The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-03
And Now All
Good
Children Owe
a Debt Of
Profound
Gratitude tothe
Destroyer
Of the Worst
Enemy
They Had
in the
Wide World

blue nerry-go-round umbrella, Marmadue poised
the big iron spike between his thumb and finger for mo-
and then dropped 1t shot down like bullet
pierced the umbrella and vanished from the view of the
boys, but they knew instantly that 1t had fallen At
the great horrd of the Delcaessen began and
wrthe his legs shot out he clawed the ground with claws
the umbrella hurled far and the most awful hov
and grows filed woods They the great
red eye of the had been smashed and nothing
big hole showed in the centre of the tender spot He hurled
pies and cruers for hundreds of feet around he struggled
IN his dying agones and tore such holes the earth
that the boys realized what would have happened them
they had fallen into his clutches He beloved loudly that
toward the last the Rabcus heard him far the distance and
trebled for he thought that the boys had fallen victims
their daring The Kiw bird however unable control himself
longer hurried Rambcus fast he could or you
know he has Tings utterng wild shrieks of and related
what had happened.
~wha" cried Ranbilicus, opening his eyes wide WITH
do you say that those little boys
other that spike have destroyed that gigantic
terrible and measey Delicatessenf'
"They certainly have" ehucked the Kiw bird dancing
gee HE dead door nail by this time, for he has
stopped bowling and that is sign"
"Let hurry them at once" cried Rambicus his fas
Frightening The Kiwi led him quickly to the where lay the
dead monster. The balloon settling gently to the
ground few feet away from the gigantic and the bon
sprang out at the Rambiicus arrived.
"He is certainly deadp exclaimed dear old RambcuL q
sible9"
Hehe chortled the Kwi they the smartest boys that
the forest"
Dear, DEAR hideous thing he IS" said Ranbcusi
chow glad be rid of him. and it's great comfort that Ia
the only in all the world He walked around and eI
amlned the horrid sprawlng body.
1--WE had make hole in the merry go-round when
speared him. said Marmaduke, but it could not be helped
oh that is easily mended" laughed the Ramblcus; va
patch that up time"
The Skeewink then appeared and dumfOunded. Ia
pranced around clurnsiy and began to shout.
see the toys the games the pies and cake Why
save lots of them!" he cried, joyfuly -
yes said Rambilicus, he looked over the grass ne
has not done much damage expected Let get to %
and gather them up
all the games, and good things which the Deca
had spared They found the undamaged N s
Law beside the lemonade brook and only Of the vas
missing The principal damage, after all had been done among
realized how easily he could procure supply Of
When everything had been restored its proper place. dear Old
countenance and with boys back and the Skee
prancing advance marched to the Perennial Picnic GROUNDS
THE HRuNTs OF THE RAMsILLIcus
The Perennial Picnic Grounds the Bsful Forest haT'
the Rabllcus welcomes children who live IN the hot
suy city Streets and sick children who hes
at ALL and here they have possible good thing that
to Rambicus. Sick children get well jify there ana ANS
and feeble skipping around as lively as the strong
while all the strong and healthy better 1un
to help them You hear of any and nasty acon
the Perennial Picnic Grounds for impossible there eh
can't be where dear old Benevolent Rambhcus IS D
In few days Shorty was surprised to find that lame and
feeble Marmaduke running quite fast he ana II
little while that he could throw ball far and as hard as I
there and jump high fence and when It came %
swimming there hardly boy the woods who could @
him In two weeks he strong boy ever wa 1
freak boys, who, of wonders anyway lie was 4
Shorty, and that enough for Marrnaduh9
strange say that wonderful place Shorty forgot all a
cigarette smoking He really cured Of the habit Wllnl
knowing and nobody but Rambicus tell now II
done. wish all cigarette smokers both young and Old eu
go there h and take the Rambicus At the en-! y
the the boys shown the home by the SH
who still admired them immensely, and they left Rnaoie
not however without getting promise from him to come
visit them in the winter shall have great story 10 "
about that, time IN the future.
You may imagine for tell OF the Jog
the rein nj The
home. where they had long been given for lost ana
the Hoover family the weak and sc MarInadue
did first believe 1t their boy until Shorty
them And the best of If that he stayed as STRONG
well as he his forever after until he got %
OF indigestion. WALT McDOUGAL1~