from outside to visit them. I have learned that the
Flatheads number about one hundred people -- men, women
and children -- while the Skeezers number just one
hundred and one."

"What did they quarrel about, and why do they wish to
fight one another?" was Ozma's next question.

"I cannot tell your Majesty that," said Glinda.

"But see here!" cried Dorothy, "it's against the law
for anyone but Glinda and the Wizard to work magic in
the Land of Oz, so if these two strange people are
magic-makers they are breaking the law and ought to be
punished!" Ozma smiled upon her little friend.

"Those who do not know me or my laws," she said,
"cannot be expected to obey my laws. If we know nothing
of the Skeezers or the Flatheads, it is likely that
they know nothing of us."

"But they ought to know, Ozma, and we ought to know.
Who's going to tell them, and how are we going to make
them behave?"

"That," returned Ozma, "is what I am now considering.
What would you advise, Glinda?"

The Sorceress took a little time to consider this
question, before she made reply. Then she said: "Had