. St. Nicholas [serial] . i£m f 0 WrkiMi. --=. ??#+, the new man seems very popular; see how they crowd around , they are trying to get him to play on the foot-ball Queen Zixi of Ix. Copyright, 1905, by L. Frank Baum. By L. Frank Baum, Author of The Wizard of Oz. Chapter XXI. THE SEARCH FOR THE MAGIC CLOAK. The sun had scarcely risen next morningwhen our friends left the city of Ix in search ofthe magic cloak. All were mounted on stronghorses, with a dozen soldiers riding behind toprotect them from harm, while the royal stewardof the witch-queen followed with two donkeysladen wit


. St. Nicholas [serial] . i£m f 0 WrkiMi. --=. ??#+, the new man seems very popular; see how they crowd around , they are trying to get him to play on the foot-ball Queen Zixi of Ix. Copyright, 1905, by L. Frank Baum. By L. Frank Baum, Author of The Wizard of Oz. Chapter XXI. THE SEARCH FOR THE MAGIC CLOAK. The sun had scarcely risen next morningwhen our friends left the city of Ix in search ofthe magic cloak. All were mounted on stronghorses, with a dozen soldiers riding behind toprotect them from harm, while the royal stewardof the witch-queen followed with two donkeysladen with hampers of provisions from which tofeed the travelers on their way. It was a long journey to the wide river, butthey finally reached it, and engaged the ferry-man to take them across. The ferryman didnot like to visit the other shore, which was inthe kingdom of Noland; for several of theRoly-Rogues had already been seen upon themountain-top. But the guard of soldiers reas-sured the man ; so he rowed his big boat acrosswith the entire party, and set them safely on the shore. The ferrymans little daughter was inthe boat, but she was not sobbing to-day. Onthe contrary, her


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