The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-02
Howard Saved the Old Mans
Life by Giving His Enemy
a SeidIitz Powder of
=. Enormous Size

to leave the house at once. She said she wouldn't
remain minute longer IN q place infested
by wizards and Panjandrums and ran upstairs to
gather her children together and pack up to nova
out She had only got to the parlor when Mr..
Hopper came home, but he had forgotten the nails
and hammer because he had stopped to talk politics
to the cigar man When he heard about Mr.. Skeets
ne ran down to the cellar and had long talk with
the wizard. When he had finished he told him
that he was willing to let him remain In his closet
if he wished and that he would try to think of sons
way to get rid of the Panjandrum, after which he
went TO the ibary to look up all manner of traps
In his book hunting and fishing.
When night came Howard placed himself in the
window and watched for the Panjandrum for hours
and fell asleep there About midnight his father
came and walked him, whispering: 'Its here"
Howard looked out and saw the awful thing
drinking from the basin of the fountain. It had
a great round head, something like tigers, long
neck and body like that of a small bear, all warty
and lumpy but he couldn't see its feet at ALL for
they close to its body as to be invisible 1t
drank all the water in the basn and then held It's
mouth close to the shell for a long time. Mr..
Hooper hadn't brought his gun, for he had IN fact
hardly believed what Skeets had told him about
the animal, but now he went for it and got it.
remember in what barrel she had packed his shells,
and so he couldn't fire at the Panjandrum. Toward
dawn it went away into the woods.
Then Howard set to work to think out some
way to destroy the awful creature, and after a
long time he thought of plan which was very
original and clever. Knowing that no bullets would
harm 1t he had to discover method of attacking
the Panjandrum from the inside, where he was weak
and vulnerable, and he proceeded to arrange for his
attack He went to the drug store without telling
anybody what he was going TO do and soon returned
with large package in each OF his coat pockets All
of his brothers and sisters begged him to tell them
what in the two packages, but he remained
silent, saying only that they would know In the
morning. He then arranged a sort of little plat
form of wire just the shell in the hands of the
statue in the centre of the basin, sort of wire
basket, in fact, and from this he ran a cord that
when sharply pulled would tip the basket over sud-
denly and drop its contents below. He covered the
bottom OF the basket with paper to prevent its con-
tents falling out before he was ready and then he
went down and told Mr.. Skeets that he thought he
could finish the Panjandrum that very night. The
ex-wizard very doubtful but said circumstances
altered cases and he'd wait and. see what happened
KILLED HIM AT THE FOUNTAIN
Howard was so excited that he could scarcely
eat his dinner that evening, and it seemed as If
midnight would never come. His father came TO
the window and watched with him. and was "a
curious as any Of the children to know what his
son was about to do, but Howard begged him to wait
with the rest and see what would happen. The
PanJandrum came much earlier than usual, for it
had been a day and he was very thirsty in
deed, and he drank up all the water IN the fountain
almost instantly and eagerly licked the wet spout
OF the shell the water trickled slowly out of It.
His mouth wide open, so that the moonlight
shone right down into 1t and revealed his ten rows
oils Ike
and his red palate Howard had the string IN his
hand and waited until the Panjandrum's great
mouth was wide open, and then pulled the string
sharply and suddenly. The children watching, and
his parents, saw great pile of white powder fall
out OF the wire basket right into the animals red
mouth like snowdrift from roof. The Panjan-
Grum, startled, jumped few feet away and then
suddenly fell upon the grass and began to writhe
commissions. Then he sweled up like balloon.
a mass Of white frothy foam few out of his mouth,
and there was heard tremendous sizzling and hiss
ing inside of him he tossed about and tore up the
grass with his claws. The Kissing continued for
fully twenty minutes but long before that the Pan
jandrum had ceased his struggles and lay ehoked
to death, his back. When all perfectly quiet
Mr.. Skeets was seen running out toward the dead
animal with broad grin on his face, and then he
shouted
"Hes done fort He's completely fnishedi How
ard Is certainly magician"
All went out then and surveyed the ozeature.
He was quite dead.
NOW tel US WnaG you USED 10 XIII nlns SAD
Mr.. Hooper, looking at his smart son with great
respect and admiration.
Nothing but Seidlitz powders" replied Howard.
II Just mixed two immensely big powders N one.
and when they fell into him, ali filed with water
he was, of course they went of usual and
blew him full of fzz."
After that they had the Paniandrum skinned and
stuffed, and Howard made big pile of money ex-
hibiting him, while Mr.. Skeets stood at the door
and explained all about him to the audience. Mr.
Skeets Is still living with them. although they ara
in a new house, and he has OF his own, and
Howard thinks he's the incest company IN the world
Mrs. Hooper Is sometimes afraid that he'll teach
her son to be wizard, but ] not afraid of that
for there's no money in the magician business now
adays. Next summer he and Howard are going to
live in tent IN spite Of jggers and poison ivy, and
there may be something more TO tel about them.
WALT McDOUGALL