace palace pal- pal I ace Dorothy and Evring sat gat down to toi i I await the success poor or failure of or her I mission and the Nome me King occupied occupied pied pled his throne and smoked his long I pipe for tor a while in a cheerful and contented mood Then the bell above the throne which sounded whenever an enchantment as was I broken began to ring and the King gave ga a a. start of annoyance and exI exclaimed ex exclaimed ex- ex claimed ricketts When the bell rang a a second time I the King shouted angrily Smudge and blazes blares And at a third ring he screamed in m a fury tun Which must be a dreadful word be beI because because be- be I cause we dont don't know what it means After that the bell went event on ringing I time after time but the King was now I so violently enraged that he could coul not I utter a word but hopped out of or his I I throne and all around the tho room in I amad a amad amad mad frenzy so 50 that he reminded Dorothy Dorothy Dorothy Dor Dor- othy of 01 a The girl was for tor her part filled with jO Joy at every ery peal of or the bell for it announced the fact that hail had transformed one more ornament into a living person Dorothy was also amazed at success cess for she could not imagine how the jellow yellow hen hen was able to guesS guesS' correctly fl from om all tho the bewildering number of articles Blustered clus lus in the rooms of or the palace But after she had counted ten and the bell continued to ring she knew that not only the royal roval family of Ev Iv but Ozma and her followers also were being re restored restored restored re- re stored to their natural forms and she was so delighted that the antics of ot the angry King only made her laugh merrily Perhaps the little monarch could not be more furious Curious than h he was before but the girls girl's lau laughter nearly drove him frantic and ho he roared at t her like a savage beast Then as AS he found that all his were likely like like- ly h to be dispelled and his victims every everyone one set free tree he suddenly ran to the little door that opened the balcony balcony balcony bal bal- I cony and gave the shrill whistle that summoned his warriors I Cop Copyrighted righted by L L. L Frank Baum for the George Matthew Adams Service Editors Editor's Note X Next Next ext week wo we shall learn how the Scarecrow outwitted the wicked Nome King when he sought to make Dorothy and Ozma and all I their party part his prisoners and of or how they thus defeated defeated the Kings King's terrible I armies |
