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uLT •l!n*“st soldiers of” Oz: and if we urlt;-obliged |«» fight the No m * • Kin-r. every !’ as weli as the private, will * battle fiercely unto death.” jThen Tiktok spoke jWhy should you fi-rlit the Nome ■Kina? he asked. “He has done no*wrong.”‘No wrong!” cried Dorfothy Isn't jt w ung to imprison a queen mother : ami her ten children?” IThey w* re sold to the Nome King by Kng Ev-ol-do.” replied .Tiktok. “it i v* !-lt; tit- King of L,v who did wrong, lt;rul when he re-alized whit he had dorr*: he jumped -in-to the sea and drowned him-self.”This ,s news to me,” said Ozma, thoughtfully. • ] had supposed theNome King was all to blame'in t!ie matter but. in any case, ho must oemad* to liiierale the prisoners.“My uncle Kvoido was a very wicl• i man.” declared to*- Princess ban wider*-, if he had drowned hinisclf »ef*ro U sold his family, no one v*»uld have cared. But he sold th* m to1 owerfu! Nome Kins in exchange r f*»ng lit', and afterward d*-stro-**•: !he ii»e by jumping into Mo- sea.” Then.” said Ozma. “h-- did not get i:; long bfe and the Nome King mu.-*t -i\»* up the prisoners Where it*: they confined?”No one knows, exactly.” replied Mi*- Princess. “For the king, whos i me .... Roquat of th* ih-cks, owns a -j*itudid pala.ce undennath tin- great mountain which is at Ihe north end d iais kingdom and to has transformed tu* queen and her ciiildren into email* flis and bric-a-brac with wh *•}♦ to decoiNUe Ids rooms.!’d like to know.” said Borothy,* who this Nome Kins is?”t will tell you, ’ replied Ozma. H_*t '.dii to be tlie Ruler of the I nd**r-u-ound World. and commands ther-ek* :m«l all that the rocks contain.I uder his rule are many thousands of ■ None who ur cu • - shapedbut powerful sprite*, that labor at thelunnaces and torgr' o*‘ th*ir kiiiu,muk'ug gold end stiver and other met-. ' which they conceal in the crt'vi** s *»f tb*- rocks, -.o that those living up-only stuffed with straw, and u single; spark of fo-e might destroy ni» entirely.”“Tile furnaces may also melt my tin.” said the Tin Woodman: but I am going.”“i can't bear heat.” remarked the Princess Langwidt-re, yawning lazily, “so l wiii stay at home. But I wish you may have success in your undertaking. for 1 am heartily tired of rul-corner, with the Hungry riger standing before her.“You certainly look delicious. the beast was saying. Will you kindly give me permission to oat you?”No, no .no” cried the maid in reply.•Th**0,” said the Tiger, yawning frightfully, “please to get me aboutthirty pounds of tenderloin steak, cooked rare, with a p**'k of boiled po-I* •*OIL COOK STOVES%AutomaticWickiessNo wicks to trim—No valves to leakSmokeless and OdorlessGOSCHE HARDWARE CO.Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Refunded
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Mitchell Sunday Republican
Mitchell, South Dakota, US
Sun, Aug 17, 1919
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