"There's no doubt of it." The Queen turned to Ozma.
"Do you dare make such a claim ?" she asked.
By this time Ozma had made up her mind as to the character of this haughty and disdainful creature, whose self-pride evidently led her to believe herself superior to all others.
"I did not come here to quarrel with your Majesty," said the girl Ruler of Oz, quietly.

"What and who I am is well established, and my authority comes from the Fairy Queen Lurline, of whose band I was a member when Lurline made all Oz a Fairyland.

There are several countries and several different peoples in this broad land, each of which has its separate rulers, Kings, Emperors and Queens.

But all these render obedience to my laws and acknowledge me as the supreme Ruler." "If other Kings and Queens are fools that does not interest me in the least," replied Coo-ee-oh, disdainfully.

"In the Land of the Skeezers I alone am supreme.