If anything happened to him, it would break my heart." "It would hurt me worse than that," declared Shaggy.

"You must admit, Your Majesty, that I am commander of this expedition, for it is my brother we are seeking, rather than plunder.

But I and my companions would like the assistance of your Army, and if you help us to conquer Ruggedo and to rescue my brother from captivity we will allow you to keep all the gold and jewels and other plunder you may find." This prospect was so tempting that the officers began whispering together and presently Colonel Cheese said: "Your Majesty, by combining our brains we have just evolved a most brilliant idea.

We will make the Clockwork Man the private soldier!" "Who?
Me ?" asked Tik-Tok.

"Not for a sin-gle sec-ond! I can-not fight, and you must not for-get that it was Rug-ge-do who threw me in the well." "At that time you had no gun," said Polychrome.