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any misfortune there it will reflect upon me, for Jinxland is a part of my

dominions."

Can't we help them in any way?" inquired Dorothy. "That seems like a nice

little girl. I'd be sorry if anything happened to her."

Let us watch the picture for awhile," suggested Ozma, and so they all drew

chairs before the Magic Picture and followed the adventures of Trot and Cap'n

Bill and Button-Bright. Presently the scene shifted and showed their friend

the Scarecrow crossing the mountains into Jinxland, and that somewhat

relieved Ozma's anxiety, for she knew at once that Glinda the Good had sent

the Scarecrow to protect the strangers.

The adventures in Jinxland proved very interesting to the three girls in Ozma's

palace, who during the succeeding days spent much of their time in watching

the picture. It was like a story to them.

That girl's a reg'lar trump!" exclaimed Dorothy, referring to Trot, and Ozma

answered:

She's a dear little thing, and I'm sure nothing very bad will happen to her.

The old sailor is a fine character, too, for he has never once grumbled over

being a grasshopper, as so many would have done."

When the Scarecrow was so nearly burned up the girls all shivered a little,

and they clapped their hands in joy when the flock of Orks came and saved

him.

So it was that when all the exciting adventures in Jinxland were over and the

four Orks had begun their flight across the mountains to carry the mortals

into the Land of Oz, Ozma called the Wizard to her and asked him to prepare a

place for the strangers to sleep.

The famous Wizard of Oz was a quaint little man who inhabited the royal

palace and attended to all the magical things that Ozma wanted done. He was

not as powerful as Glinda, to be sure, but he could do a great many wonderful

things. He proved this by placing a house in the uninhabited part of the

Quadling Country where the Orks landed Cap'n Bill and Trot and Button-

Bright, and fitting it with all the comforts I have described in the last chapter.

Next morning Dorothy said to Ozma:

The Scarecrow of Oz