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or without an escort that befitted her royal state. She was gone, however, and
none had seen her go. Dorothy had met and questioned the Scarecrow, Tik-
Tok, the Shaggy Man, Button-Bright, Cap'n Bill, and even the wise and
powerful Wizard of Oz, but not one of them had seen Ozma since she parted
with her friends the evening before and had gone to her own rooms.
"
"
She didn't say anything las' night about going anywhere," observed little Trot.
No, and that's the strange part of it," replied Dorothy. "Usually Ozma lets us
know of everything she does."
"
Why not look in the Magic Picture?" suggested Betsy Bobbin. "That will tell
us where she is in just one second."
"
Of course!" cried Dorothy. "Why didn't I think of that before?" And at once
the three girls hurried away to Ozma's boudoir, where the Magic Picture
always hung. This wonderful Magic Picture was one of the royal Ozma's
greatest treasures. There was a large gold frame in the center of which was a
bluish-gray canvas on which various scenes constantly appeared and
disappeared. If one who stood before it wished to see what any person
anywhere in the world was doing, it was only necessary to make the wish and
the scene in the Magic Picture would shift to the scene where that person was
and show exactly what he or she was then engaged in doing. So the girls
knew it would be easy for them to wish to see Ozma, and from the picture they
could quickly learn where she was.
Dorothy advanced to the place where the picture was usually protected by
thick satin curtains and pulled the draperies aside. Then she stared in
amazement, while her two friends uttered exclamations of disappointment.
The Magic Picture was gone. Only a blank space on the wall behind the
curtains showed where it had formerly hung.
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