THE GNOME KING
of OZ
By
RUTH PLUMLY THOMPSON
Founded on and continuing the Famous Oz Stories
By
L. FRANK BAUM
“Royal Historian of Oz”
Illustrated by
JOHN R. NEILL
The Reilly & Lee Co.
Chicago
by
The Reilly & Lee Co.
All Rights Reserved
Made in U. S. A.
Well, Boys and Girls! After Betsy’s adventures last year with theHungry Tiger and the Prince of Rash, I did think everything excitingthat could happen had happened in the Land of OZ. I rather expectedthis year’s history would be a drowsy record of birthdays, visitings andtrips to undiscovered countries.
But scarcely had I begun on the first birthday, which happened tobe Cap’n Bill’s and which Dorothy had written me all about, when aspecial radiogram arrived from the Emerald City. Ruggedo, the oldGnome King, had escaped from Runaway Island. The Patchwork Girlhad disappeared from the Capital. You can imagine how anxiously Iwaited for further news. Would Ruggedo succeed in capturing Oz?Where was Scraps? How would the adventure end?
Well, even I did not guess the way it did end, and as you are probablyas curious as I was, I’ll only say that it’s the most unexpected andmysterious happening yet! Reall