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L I- I The Scar Scarecrow crow W Wins ns the Fight I When en the Nome King so angrily w his IS shrill whistle the army ima im- im a ely filed out of the tho gold and vor 3 doors In great numbers and iTched d up uP i a winding stairs and into throne r room led room led by a a. stern feared fez fea r red d' d Nome who was their captain hen they had nearly filled the throne Jr jm m ii they form formed d ranks in the big un- un cavern below and then stood 11 LU until the they were told what to do Dorothy had pressed back to one the cavern when the warriors t red and now she aho stood holding lit- lit Evring's ings hand while the theat theat at Lion crouched upon one ne side and ani l no ous Tig Tiger r crouched upon the theler ler side shouted the Kin Seize that girl g his captain and a group of warra war war- rs ra sprang forward to obey But Butth Butth th thO tho the Lion and Tiger snarled so reely and ad bared their strong sharp th so threateningly that the men W IV back in alarm Doht mind them cried the Nome ng ag they cannot leap beyond the ces ces where they now stand But they can bite those thos w who o at- at t- t apt to touch the girl said the cap- cap n 0 Ill I'll fix that answered th the King Kin penchant them again so 80 that they their Open Jaws Io la stepped out of the throne to do 10 jus Just th then n th the Sawhorse ran Lehin him and gave the fat monha mon- mon ha hl a powerful kick with both his oden hind legs Ow Murder Treason yelled king who had been hurled against eral of his warriors and was conr con- con r bly br bruised Who did that I growled the Sawhorse vl- vl u IY You let Dorothy alone atone or Ill I'll 1 lyou OU again see about that replied the ig and Ig-and and at once he wave waved 1 his hand lard ard the and muttered a word Ahal AhaI he continued vYlet us see sea you move you wooden le Ie lei I tut t in In spite of the magic the Saw Saw- so 2 moved and he moved so quickly lard ard th the King that the fat little man mani i not tot pt out ont of or his Thump ang came ti the wooden heels iel right d st his round body and the King w the air and fell upon the head his captain who let him drop flat lat m jn the ground Well vell ell well said the Kin King sitting ai and ad d looking surprised Why didn't i magl belt work I wonder The Tho cr creature is made of wood red red re- re d d the captain your magic magio will not I rk on wood you know Ali Ah rd Id forgotten th that t said the theiR I iR Ig r. r getting up and limping to h his one one Very well let the girl alone it 31 cant can't escape us us anyway anWay l fee e warriors who wh had been rather I lf sed by these Incidents now med their ranks again and the horse pranced across the room toom to toothy othy rothy and took a position beside the Tiger it t that moment the doors that led the palace flew lew open and the people Ev tV and the people of Oz were dis- dis sed ed JO to view They paused aston- aston ed sd at sight eight of the warriors and the theny Try ny Nome King seated In their 1st tat Surrender I I cried the King In Ind a d voice e. e You are my prisoners Go long answered from fromI I Scarecrows Scarecrow's shoulder You prom- prom time that If I guessed correctly my and I might depart In safety always keep your promises you might leave the pal palace ce safety retorted the King and so 80 o may but you cannot leave leave- my do do- do dona Yo You are s-re my prisoners ers and Fill hurl you all Into my under- under und dungeons where the volcanic s glow and the molten lava Java flows very wery direction and the air aJr Is hot hot- than thon blue blazes That will be the end of me all 1111 it It said the Scarecrow sorrowful sorrowful- One On email small blaze blue blu or green gi is ugh to reduce me ma to an ash heap Do you surrender demanded the g g. ellIna whispered something In the ear that made him smile jut his hla hands bands In his his- jacket his jacket pock- pock No Nol 1 returned Ozma boldly an- an ring the Then sh she said to army army Forward rd my 1 brave rave soldiers and andI I for your Ruler and yourselves Pardon m me Mo Most l it Royal Hoyal Ozma OTTOS r re re 1 v r rL I L 0 H C iC i- i x- x 4 v 4 i r 4 4 1 I 1 J 4 t n 1 OO plied one of her generals gen but I fIndt find t that at I and my brother officers all suffer suffer surfer suf sur- fer from heart disease and the slight slight- eat est excitement might kill us If we fight we may get excited Would it not be well for us to avoid this grave danger Soldiers should not have heart disease disease disease dis dis- dis- dis ease said Ozma Private soldiers are not I believe afflicted th that t way declared another I general twirling his moustache I thoughtfully If It your Royal Highness desires we will order our private to attack yonder onder warriors Do so so replied Ozma ward For ward march march f yelled the colonels ward Por ward march march shouted shout shout- red ed the majors ward For ward march commanded the capt captains And at th that oi the private leveled his spear and dashed furiously upon upon the foe The captain of the was so surprised by this sudden onslaught gt t that he forgot to command his warriors to fight so that the ten men mOn in the first row who stood in front of the privates private's spear fell over like Uke so many toy soldiers The spear could not go go through their steel armor ahnor however so so the warriors s scrambled r to their feet again and by that time the private had knocked over another row of them Then the captain brought down his with such a strong blow th that t the privates private's spear was shattered and knocked from his grasp an and h ha was helpless to fight any longer The Nome King had left his throne and pressed through his warriors to the front ranks so ho he could see what was going on but as he faced Ozma and her friends the Scarecrow as it ft aroused to action by the valor of the private drew one of eggs eggO fr from m his right Jacket pocket arid and hurled it straight at the little monarch monarch monarchs monarch's mon mon- arch arch's head It struck him squarely In his left eye where the egg smashed and scattered scattered scattered scat scat- as eggs will and ana covered his face and hair and beard with with- its sticky contents Help Help screamed the King clawing with his fingers fingers' at the egg in ina ina ina a struggle to remove itAn itAn itAn it An egg An egg Run for your lives lives' shouted the captain of the in a voice of horror And how they did run The warriors fairly tumbled over one another in th their eff ef rt to the he e fat fatal fatI I p poison polson is n of that hat awful egg and those who could coula not rush down the winding stair stall fell off the balcony into the great cavern cavern cay cay- em ern bene beneath th k knocking over those who stood below them Even Een while the King was still yelling yell yell- yellIng ing for help his throne room became emptied of ot every one of his warriors and before the monarch had managed to cle clear t r the egg away away from hi his left eye eO ili th thO S Scarecrow ar crow threw the s second cond e egg JJ's lis ls right eye where it smashed and blinded him entirely The Ki King wa was unable to flee because because be be- cause ho could riot not see which h way to torun torun 1 stood still an arid and howled and arid run run ron so fO ho o I Isho sho shouted ted and screamed In a abject j ct fear While this was going on flew over r to Dorothy and perching herself hersel upon the Lions Lion's back the hen whispered whiz whis p red e eagerly to tho the girl Get his belt Get the Nome Norris Kings King's jeweled belt It unbuckle ln l in th the back Quick Dorothy Dorothy quick Dorothy obeyed She ran at once behind behind be be- hind tho the N Nome me King ICing wh who was still stil trying to free his eyes eye from froin the egg gg and in a twinkling she had unbuckled his Jeweled belt and nd carried it away with her to her pl place ce b beside sid th the Ti TIge TIg r rand rand and Lion where because she did no not know what else to do with It she faStened fasten fasten fas fas- ten d it around her own slim Um waist Just then the he Chief St Steward ward rushed in with a sponge and a a. b bowl wl of Jf water and began mopping ng aw away y th the broken eggs from his mast masters master's rs r's face In a few tew minutes and while all th the p party Pirty stood looking on the King regained th the us usa US of his eyes and the first thing h he did was to glare wickedly upon the Scarecrow Scarecrow Scare Scare- crow and exclaim Ill make you make yoU suffer stiffer for this this you hay stuffed dummy Dont Don't you know eggs are poison to Nom s Really l ald aid the Scarecrow they dont don't seem to agree with you though I wonder why They were strictly fresh and above suspicion said B IH You Ought ough to be glad to get them Ill transform you all 1111 into scorpions scorpions scorpions cried the King angrily and and mutterIng muttering mutter mutter- began waving his arms ing magic words But none of ot the people became beme scorpions scorpions so the King stopped and look looked at them In surprise wrong he asked Why you lou are toot riot wearing your you magic belt rep replied ie th the Chief Steward Steward Stew Stew- ar ard after looking the King o over r care carefully care care- fully fully- Where is it What have you done with it The Nome King ICing clapp clapped d his hand t this to Ills his waist and his rock rodt color colored d face fac turned white as ch chalk Ut Its gone he cried helplessly Its If gone and I am ruined Dorothy now stepped forward and said saith Royal Ozma and you Queen o of Ev I welcome you and your people back to the land of the living Bil BU- Bil- Bil Una lina has saved you rou ou from your troubles troubles trou trou- bles and now w we wilt will leave this drea ful place and r return turn to Ev as soon as While bile the child spoke they could alsee al aU see that she wore the magic belt and anda andI a great cheer w went nt u up i from all aU h her r I friends which was was led by the tho voices s of the Scarecrow and the private Bu Buthe But the Nome Kin King did not Join them He crept back onto his throne like a a whipped dog and lay there bitterly bemoaning his defeat But we have not yet found m my faithful follower the Tin Woodman said sald Ozma to Dorothy and without him I do not wish to go away Nor I replied Dorothy quickly h he in toe the palace lie He must be there s said ld but butI I had no clue to guide me in guessing guessing guess guess- ing fog the Ti Tin Woodman so I must have havO missed him We will go back Into the rooms said Dorothy This magic belt I am sure will help us to find our dear old friend Copyrighted d by L. L Frank Baum for the Matthew Adams Service Editors Editor's s Not Next Next Next week w we shall learn leant The Fate Fat of e the Tin Woodman and of the return or Of rescue party to the Land of Ev |