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but he still saw nothing inside it.
"Now for the ambition that had Jenny's head
turned." This time the Wizard not only adjusted the
screw, but turned the cap. He was smiling at Jenny.
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Number Nine was amazed at the change that now
came to Jenny's face. Not only was she looking
milder, happier, and younger; she was actually twice
as pretty as she had been. Number Nine's blue face
shone with affection. He could hardly wait for Jenny
to awaken.
The Wizard took off the conical cap and held it up
like a wire cage.
"Do you see what we have here, Ozma?" he said,
turning the cap.
"Yes, I see. She will be so much happier without
those," said Ozma.
The Wizard looked at Number Nine and Dorothy.
"Interesting specimens, aren't they?" he remarked,
twirling the cap.
Number Nine shook his head. The wire hat looked
empty to him. "Gee, Wiz, I don't see anything," he
said.
Princess Dorothy said, "You forget, Wizard, that
we don't have magical eyes like you and Ozma."
The Wizard laughed. "I can remedy that."
He reached into his black bag and took out a small
can labeled "Visibility Powder." Holding the cap
high, he said, "The bad temper, the envy, and
ambition have no shape or substance except to
magical eyes. When I sprinkle some Visibility
Powder into the cap, those three will take shapes
which your eyes will see."
At this moment the door opened, and Jellia Jamb
with Glinda the Good peeped into the room. Ozma
beckoned to them to enter. They came on tiptoe to
the foot of the bed. In her hands Jellia was holding
something that was covered with a gold cloth. Glinda
the Good was dressed in a long red robe of flamingo
feathers, sewn about with rubies. Her beautiful hair
flowed down to her shoulders.
The Wizard waved the can of Visibility Powder.
"Now, watch," he said and turned the can over the
conical cap, sprinkling the powder downward. Im-
mediately Number Nine saw an object moving within
the fine mesh of the cap. Looking closer, he saw a
black wasp buzzing angrily about and darting at
the mesh as if it wanted to get out and sting
someone.
"That is bad temper," said the Wizard, and shook
more powder over the cage-like cap.
At once, a small green snake was wriggling there.
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"That's envy," spoke the Wizard, and for the third
time he sprinkled some powder.
Number Nine saw a fat red toad, with a spotted
back, hopping about. "And that," said the Wizard,
"is ambition. Now Jenny is free of all these three.
Interesting specimens, don't you think?"
"What are you going to do with them, Wizard?"
asked Glinda the Good.
"I'll keep them in my laboratory for experiments,
and later I'll give them to Professor Wogglebug for
his zoology classes at his College of Art and Athletic
Perfection."
The Wizard placed the cap with its three captives
in his black bag and replaced the can of Visi-
bility Powder. He turned to Ozma. 'I turn the pa-
tient over to you."
Ozma took Jenny's hand, leaned over the sleeping
girl, and blew softly on both her eyes.
Jenny's eyes opened. She stared around her and
said, "Why, I am in the palace!" Then she sat up-
right, smiling and stretching her arms. "How grand
I feel!" she exclaimed. "Like a new person!"
Ozma smiled. "You are a new person, Jenny. You
will always be sweet tempered, modest, and kind. All
the people of Oz shall love you, and this boy" --turn-
ing her eyes to Number Nine--"shall love you most
of all." Number Nine blushed a furious blue.
Glinda the Good smiled at Jenny. "Ozma has a
lovely surprise for you."
Princess Dorothy and Jellia Jamb nodded their
heads, smiling at Jenny
"For me?" said Jenny. Her voice was a young
girl's voice, and her eyes had a childish wonder in
them.
Ozma said, "Since the day you landed in my
carriage at my Birthday Parade, Jenny, you have
done many good things for my people. For this you
deserve a reward."
Ozma's hand went to the jewelled scepter that
hung from her belt. She held it over Jenny's head.
"Jenny Jump, I bestow upon you the title of First
Duchess of the Realm."
"A Duchess!" cried Jenny. "Oh, thank you so
much!"
Ozma lowered her scepter and went on, "You shall
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