Come along with me." He started down a path and Ozma and Dorothy followed him without protest, as they wanted to see the most important person in this queer country.

The houses they passed seemed pleasant enough and each had a little yard in which were flowers and vegetables.

Walls of rock separated the dwellings, and all the paths were paved with smooth slabs of rock.

This seemed their only building material and they utilized it cleverly for every purpose.
Directly in the center of the great saucer stood a larger building which the Flathead informed the girls was the palace of the Supreme Dictator.

He led them through an entrance hall into a big reception room, where they sat upon stone benches and awaited the coming of the Dictator.