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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL! PORTLAND.' 5ATUJLIDAY 'rlTVTIinNTJ, 1MY W -ITJOE1
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TflE ADVENTURES OF BESSY BUS BODY
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(luulrteart. f jes (fought Yd tfrop.in at ftl castle and get fiim to teach me
seme K J, knocked, but no one aaswered, to I jet walked right !n.
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r AFTER NOSIKQ awundlRMtttfn tome tiff Htft int room. I
heard voicei at hit, and pecking through a Joor I taw the Wicked W!iard
and the Grand Duke, the Qucen'i Uncle, talking very etcitedly about the
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SO I SNEAKED fnw thiToom amt ilid behind a'cumtn Jet. for
tun, and Great Goodnettt I heard 'em plotting to kill the Queen by a Magic
Sleeping Potion the Magician had Invented. - v - .
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awWHEN THE'CRAND'DTJKEmntecftftiof tfcat tbe'ttuf ana
deadly, the Wit jet' held a aponga with Hut atuf on it under the tittfe dog't
note and the poor .pup keeled over dead. gucat that'll do'the work, and
I'll be Xlng.tomorrow, for the Queen hat no other hejrtr aaid he.
WELC?MEBBE TTnitfit meal out f Om entrte and run down
( frtr the Qoevi't 1'alace ! The Queen wa to be chloroformed tlut '
nd f alone could tave her! The guard athe gate tried to itop me, '
f alul under hit urm and ran up the palace ttept and right into the
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CrJM FOUND THE QUEEN nd told tkcTtha whole ttory at once.
She refuted to bclievcrthat her dear Uncle, the Grand Duke, would be guilty
of tuch a plot, to I thowed her how to prove it.
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7-s-JES' KEEP QUIET Wout1tt ald;an3WtTome -kind of a
dummy in your place in bed. Then we can hide near bv and aee the whole
thow and capture the Wicked Murderers." And that it what we did. Late
that night we hid in the Royal Bedchamber and waited. O. it wat terribly
exciting!
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; THE OUEEN WANTED to call the award and capture the
would-be atsattinationer, or whatever you call 'em, hut I had a frr plan.
So I persuaded her to go to sleep and wait until morning. Then I asked her
to write a note to the Grand Duke saying the Queen wat dead, and that he
mutt come at once to the Royal r!ace,to be.erowned.Then 1 tenf the
4QufJJlera.d with.thef.ot6,- .
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toWHEN'THE'GRANn'nUKP rtifiris r wfrW W
anj shouted to the Magician: "Come. RlarkHonrt.; m.'nini linim in th
Palace. 1 am King, (pr tbe.Qwfen isdead!", "The Queen it dead, long live
the King,!" laimed"ttWiard, qi)J jhey ij)ut'.tpnref' r "
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-:'!T SEEMED TEN ykrfbcfoTthearatheobr creak and tawl
two figures glide into the room and over to the bed. The Wicker Wiiardj
listened a moment to be tare Her M.ileirv was sound aslceo. Then he oentlvf
held the aponte with the Manic Potion under her nousr.tvll. hnr it I
the dummy's nose. Then he slii out and escaped " I
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J i THE QUEEN HAD aitembled "all her nobles and courtters and I
u mivmi wmi naa nippcncu, ana tnat tney must anow tne oranii puke t
end the throne. So when the Grand Duke arrived they all ahouted, "Lon
n . !.in na " Ml on thehrone ana appointed the Magician hi
Prime MinisterThfin the'jQ'ueen entered and.thf Grand Duke ell all in
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- . it mii yuttJN utJNUUWCtU the Wicked Grand Duke and
kingdom at once and be exiled forever.-So they xootedt Then the Queen
tola riirhf nut hpfnr rvrtvhntlv that I ht uil h.. I:. j i .1 I
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