"I'm not afraid of him.

Why, only the other day I met the fellow and threw him down a well." "Then some one must have pulled him out again," said Kaliko.

"And there's a little girl--" "Dorothy ?" asked Ruggedo, jumping up in fear.
"No; some other girl.

In fact, there are several girls, of various sizes; but Dorothy is not with them, nor is Ozma." "That's good!" exclaimed the King, sighing in relief.
Kaliko still had his eye to the spyglass.
"I see," said he, "an army of men from Oogaboo.

They are all officers and carry swords.