John R. Neill: lllustrations for OZMAN OF OZ by L. Frank Baum, 1st Part

Ozma of Oz: A Record of Her Adventures with Dorothy Gale of Kansas, Billina the Yellow Hen, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, Tik-Tok, the Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger; Besides Other Good People Too Numerous to Mention Faithfully Recorded Herein published on July 30, 1907, was the third book of L. Frank Baum's Oz series. It was the first in which Baum was clearly intending a series of Oz books. (Wikipedia)
John Rea Neill (November 12, 1877 – September 19, 1943) was a magazine and children's book illustrator primarily known for illustrating more than forty stories set in the Land of Oz.

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So she sat down in a corner of the coop, leaned her back against the slats, nodded at the friendly stars before she closed her eyes, and was asleep in half a minute.

Musing on these things the girl put the key in
the pocket of her dress and then slowly drew on her
shoes and stockings, which the sun had fully dried.
"I b'lieve, Billina," she said, "Til have a look
'round, and see if I can find some breakfast."

Dorothy turned quickly around, and saw coming
out of a path that led from between the trees the
most peculiar person her eyes had ever beheld.
It had the form of a man, except that it walked,
or rather rolled, upon all fours, and its legs were the
same length as its arms, giving them the appearance
of the four legs of a beast.

"Stay where we are," advised the yellow hen.
"We are safe from the Wheelers until we starve to
death, anyhow; and before that time comes a good
many things can happen."

So Dorothy searched in the pocket of her dress
and found the golden key. And when she had put
it into the hole of the rock, and turned it, a sudden
sharp snap was heard;...

...and then kneeled before Dorothy. Said he:
" From this time forth I am your o-be-di-ent servant.
What-ev-er you com-mand, that I will do
will-ing-ly—if you keep me wound up."
"What is your name?" she asked.
"Tik-tok," he replied.

"And now/' said Dorothy, when all this was accomplished,
"tell me what you were going to say
about the Wheelers."
"Why, they are noth-ing to be fright-en'd at,"
said the machine.

"Be kind e-nough to fol-low me," he said, "and
I will lead you a-way from here to the town of Evna,
where you will be more com-for-ta-ble, and also
I will pro-tect you from the Wheel-ers."
"All right," answered Dorothy, promptly. "I'm
ready!"