"It doesn't matter keep the Woozy until you get the rest things , beast three hairs Crooked Magician and let him find way to extract 'em the other things ? "

"One," said Ojo, "is six-leaved clover "

"You ought that fields around the Emerald City," said the Shaggy Man " Law against picking six-leaved clovers, but get Ozma to let one "

" ," replied Ojo "The next thing left wing of yellow butterfly "

" go Winkie Country," the Shaggy Man declared "I've never noticed any butterflies there, but yellow country of Oz and it's ruled by good friend , the Tin Woodman "

"Oh, I've heard of him ! " exclaimed Ojo " wonderful man "

"So , heart is wonderfully kind I'm sure the Tin Woodman will do all power to to save your Unc Nunkie and poor Margolotte "

"The next thing find," said the Munchkin boy, "is gill of water from dark well "

"Indeed ! Well, more difficult," said the Shaggy Man, scratching his left ear in puzzled way "I've never heard of dark well; ? "

"No," said Ojo

" where one found ? " inquired the Shaggy Man

" 't imagine," said Ojo

"Then Scarecrow "

"The Scarecrow ! But surely, sir, scarecrow can't know anything "

"Most scarecrows don't, I admit," answered the Shaggy Man "But this Scarecrow of whom I speak is very intelligent He claims to possess the best brains in all Oz "

"Better than mine ? " asked Scraps

"Better than mine ? " echoed the Glass Cat "Mine are pink, and you 'em work "

"Well, 't see the Scarecrow's brains work, but lot of clever thinking," asserted the Shaggy Man "If anyone knows where dark well is, it's my friend the Scarecrow "

"Where does he live ? " inquired Ojo

"He has splendid castle Winkie Country, near palace friend the Tin Woodman, and often found Emerald City, where he visits Dorothy royal palace "

"Then ask him dark well," said Ojo

"But what else does this Crooked Magician want ? " asked the Shaggy Man

"A drop of oil from live man's body "

"Oh; but there isn't such thing "

" what ," replied Ojo; "but the Crooked Magician said it wouldn't be called for recipe couldn't be found, and therefore search until it "

" you good luck," said the Shaggy Man, shaking his head doubtfully; "but I imagine you'll have hard job getting drop of oil from live man's body There's blood in body, but no oil "

"There's cotton in mine," said Scraps, dancing little jig

"I don't doubt it," returned the Shaggy Man admiringly "You're regular comforter and as sweet as patchwork All you lack is dignity "

"I hate dignity," cried Scraps, kicking pebble high air and then trying to catch it as it fell "Half the fools and all the wise folks are dignified, and I'm neither the one nor the other "

"She's just crazy," explained the Glass Cat

The Shaggy Man laughed

"She's delightful, in her way," "I'm sure Dorothy pleased with her, Scarecrow will dote on her Did you say you were traveling toward the Emerald City ? "

"Yes," replied Ojo " best place , at first, because the six-leaved clover found there "

"I'll go ," said the Shaggy Man, "and show you the way "

" ," exclaimed Ojo " it won't put you out any "

"No," said the other, "I wasn't going anywhere I've been rover all my life, and although Ozma me suite of beautiful rooms in her palace I still get the wandering fever once in while and start out to roam the country over I've been away Emerald City several weeks, , and now that I've met you and your friends I'm sure interest me to accompany you great city of Oz and introduce you to my friends "

" very nice," said the boy, gratefully

" your friends dignified," observed Scraps

"Some are, and some ," he answered; "but I never criticise my friends really true friends, anything they like, for all of me "

"There's some sense ," said Scraps, nodding her queer head in approval "Come on, and let's get Emerald City " she ran up the path, skipping and dancing, and then turned to await them

" quite distance from here Emerald City," remarked the Shaggy Man, "so get there to-day, nor to-morrow Therefore jaunt in an easy manner I'm an old traveler found that I never gain anything by being in hurry 'Take it easy' is my motto 't take it easy, take it as easy "

After walking some distance over the road of yellow bricks Ojo said hungry and would stop to eat some bread and cheese He offered portion food Shaggy Man, who thanked him but refused it

"When I start out on my travels," said he, "I carry along enough square meals to last me several weeks Think I'll indulge in one now, as long 're stopping anyway "

Saying this, bottle pocket and shook tablet size of one of Ojo's finger-nails

"That," announced the Shaggy Man, "is square meal, in condensed form Invention great Professor Woggle-Bug, Royal College of Athletics It contains soup, fish, roast meat, salad, apple-dumplings, ice cream and chocolate- drops, all boiled down small size, so it conveniently carried and swallowed hungry and need square meal "

"I'm square," said the Woozy " one, please "

So the Shaggy Man gave the Woozy tablet bottle beast ate it in twinkling

" now had six course dinner," declared the Shaggy Man

"Pshaw ! " said the Woozy, ungratefully, " to taste something There's no fun sort of eating "

"One should only eat to sustain life," replied the Shaggy Man, " tablet is equal to peck of other food "

"I don't care something chew and taste," grumbled the Woozy

" quite wrong, my poor beast," said the Shaggy Man in tone of pity "Think how tired your jaws would get chewing square meal like this, condensed size of small tablet-- swallow in jiffy "

"Chewing isn't tiresome; it's fun, maintained the Woozy "I always chew the honey-bees when I catch them some bread and cheese, Ojo "

"No, no ! You've already eaten big dinner ! " protested the Shaggy Man

" ," answered the Woozy; "but I guess I'll fool myself by munching some bread and cheese not be hungry, having eaten all those things me, but I consider this eating business matter of taste, and I like to realize what's going into me "

Ojo gave the beast what , but the Shaggy Man shook his shaggy head reproachfully and said no animal so obstinate or hard as Woozy

moment patter of footsteps was heard, and looking up they saw the live phonograph standing before them It seemed passed through many adventures since Ojo comrades last saw the machine, varnish wooden case was all marred and dented and scratched in way that gave it an aged and disreputable appearance

"Dear me ! " exclaimed Ojo, staring hard "What has happened ? "

"Nothing much," replied the phonograph in sad and depressed voice "I've had enough things thrown at me, since I left you, to stock department store and furnish half dozen bargain-counters "

" so broken up that 't play ? " asked Scraps

"No; I still am able to grind out delicious music Just now I've record on tap really superb," said the phonograph, growing more cheerful

" too bad," remarked Ojo "We've no objection as machine, ; but as music-maker we hate you "

"Then why was I ever invented ? " demanded the machine, in tone of indignant protest

They looked at one another inquiringly, but no one could answer such puzzling question Finally the Shaggy Man said:

"I'd like to hear the phonograph play "