country, no one there would need a dark well. P'raps there isn't
such a thing."

"Oh, there must be!" returned Ojo, positively; "or else the recipe of
Dr. Pipt wouldn't call for it."

"That's true," agreed Dorothy; "and, if it's anywhere in the Land of Oz,
we're bound to find it."

"Well, we're bound to _search_ for it, anyhow," said the Scarecrow. "As
for finding it, we must trust to luck."

"Don't do that," begged Ojo, earnestly. "I'm called Ojo the Unlucky, you
know."

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TROUBLE WITH THE TOTTENHOTS

CHAP. 19

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A day's journey from the Emerald City brought the little band of
adventurers to the home of Jack Pumpkinhead, which was a house formed
from the shell of an immense pumpkin. Jack had made it himself and was
very proud of it. There was a door, and several windows, and through the
top was stuck a stovepipe that led from a small stove inside. The door
was reached by a flight of three steps and there was a good floor on
which was arranged some furniture that was quite comfortable.

It is certain that Jack Pumpkinhead might have had a much finer house to
live in had he wanted it, for Ozma loved the stupid fellow, who had been
her earliest companion; but Jack preferred his pumpkin house, as it
matched himself very well, and in this he was not so stupid, after all.

The body of this remarkable person was made of wood, branches of trees
of various sizes having been used for the purpose. This wooden framework
was covered by a red shirt--with white spots in it--blue trousers, a
yellow vest, a jacket of green-and-gold and stout leather shoes. The
neck was a sharpened stick on which the pumpkin head was set, and the
eyes, ears, nose and mouth were carved on the skin of the pumpkin, very
like a child's jack-o'-lantern.

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The house of this interesting creation stood in the center of a vast
pumpkin-field, where the vines grew in profusion and bore pumpkins of
extraordinary size as well as those which were smaller. Some of the
pumpkins now ripening on the vines were almost as large as Jack's house,
and he told Dorothy he intended to add another pumpkin to his mansion.

The travelers were cordially welcomed to this quaint domicile and
invited to pass the night there, which they had planned to do. The
Patchwork Girl was greatly interested in Jack and examined him
admiringly.

"You are quite handsome," she said; "but not as really beautiful as the
Scarecrow.