The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-06
TIE Two-Headed Monster

The Sultan gave a great dinner that
night, ana at the table some OF his wise
men told him that now that Theodore
was in the land, he ought to invite him
to try conclusions with old Seolapps, the
seven-handed, two-headed mountain
dWeller.
''whyi'' exclaimed the surprised Sultan,
Il thought Scolapps was dead ages and
ages since!'
No, replied the wiseacres- He is stiu
alive and doing much damage in Eastern
Kersaki, the most remote of your Maj
esty's provinces. Many a beautiful maiden
has been carried on during the last two
hundred years
rs he as old as that?'' asked the Sui
tan.
Far. far older than that. even Per
haps five hundred years has he dwelt in
the Hottest peaks and caverns Of the
Coochee Mountains
He must be old and weak by this
time" said Theodore, for whom the talk
had been translated, and 1 imagine il
would be a waste of time TO tackle him
mo, indeed" said one Of the old wise
men, who had once lived IN Kersaki- He,
renews his youth every Spring by eating
children and is stronger than ever He
9can throw great rocks as far as one can
Ssee, and overwhelns all who seek TO reach
him by hurting down ~uch gigantic boul6-
; ers upon them that no one has ever ap-
}proached near enough to him to really at
tack him, and. besides. he has a hide as
thick as that OF rhinoceros, which even
a cannon-baH won't penetrate. II has
Sbeen tried in Old tines
I'll bet it wouldn't stop a ball II an
american gun was tried on him" said
}TheodOre. But I suppose it would Do
impossible to get q gun into such
mountainous region
Certainly not" said AbdaIIah Bum
yAl, the wise man. Besides, he'd get
Saway into a cavern while you were aim
ling at him. : think If you went there and
tackled him as you did our champion,
YOU'D do him up in no time
s All the Turks agreed, and the Sultan
{asked Theodore whether he feared the
test he was asked 10 make OF course,
the boy was not afraid. although a seven
Shandsd. two-headed monster was more
ethan he had expected ever to have u
Smeet in a contest OF strength
Theodore was escorted to Kersaki b. a
great company, as II to a picnic In The
}woodS and when they arrived and went
Gas near as they dared TO the Coochee
3 Mountains he got on a horse and wen.
{up among the gloomy crags and peaks
Swhere no human being had gone fer per
{hzpS a thousand years. Soon his horse
found IL impossible to keep his footing.
Sand Theodore went after that on foot
Suntil he found himself almost among the
Sclouds. Here he slept and when the Sun
;rose he was about to climb farther. when
,he heard a loud noise and looking down
5he saw, on a ledge below. a horrid figure
Scolapps glanced at him for an instant
GAS he was surprised TO see anything stand
}up and face him. but he didn't expect 20
be resisted for second. He thought that
}all he had to DO was 10 grab the boy aud
Sau would be over He jumped suddenly
Cat him Just to see him shrink, bUt TO his
5surprise Theodore didn't shrink an inch
Scolapps was about 70 receive dose OF
establishment greater than he had ever
received In all his life, but must Leave
them both there on the brink Of the chasEn
}untn next week, for have no more room
Son this page to finish this story
WALT McOOUGALL