CHAPTERS

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1 THE EARTHQUAKE 13

2 THE GLASS CITY 23

3 THE ARRIVAL OF THE WIZARD 41

4 THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM 55

5 DOROTHY PICKS THE PRINCESS 64

6 THE MANGABOOS PROVE DANGEROUS 77

7 INTO THE BLACK PIT AND OUT AGAIN 88

8 THE VALLEY OF VOICES 95

9 THEY FIGHT THE INVISIBLE BEARS 106

10 THE BRAIDED MAN OF PYRAMID MT 120

11 THEY MEET THE WOODEN GARGOYLES 131

12 A WONDERFUL ESCAPE 142

13 THE DEN OF THE DRAGONETTES 160

14 OZMA USES THE MAGIC BELT 172

15 OLD FRIENDS ARE REUNITED 187

16 JIM, THE CAB-HORSE 203

17 THE NINE TINY PIGLETS 217

18 THE TRIAL OF EUREKA, THE KITTEN 231

19 THE WIZARD PERFORMS ANOTHER TRICK 240

20 ZEB RETURNS TO THE RANCH 251

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CHAPTER 1.

THE EARTHQUAKE

The train from 'Frisco was very late. It should have arrived at Hugson's
siding at midnight, but it was already five o'clock and the gray dawn
was breaking in the east when the little train slowly rumbled up to the
open shed that served for the station-house. As it came to a stop the
conductor called out in a loud voice:

"Hugson's Siding!"

At once a little girl rose from her seat and walked to the door of the
car, carrying a wicker suit-case in one hand and a round bird-cage
covered up with newspapers in the other, while a parasol was tucked
under her arm. The conductor helped her off the car and then the
engineer started his train again, so that it puffed and groaned and
moved slowly away up the track. The reason he was so late was because
all through the night