The news-herald. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1909-1911, September 20, 1909, Image 6
PlAIISMOUIHNEWSHtRAlD P. A. BARROWS, Kdltor and Manager PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA By Wizard efOz L. Frank Baum (C'opyrlKtit, by the ItolihH-Merrill Co.) I,. ! (Copyright ty rnnk liuum & XV. W. iJtnalow.) 8YN0PSIS. rornthv lived In Kan with Aunt Km nd I'nc'lo Henry. A ryrlono lifted their homo Into the. air, lorothy falling asleep midst the excitement. A rrusli awakened her. The house hud landed In a country of marvelous henuty. Groups of queer little people Rrnetnd her to tho Land of ilunchklns. The limine had killed their enemy, the wicked witch of Kaat. lor othy tnok thn witch's illvnr ehoeii. 8he tarted for the Kmerald City to tlnd the Wizard of Ox, who, she was promised, might And a way to send her buck to Kansas. CHAPTER III, Continued. While Dorothy was looking earnest ly Into the queer palntod fare of the Scarecrow, she was surprised to see one of tho eyes slowly wink at her. Bhe t nought she must have been mis taken, at first, for none of the scare crows In Kansas ever wink; but pres ently the figure nodded Its head to her In a friendly way. Then Bhe climbed down, from the fence and walked up to It, while Toto ran around the pole and br.rkcrl. "Good day," said the Scarecrow, In a rather husky voice. "Did you speak?" asked tho girl, In wonder. "Certainly," answered the Scare crow; "how do you do?" "I'm pretty well, thank you," re plied Dorothy, politely; "how do you do?" "I'm not feeling well," said tho Scarecrow, with a smile, "for it Is very tedious being perched up hero night and day to scare awny crows." "Can't you get down?" asked Dorothy. "No, for this polo is 6tuck up my back. If you will please tako away the polo I Bhall bo greatly obliged to you." Dorothy renched up both arms and lifted the figure off the polo; for, being stuffed with straw, It was quite light. "Thank you very much," said the Scarecrow, when ho had been set down on the ground. "I fuel llko a new man." Dorothy was puzzled at this, for it Bounded queer to hear a stuffed man peak, and to see him bow and walk along beside her. "Who are you?" asked the Scare crow, when he had stretched himself and yawned, "and where are you go ing?" "My namel8 Dorothy," said the girl, "and I sra going to the Emerald City, I matter, for I ran't feel It. But I do felt very proud, for I thought I was not want people to call me a fool, and just as good a man as anyone. If my head stays stuffed with straw In- "This fellow will scare the crowi stead of with brains, as yours Is, how fast enough,' said the farmer; 'be am I ever to know anything?" looks Just like a man.' "I understand bow you feel," said " 'Why, ho Is a man,' said the oth- the little girl, who was truly sorry for er, and 1 quite agreed with him. The him. "If you will come with me I'll farmer carried me under his arm to ask Os to do all he can for you." the cornfield, and set me up on "Thank you," be answered, grate- tall stick, where you found me. Ha fully. and his friend soon after walked away They walked back to the road, Dor- n4 left me alone. - otby helped him over the fence, and "I did not like to be deserted this they started along the path of yellow way; so I tried to walk after them, but brick for the Emerald City, my -feet would not touch the ground, Toto did not like this addition to the and I was forced to stay on that pole, party, at first He smelled around the It was a lonely life to lead, for I had stuffed man as if he suspected there nothing to think of, having been made might be a nest of rats lo the straw, such a little while before. Many crows and he often growled la an unfriendly and other birds flew into the cornfield, way at the Scarecrow. but as soon as they saw me they flew "Don't mind Toto," said Dorothy to away again, thinking I was a Munch- her new friend; "he never bites." kin; and this pleased me and made me "Oh, I'm not afraid," replied the feel that I was quite an important Scarecrow, "he can't hurt the straw, person. By and by an old crow flew Do let me carry that, basket for you. near me, and after looking at me I shall not mind it, for I can't get carefully he perched upon my shoul tired. I'll tell you" a' Secret," he con- der and said: tlnued, as he walked along; "there is "'I wonder if that farmer thought only one thing in the world I am to fool mo in this clumsy manner. Any afraid of." . , crow of sense could see that you are "What Is that?-" ' asked Dorothy; only stuffed with straw.' Then he "the Munchkln farmer who made hopped down at my feet and ate all you?" tho corn he wanted. The other birds, No, answered tne hcarecrow; "It s seeing he was not harmed by me, a lighted mutch." , came to eat the corn, too, so in a short time there was a great flock of them about me. "I felt sad at this, for it showed I was not such a good Scarecrow after all; but the old crow comforted me, saying: 'If you only had brains in your head you would be as good a man as any of them, and a better man than some of them. Brains are the only things worth having in this world, no matter whether one is a crow or man.' "After the crows had gone I thought this over, and decided I would try hard to get some brains. By good luck, you came along and pulled mo After a few hours tho road began to off the stake, and frum what you say be rough, and tho walking grew to I am sure tho great Oz will give me difficult that the Scrarecrow often brains as soon as we get to the Emer stumbled over the yellow brick, which aid City." were here very uneven. Sometimes, "I hope so," said Dorothy, earnestly, Indeed, they were broken or missing "since you seem anxious to have altogether, leaving holes that Toto them. Jumped across and Dorothy walked "Oh, yes; I am anxious," returned around. As for the Scarecrow, having the Scarecrow. "It is such an uncom- no brains he walked straight ahead, fortable feeling to know one la a fool and so stepped into the holes and fell "Well," said the girl, "let us go." at full length on tho hard bricks. It And she handed the basket to the never hurt him, however, and Dorothy Scarecrow. would pick him up and set hlra upon There were no fences at all by the his feet again, whllo ho Joined her lo roadside now, and the land was rough laughing merrily at his own mishap. and utitilled. Towards evening they Tho farms were not nearly so well came t0 a Kreat forest, where the trees cared for here as they were farther Brew 80 b'K and close together that hark. There were f(wer hnnaea nnd their branches met over the road of fewer fruit trees, and tho farther they yellow brick. It was almost dark un went the more dismal and lonesome dcr the trees, for the branches shut the country became. ut the daylight ; but the travelers did At noon they sat down beside the not 8,P' n, went ou lnt0 tne rorest roadside, near a little brook, and Doro- "lf this road goes In, It must come thy opened her basket and got out out," said tho Scarecrow, "and -as tho some bread. She offered a piece to the Scarecrow, but he refused. "I am never hungry," he said; "and It Is a lucky thing I am not For my mouth is only painted, and lf I should cut a holo In it so I could eat, the straw I am stuffed with would come out, and that would spoil tho shape of my head." Dorothy saw at once that this was true, so she only nodded and went on eating her bread. ' "Tell me something about yourself, and the country' you came from," said the Scarecrow, when she had finished her dinner. So she told him all about Kansas, and how gray everything was there, and how the cyclone had carried her to this queer land of Oz. 'The Scarecrow listened carefully, and said: "I cannot understand why you should wish to leave this beautiful country and go back to the dry, gray placo you call Kansas." "That Is because you have no brains," answered tho girl. "No mat ter how dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than In any Africa. SI I ' the mmmmm , PLAYFUL PAteEnQEtoS The Scarecrow Looked at proachfully. Her Re- Emerald City Is at the other end ol thn rnnit wa moat frn u-hnrpvor If uiuur tumiiij,.uu n cvci du urauttiui. lends US M There Is no place like home The Scarecrow sighed. "Of course I cannot understand It," he said. "If your heads were stuffed with straw, like mine, you would prob- "Any one would know that," said Dorothy. "Certainly; that is why I know it." returned the Scarecrow. "If It re quired brains to figure it out, I never ably all live in the beautiful places, shoulJ hftVe Ba,a ,t and then Kansas would have no people at all. It la fortunate for Kansas that you have brains." "Won't you tell me a Story, while wo are resting?" asked the child. Tho Scarecrow looked at her re proachfully, and answered: After an hour or so the light failed away, and they found themselves stumbling along in the darkness. Dor othy could not see at all, but Toto could, for seme dogs see very well In the dark; and the Scarecrow de clared he could see as well as by day "My life has been so short that I go ghe took hoJ o hls and man. really know nothing whatever. I was d tQ , fa,r, un., uiHuo u, ucu.o " "if y0u, see any house, or any place . npiKNUU .,, uib u..U ut.u (0 uml when fan th() nIght she time is all unknown to me. Luckily, ,a,d( ..y(m mgt te mfc. for ,t ,g yery ueu u,o uiruirr umuc m, uuu, " uncomfortable walking In the dark." of the first things he did was to paint .,.. thn Rl,nrprrnw Btnnnnr, my ears, so that I heard what was go ing on. There was another Munchkln with him, and tho first thing I heard was the farmer saying: "'How do you like those ears?' "'They aren't straight,' answered to ask the great Oz to send me hack the other. to Kansas." "'Nevermind,' said the farmer; "Where is the Emerald City?" he In- they are ears Just the same,' which The Scarecrow. Quired; "and who is Oz?" "Why, don't you know?" she re turned, In surprise. was true enough. "I see a little cottage at the right of us," he snld, "built of logs and branches. Shall we go there?" "Yes, Indeed," answered the child. "I am all tired out." So the Scarecrow led her through the trees until they reached the cot tage, and Dorothy entered and found a bed of dried leaves In one corner. "No, indeed; I don't know anything, and as soon as it was finished I found You see, I am stuffed, so I have no myself looking at him and at every- brains at all." he answered, sadly. thing around me with a great deal of "Oh," said Dorothy; "I'm awfully curiosity, for this was my first glimpse sorry for you." 0f the world. "Do you think," he asked, "lf I go "'That's a rather pretty eye,' re- Sho lav dnwn at nnro inH with Tntn "Now I'll make the eyes,' Bald the h0Irin hpP Rnnn f -,, . ..,, ,. farmer. So he painted my right eye. The Scarecrow, who was never tired. stood up In another corner and waited patlenily until morning came. (TO BE CONTINUED.) At the Museum. "On this platform, ladles and gents," to the Emerald City with you, that tho marked the Munchkln who was watch- sal the lecturer, "you see Slg. great Oz would give me somo brains?" lng the farmer; 'blue paint Is Just the Pankey, the legless wonder, or human "I cannot tell," sho returned; "but color for eyes.' . stump, who was reduced to the condl- you may come with me, If you like, lf 'i think I'll make tho other a little tion In which you behold hlra by a Oz will not give you any brains you bigger,' said tho farmer; and when the a1"11-" ln the Indian ocean 14 years will be no worse off than you are second eye was done I could see much 8- S8- Pauley, as you see, haa no now." better than before. Then he made my whatever, and his principal and "That is true," said tho Scarecrow, nose and my mouth; but I did not occupation nowadays, ladles and "You see," he continued, confidential- speak, because at that tlir.o I didn't gents, Is eating his head off. Proceed- ly, "I don't mind my legs and arms know what a mouth was for. I had '"8 to tho next platform. I call your and body belns stuffed, because I can- tho lun of watching them make my attention to the Egyptlnn mummy, not get hurt. If any ono treads on my )0dy and my arma ami legs; and when supposed to be that of Raraesea the toes or sticks a pin Into me, it doesn't they fastened on my head, at last, I Great." had been out all the morning look ing for tracks of Hon, with no result, and on arrival at camp I was greeted with the news that a lioness had killed a big goat before sunset the previous day while the goats were out grazing I had lunch, and was doubt ful whether to go or not, as it seemed a very poor chance so late ln the day. Elme, my Somali, had been taken ill, so I had no shikari. However, B., who bad very kindly foregone the op portunity of going for her himself, lent me Hald, and off we went about two miles, where we found the horns and one or two small pieces of goat. Hald quickly got on to tho track, which he followed at the rate of four miles an hour, until we got Into a valley next beyond one ln which B had got a big lion a few days before, which we believe was tho father of the cubs Getting on to stony ground made things more difficult, but he still followed the tracks at a good pace, and we went some, way along a small nullah until Hald began to think we might be near. So he and I went for ward while the others went up the mullah. However, the track kept to the side of the nullah, and we pres ently got to a part where the nullah divided and thick bushes grew all round. Here we walked about search ing for the track. Presently we heard a whistle, so Hald and I rushed round to where Syce was standing with rather a scared face, pointing to the bushes close beside him. Just then I saw the lioness slinking between the bushes about SO yards off, and, as she was disappearing, I had a snap shot There was a growl, and the beast jumped into the air and immediately disappeared. We ran. Hald telling me to make a detour so as to come on the beaBt from an unexpected quarter; put it had gone on, and we soon got on to a pronounced blood track, which took us some way, then turned back it an acute angle more than once. It was now dusk, and tho tracks had taken us back to the spot where I had first shot. So Hald, vowing that the beast must be severely wounded or It would have gone further, said we must give It up and return the next day, when we should certainly find the beast dead. So confident was he that the men sang their triumphal lion song all the way back, which, of course, had the effect of bringing out the entire camp, which was a case of counting chickens before they were hatched. Next day we were off again ln good time, and on getting near the place came right on to fresh tracks. At first I thought it was a different Hon and that we should find the other dead; but this soon proved not to be the case, as we found blood. The tracks were only visible here and there and appeared to lead uphill towards the valley where U. had snot a lion. How ever, we searched about the bushes with rifles at the ready for some time, until we heard a honey-bird chat- orine lustily ln the nullah. These honey-birds come and call to guide man to where there Is a bees' nest in the hopes that the man will get at the honey which they themselves cannot get at But they also have a way of calling men If they see a Hon or a enake. Hald took It as a good indica tion; so we left the bushes and fol lowed the bird up the hill to the top, where It appeared to have nothing more to show. Finding no tracks Hald decided on a search down below "where we had previously been; but to cut a long story short after two hours' search we found that the bird bad been quite correct, and we took tp 'the track again at a point Just be 'yond where we had left It. Another three hours waB spent looking for the tracks over ln the next valley, the men being divided into three parties. Ultimately Hald pointed me out a smudge in the graved Boll which he Bald was the lioness. Although I had done a good deal of tracking, I could Bee no shape at all; but on Inspection we found, some twenty yards further A TEXAS CLERGYMAN back, an undoubted track on some softer ground. This led us Into a flat place with clumps of dense bush in tersected by bare ground; any of these clumps might have held an army of lions. This was the most critical part The lioness was wound ed, and we did not know how badly. She might have sprung on us from any of these dense bushes and, ln fact. the tracks ln one place led around into a bush we had already passed Luckily, she had gone on. A long wait ensued while the men were gath ered in and given instructions. Hald and I then crept noiselessly round to a fairly open space at right angles to the direction of the track, while an otner man was sent forward to a large ant-heap to mark. Presently Hald whispered: "There she Is; shoot!" and I could see a dark-colored beast threading Its way slowly through the bushes, heading straight toward us and about thirty-five yards off. As I put up my riflo it saw us and turned back. I Bhot and hit it behind the shoulder, the bullet lodging in front of the chest. We were at once ln hot pursuit, though I was delayed and actually prevented from having a second shot by a cartridge Jamming. The lioness was soon found in a dense bush dead. She was hauled out and photographed. On cutting her open we found she was full of milk, so we decided to go the next day and see if there were any cubs about Three of them were found ln a crevasse near the spot where the lioness had been killed the previous day. They were the size of half-grown cats and looked half asleep, and not at all resentful. They were rather dull, sleepy little beasts for the first week or two, but woke up when feed ing time came. Wo kept three goats for them, who showed little objection, except when the latter dug their claws ln. They commenced teething a week after we got them, and when the canines began to appear they suf fered considerably, one ln particular getting quite cantankerous. They traveled each day on a fast mule, a camel being too apt to Jolt and a donkey not fast enough. On arrival at camp and at the midday halt they got a drink from the goats, which traveled along, keeping pace with the mule all the way. We were making for the coast by Abyssinia, and reached Harrar when they were about three weeks old. Here they had the run of our bedrooms In an old Arab house, and occasionally got outside on the veranda, one distinguishing itself by falling down into the yard below, a feat which had absolutely no ill ef fects. They loved the early morning sun, but by 7:30 It was already too hot and they craved for shade. We heard at Harrar that we might experience difficulty with the Abys- slnlans. It appears that all llona are considered to be the perquisite of Menelik, Hons being the royal arms and that no one Is allowed to take Hons out of the country. So we put them on a camel passing out of Har rar and escaped attention. They slept contentedly all the way, every march and arrived with excellent tempers and appetites. On arrival at Dlrldawa, the head of the French railway from Jibuti into Abysslonla. they were well housed In a loose box In the Hotel Continental, It was at this place, at abou the age of five weeks, that we first tried them with meat They took no Interest in it at first, and in the first few days we had to put pieces In their mouths, which thew mistook for the teat, and which, on being sucked hard, not un naturally, disappeared down their throats. We tried them with blood, but they did not care about it. They got quite excited over a freshly killed goat sucking hard at the neck, Just at the spot where a grown lion bites its prey, namely, low down on tho front of the neck. Speaks Out for the Benefit of Suffer lng Thousands. Rer. O. M. Gray, Baptist clergy man, of Whitesboro, Tex., says: "Four years ago I suffered misery with lumbago. Every movement was one of pain. Doan'a Kid ney Pills removed the whole difficulty after only a short time. Although I do not like to have my . name used publicly, I make an exception ln this case, so that other sufferers 1 from kidney trouble may profit by my experience." Sold by all dealers. E0 cents a bctt Foster-MUburn Co., Buffalo, N. T. Douglas Jerrold' Wit On the first night of the representa tion of Jerrold's pieces a successful adapter from the French rallied him on his nervousness. "I," eald the adapter, "never feel nervous on the first night of my pieces." "Ah, my boy," Jerrold replied, "you are always certain of success. Your pieces have all been tried before." He was sorely disappointed with a certain book written by one of his friends. This friend heard that Jer rold had expressed his disappoint ment and questioned him: "I hear you said was the worst book I ever wrote." "No, I didn't," came the answer; "I said it was the worst book anybody ever wrote." Of a mistaken philanthropist Jer rold Bald he was "so benevolent, bo merciful a man he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain." Argonaut. Mottoes of a Queen. Her majesty, the queen of Portugal, pins her faith, it Is Eald, to the follow ing mottoes: Keep out of doors all you can. Breathe outdoor air, live ln it revel in it Don't shut yourself up. Build your houses bo that the air supply Is good. Throw away your portieres and bric-a-brac Don't have useless trifles about you. Have a favorite form of exercise and make the most of it Ride on horseback if you can; cycle if you can not get a horse; do anything to get out in the open air. Don't overeat Drink little and let that little be pure. Don't try to dress too much, yet dress as well as you are able. Wear everything you can to make yourself lovely. What's the Matter with Baby7 'I wonder what makes baby cry so?" Bald the first friendly person. "Perhaps a pin Is annoying it," ven tured another. "Or else It's hungry," Bald a third. "Or teething," said another. "You can't do anything for that." . "Aw, look at the way he's kicking, and see how his little fists are doubled up," put ln Bobby. "He -grants some body of his own size to fight with, that's what he wants." Just an Angel. "My wife is awfully good to me." "Lucky man! How does she show It?" "She lets me spend all the money I save by shaving myself to buy base ball tickets." Cleveland Leader. Quite True. "Alas!" moaned the egg on the kitchen table, waiting for the cook's beater, "give every man his dessert and which of us escapes whipping?" At a rose competition ln Paris re cently, 69 entirely new varieties of roses were exhibited. Your fellow countrymen bought $11,- 000,000 worth of patent medicine, PRESSED HARD Coffee's Weight on Old Ago. When prominent men realize the in jurious effects of coffee and the change in health that Postum can bring, they are glad to lend their testimony for the benefit of others. A superintendent of public schools In North Carolina says: "My mother since her early child hood, was an Inveterate coffee drinker and had been troubled with her hoart for a number of years, and com plained of that 'weak all over' feeling and sick stomach. "Some time ago I was making an of ficial visit to a distant part of the country and took dinner with one of the merchants of the place. I no ticed a somewhat peculiar flavor of the coffee, and asked him concerning it He replied that It was Postum. . "I was so pleased with it, that after tho meal was over, I bought a pack age to carry home with mc, and had wife prepare some for the next meal. The wholo family liked it so well, that we discontinued coffee and used Postum entirely. "I had really been at times very anx ious concerning my mother's condition, but we noticed that after using Postum for a short time, she felt so much better than she did prior to Its use, and had little trouble with her heart and no sick stomach; that thn headaches were not so frequent, and her general condition much Improved. This continued until she was as well and hearty ns the rest of us. "I know Postum has benefited my self and the other members of the fam ily, but not ln so marked a degree as ln the case of my mother, as she was a victim of long standing." Read "The Road to Wcllvllle," in pkgs. "There's a neason." Tver rend the nhove tettert A new one nptenr from time to time. They nre aenulae, true, and full of liuiuaa Intrreat. to