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Gage for the Mastodons

THAT is a wise suggestion" said Mr..
Meader. FOR those mastodons are par
ticularly savage. can hear them ripping
and snorting around there N your pocket,
and they must be in a pretty savage tenn
per by this time
So Mortimer pulled up few hundred
pine trees. and, sticking them close to-
gether in the ground, made a sort OF
stockade, inside OF which he put the mas
todons This took but a few minutes
after which he turned his attention to
the brigands' castle. Mortimer had now
shrunk so much that he scarcely over
topped the tail, round tower Of stone at
the east end Of the building. He could
hear loud shouts Of terror proceeding
from the inside Of the castle as the terri
fed brigands, seeing him approaching.
prepared to defend themselves. They
fired their cannon at him in broadsides,
much to the alarm OF the wizard and the
King, but the cannon balls bounded on
Mortimer ike so many Dease: yet, con-
sidering the danger TO his comrades from
a stray shot. he wisely lost no time, bus
snatched the tower IN the top room Of
which he saw the Princess, and thsns Civ
ing the castle kick, he completely de-
moIished il and walked away.
He found the tower growing exceeding
" heavy in a few minutes, and he set IL
down beside a beautiful meadow and said
TO the princess: You are safe now. II
Won will come outside and walk around
untu YOUR fathers soldiers come up you
can do so. This gentleman IS the King
Of Siam and this is the celebrated Wizard
Meader, Of GOatville-"
The Princess, VINO was much alarmed at
sd Er-G -.
saw. TO her amazement, that the giant
was shrinking rapidly and was now only
as tail as. the second story OF the tower.
she controlled her fear and came forth.
I'VE did that just in time said the
King.
in z few minutes he viii be as small as
we are, perhaps"
I like the way you say we" said
Mortimer. "for you have been scared
nearly out Of your clothes ali the time.
However, I suppose that's the way with
Kings, and wizards, too
The wizard was right. In ten minutes
Mortimer was no more than six feet high,
s75 +bere he stopped. He was a very hand
some bow. and the Princess fell in love
with him immediately. When the King az
-fve5 he. was overcome with joy but In
vifed them all 10 lis palace. Here AIOrti-
NOR remained saveFa. months. and al the
md Of that time ne married the Princess.
lust as might be expected. He sold all the
naastodons- except one, at enormous prices
to the various governments, and with the
wealth that thus came 10 him he lived
baDDiIy. ever afterWard, visiting the King
of siam al frequent intervals, and wait
fnr far the time 70 come when he Should
be a King himself
But since that time neither myself no
anyone else has ever been able TO procurs
snv more Giant Powder
WALT AIcDOUGALL.
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Won1cr where we are now said the
King ~ never had to study geography,
being King, you know, 50 I don't know
Kalamazoo from zanzibar
Il thinE we are just stepping over the
Alps" replied Mortimer. FOR all the
mountains are covered with snow, and il
looks just like the Alps on the map in my
geography"
lie bent down, and just as he did 50 he
saw a party of Alpine mounlaia climbers.
all fastened together by q long rope. clam
beTiug up @ most precilitous ascent They
looked just like string OF @lts, and he
pointed them ogt 20 the Aiug.
II wonder what fun they can find n
doing trat,' said the SiImese monarch.
staring hard al the climbers 1t must be
very dangerous, or they'd uat tie them
selves together. and when they SET 10 the
TOP Jhey only have 70 scramble down
again.
They set q me view and q breath OF
rare air" answered Mortimer. oh, They
are slippiug- There they sol Gee- They
have ali fallen into crack Iu the ice--
sure enough, all of the mountain climb
ers had vanished one of these awful
tragedies OF the Alps had occurred before
their eyes and the veuiures0me tourists
had. as So often happens. fallen into one
OF the deep. dark crevasses, haif-flled
with snow, there 10 perish Of cold and
hunger
This is terrible" cried Mortimer.
They viii surely die down there. That's
;-nat always happeEst
Hold me down close 20 the edge of the
cracE" said the kins. "and ] VIII take
a peek down into its depths Perhaps j
can see where they are, and then you can
set them OUT
That's SO. never thought OF that
said Mortimer.
The -ack is awful wide and deeD" said
the king. when Mortimer had heIH go
over II; and I can't see tae bottom its
wide enough, however, for you % srfrI-
y5ur anger down and serape I'D some 81
the snow Perhaps sou may hsh 40 ne
whole bunch OF them
Aiorcnler gently Efted several acres ~
snow from the bottom az he creva-ss
ana after shaking Il ro-uE .-5rsr rrs -,E
then another, and finally tie whole srrrz
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night End thinking their clocks had gone
wrong; those in the immediate vicinity
thought that a comet was about to strike
the earth. Then Mortimer, fearful OF SET
ting the whole country on fire, blew OUT
the match ana the people and animals al
went back 70 bed again.
When Mortimer dnally awoke, his com
panions narrowly escaped being smashed
as ne turned over and stretched himself
knocking over couple of towns and lIlS
castle OF Prince ZkOrschinsgoffskoW WITCH,
Mortimer looked around for the king anu
Mr. Meader alarmed at their absence, IoF
as they had no means of communicating
as far up as his ears, he was not aware
that they we're in his trousers pocket
But as he fortunately did not rise for an
hour or so, which period seemed 10 MN
ike the few minutes one lies abed thinking
Of rising, they had time TO walk up 70 MS
face and jab him in the nose with a sharp
pointed stick to attract his attention.
When they told him how long he had slept
ne was much surprised, but he was re-
ueved to find that he had grown no larger
during his slumber. for he had began 70
worry and fear that he might become TOO
large for the earth. In fact, it seemed 70
him. as he looked down toward his rect.
that he had even shTunken slightly, ana
he INDUCED in hopes that he might De De-
coming smaller, which was really the case.
They started northward Immediately
and soon reached the border Of the
frozen sea, where they beheld thousands
Of hairy mastodons sporting among the
icebergs.
Il cannot say that I am particularly
fond Of such skinny little things as mas
todens.'' he remarked. THE meat is dfy
and not particularly tasty, but perhaps
if a fellow could get enough Of them &c
make a breakfast, so that ne could get d
real good taste Of them, they might De
palatable / would give good deal Ior
a plate Of corn eef-hash and let otheI7
have these dainty little mastOdons-
Don't forget" said Mr.. Meader' an4-
iouslv. TO save two or three Of the larg-
est and latest to take home TO the zoo
1t is too late" said Mortimer TOT
only had thirty-six, and 1 have eaten
them. every one. However, VIII Try 70
catch a few more
He nut his forehnger into what seemed
tn be a crack IL the ice. but which was
in reality an enormous canyon, anu
breaking away one side, he found eight
or nine terrified mastodons crouchlng
away down IN its depths They WTlggle0
and squeaIed, but. picking them Up be-
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for Our zoo. yea will make recompense to
me for the Giant Powder"
The matter Of food was very important
for as near as we could afterward nsare
Mortimer was about three miles in heigil,
and Of course it was no easy matter to
find gBtables for such an enormous man.
He could pick UP enough for the King and
the wizard as he vent along, but whole
country wouldn't supply q meal IN year
for him. However. Ire found 81 little
while that he didn't get hungry every
few hours as before. but being so big, OF
course. the time between meals was CORE
sp0Hdingly heightened. Before they de-
parted for Siberia the Gar OF Russia re-
quested Mortimer to lie down In the
Gourtzschpolgzsk Forest, where very few
people live, and have a talk with him on
how It feels to be a giant. But when
Mortimer did so, the King monopolizcd
neatly all the time asking me Car ques-
tons about his method Of governing his
people and so the Gar did not get much
Information.
Finally the three started for the ex-
IRENE north The King and the wizard
provided themselves with suitable gar
mehts TO withstand the cold, expecting 20
put them on when they reached t3e icy
regions, but they were obliged TO put
them on at once. for at the enormous
height az which Mortimer carried them it
was bitterly cold and the air was so rare
that even the giant was obliged TO lie
down every little while I'm order to get
good big breath. They passed over the
half Of Siberia before night came, when
the wizard suggested stopping and light
ing a IRE beside which they might sleep.
Now, IL is a curious fact, but extremely
natural, that everything in Mortimer S
pockets had enlarged IN proportion to his
growth. so that he had. for instance,
matches two or three hundred feet IN
length, lead pencils as long as ocean
steamers. pennies as big as circus tents,
a knife six or eight blocks long, while his
watch was as large as the county fair
grounds, and its ticking could be heard
for seven miles, when ne took it out.
Once when he dropped MS handkerchief
It covered the entire Duchy Of Tchad-
snodg0rdOvski. one of the most important
Russian provinces, and the people thought
il was an eclipse of the sun. OF course.
the day lasted very much longer up
around Mortimer head, for when il was
night at his feet the sun was still shining
on his face. so that il was really very
late when they Camped for the night
When the Wizard suggested making a fire
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OF tourists. lying gasping and astonished
Oh the palm Of his hand. None was hurt
but all were scared half TO death. not only
from the fan, but at sight Of a giant
who had them in his hand. Although
Mortimer-s hand wss as Sarge as a whole
c0untF. they could still see what It was
FROM the shape Of his immense fingers
sticking up Oh the horizon around them
and moving.
You came pretty near being done for"
he said in as low voice as ne could man
age. IL we hadn't happened to be pass
ing, you would never nave got out.
tell you,
we are too grateful to express our feel
ings said the Rev Nr. Pikeherst, the
leading Alpine climber. And we viii
never do it again, ] promise, you kind
giant"
Where would you like to go?" asked
Mortimer "Ill put you any place you
wish, and l hope that hereafter you'll
stay on level ground, for you can't expect
a boy will be passing next time and get
you out"
a boy!' exclaimed Mr.. Pikeherst
Yes. a plain American boy, that's ALL
Where win you 60 now?'
Mr. Pikeherst said he'd go to the Alpine
showed that be was a genuine mountain
climbing crank, for he said: This IS the
highest I have ever been yet, up here on
your hand, Mr.. Giant Couldn't we ar
range fer tour with you2 We could get
such magnificent vicwsi May / ask what
you would charger"
AT present I am engaged by his Royal
Masnificenee the King of SIAM" said
Mortimer, and am not open TO any other
offers"
II am sorry. but if you will take my
card perhaps we can make some arrange
ment for a future tour replied Mr.. Pike
herst, for he did want 10 take just such
an up-in-the-air trip. However, Mortimer
refused and took all the rescued people
90 the Alpine Hotel, where his appear
anCe created immense excitement. It
seemed to the beholders that one Of the
gigantic mountains was moving toward
them. and when the rescued people told
their story all the brass bands in the
whole country turned out and serenaded
Mortimer. but all he wanted was some
thins to eat. 1t was 2 great feat to fur
nish such a giant with enough food for a
meal. but by ransacking all Switzerland
it was provided. ana Mr.. Pikeherst paid
the bill. but he never had money enough
TO take another trip to Switzerland.
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Then. after discovering that large land
slide had covered the railroad track with
an enormous mass Of rocks and earth in
France and it had been brushed away BY
Mortimer Just in time TO prevent a wreck,
they wandered norJhward, where late
next day they met the Wizard Meader in
Russia.
Dir. Meader was aware. by means Of his
magic art. shat Mortimer had been seek
ing him with the package. did not tel
him. so ne must have found 1t out him
self He didn't know, however. mat ,i.e
lad had eaten the powder, but when all
Eurspe was talking about The great giant,
he came To the. conclusion that that was
what had happened. So he was on the
watch nigh ND in the very top room o. the
Nuvgorod Observatory, and when 4lortl-
mer came aIong he called 70 him by means
OF an enormous steam megaphone, WnlcH
mEEui1es your voice eleven lflotsall' I'VE
hundred times. and Mortimer stopped Just
in time 10 avoid knocking over the o5ser-
vatc~z. wizard and ali. Mr- Meader asked
1:-, r5 tska him tlD. and told him who he
was Mortimer explained Row ne had
been compelled 10 eat the giant powder
and the wizard admitted that he had done
fus- right He was sorry 70 lose the pow
der. Of course. but IL was better 10 lose
that than Mortimer.
Il don't know what III do with my
self. said the giant boy 1 VII have
an awful sight Of trouble TO get enough
TO eat. I suppose. and If lie down any
where TO sleep. i expect III crush a great
many moor people but what am 90 co?
--Oh this won't last. said Mr.. Msader.
You viii soon begin TO grow smaller,
until YOU win be not more than seven or
.sgHt feet high You see. the powder was
-sve- meant TO be taken IN such tremen-
dous doses. and the effect VIII wear itself
out in time"
But III starve TO death in the mean
time said Mortimer
wen. the only way that I can see. 30
said the wizard. is for you 20 60 Up TO
siberia and hunt the mastodon- That's
the only place where there are any let.
and they are the only animals large
enough 10 furnish such giant a square
meal There are plenty there, however.
and If you can spare ne one 70 take hcme
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GREAT MASTODONS FLEEING MORTIMER THE BOY GIANT

Mortimer put him and the King upon the
ground. and then. taking match from
his pocket. struck it upon the heel OF his
boot Instantly the enormous match
burst into a flame larger than the largest
fire ever seen and lighted Up the country
for miles and miles as bright as day
The ROSTERS began Growing, ali the ami
mails and birds awoke and the people
away of IN remote regions, stretching
and yawning. began their daily avoca-
tons. wondering at the shortness Of the
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There was scarcely water enough left
for a weeks washing.
1t viii take six weeks for the lake to
I'LL up again, said TWofl-a-Quatah
You will make deserts Of the country Il
you are not more careful"
will try TO remember" said Nor
timer. taking the King up and moving on.
1T is somewhat inCOnvenfent to be a
giant. ] find. 7 suppose have walked
over several entire populations since we
started. 30
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tween thumb and forefnger. he placed
them one after the other in his coat peck
ct. Before rising he heard the Wizard
cry out; Look out, Don't move. Right
beside you at your knee is the North
Pole, Don-t break It or"
Mortimer looked down and saw the pole
sticking up from the snow and ice like a
little toothpick
no. viii not break It on" he replied,
TN pull it up and take it home 20 the
Smithsonian Institution" and suiting the
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~ LElHH Henry PtiSu6r, young
kNJJT friend Of mine. II have
w often heard the name, but
never knew 5Lst what It
Giant raUdar." I replied. rs very
..---s3bie substance that has the most
,---ss-+uI qualities. indeed. as was dis
covered tv Mortimer Peters, a boy who
lived next Gaaf 20 me This powder LOOKS
ys-v innocent. but it is exceedingly pow
e-f-L It Is white and fine as -four
what does it do TO your asked Henry,
seeming a story.
aWsu it can't do anything 20 you now.
90 ,sl the truth. as there IS no more OF
g. l5tt Z believe"
what did it do to Mortimer Peters2'
Wen that's the story I was going 20
tsl you. Giant powder, If II IS eaten Will
make you grow. OF course, If you should
tst too much il viii nat ally have a cor
responding effect upca yvC, and you viii
grow tremendously. II is made OF squibOb
leaves and phIander roots ground very
One and laid in the moonlight for several
rights and then preserved in an airught
package I had a quantity Of IL powder
rce and that is how everything happened
shout y liCh 1 am going 10 tell you. When
] got Into this habit Of telling stories TO
C1ldrll i began 90 be a great deal pes
tered by them. r. ey would come TO see
Us az an sorts Of hours and beg for stor-
l.s and il 1 were busysthsy would over
I'm my house and pry into everything, so
Shat nothing was safe from them / hid
te giant powder aWaU IN secret drawer
Of niy desk. but eveL there didn't feel
tha- &c was secure, -or some children can
tvsa find secret drawers. So I determined
% send it 90 my fr end. John Aie8der. the
Ward. who, of course, could ind use for
J. D. bis business.
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4 30, to Be Trusted

thought " all the boys that 7 knew
ga wondered which one would be the
most Trustworthy Of them 20 be the
leare- Of Ir1. dangerous package. Some
Ct them, was aware. were very curious
aai inlusidvs and couldn't be depended
tgo1 for a minute TO carry such a pack
2Ee without opening it TO see what 90 con-
tanned, while others would be sure either
o. lose IL OF tell somebody wat it was,
even II they didn't eat some Of the pow
Ger In their desire TO md out what it
tasted IKE. as some boys always do. I
iaa!y decided that Mortimer vas Just
She boy for Che erraud. lie was a sert-
'-s LAD and not curious. and always did
s. De was told. But in order TO guard
tslilst any error told him al about the
IaStsr and what 70 would DO 10 him
t--1a ] placed 10 in his hands and sent
I'm TO Wizard 1Ieader. The Wizard lived
z, 'hat time ll d. place called GOatville.
y me upper part of New York. in a
iaL sixteen stories high, and was doing a
e..~ business. but the possession Of the
Nalt Powder would surely increase il
A.- make him @ r.ch man.
mortimer placed the sealed pacFs- in
~ -s--a l-lSs- a45 started or. pleased
- ! l-- chosen him as my messenger
I've wizard
a., Wen De- Eat 60 GoatviIe he found thar
81 ----.- had some Co Siam &c seek
81 '-- -.1r.- g- Beauty for a noted
60 mortimer resolved TO go there
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80 - Moaata!as

YES added Twofa-a-quatah. and
keep in mind, I'D how far up in the air
you are carrying ne, for if you should let
me drop won't be worth gathering up. /
am Ions way from home up here"
Where shall We goe" asked Mortimer.
as De looked all across Asia. fog he was
now as ,all as a mountain 'I see some
pleasant places away or yonder"
'The Siamese people never allow the
King to 60 beyond the borders o. me
kingdom. sand Tw0ta-a-quatah- $50 /
don't know anything about the immediate
neighborhold.
What. not allowed to- travel outside OF
your own country cried Mortimer
WHY. what's the use OF 0eing a king If
you can't g. anywhere"
There's not much Fun iE it," the Kin-
replied -Sut we must an do what We
were born 90 do. Now, while am ava,
III have O. guCd time. and I'D tell them on
my relTl that you ran away win me
and shey can't say thins.
yes. aud get me into troubIers cried
Mortimer NO. sir; not muchr'
Nobody can do anything To giant 1il-.
you, said the King laughioE; you would
only have 20 bios at them and away
they'd 50 ike So many straws."
--1f course remarked Mortimer. Il
had forgottcu ny size Tor the moment
III viii take some time Tor me TO gen
used 70 it,"
They had now sone many miles across
Asia and Mortimer was jlsl stepping over
AfghauiSran as he spoke He was very
thirsty and, seeing clear, umpid lake
nesting between Two mountains. he So
the kiug down and stretching himself
upon tAe earth. drank.
Hi eried the king Don't take il
an. Leave some ru- these people here.
Then Mortimer looked carefully ana
saw thousands of people running Wildly
along the shore e rhe almost ealpty lake.
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American Tney were Beaver squirrel,
to-day spen the names q American birds
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20 HAT IS giant POWDER asked
ttH EENN Henry pIsner, a young
kAJF friend Of mine. II have
w often heard the name, but
never knew 5Lst what it
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Ehe Monogram puzzle last weel
vote. antelope moose, carbon and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-25
SCHEDULE ADOPTED.
Matches Between the Golf Clubs for
The Star Cup.

The committee representing the four golf
clubs of the District Of Columbia met in
the office of The Evening Star last night to
arrange the fall series Of dates for The
Star cup. Mr.. Thomas c. Moves acted as
DR.. Grey Of Chevy Chase, DR.. Walter Har-
ban Of Columbia, Mr.. LOCKER of Dunbar
ton and Mr.. Talcott of Washington.
After a general discussion on the splendid
progress of golf in the District and a con-
sultation over certain dates desired by the
different clubs the following schedule was
agreed upon for this fall:
October 4-Dumbarton at Columbia.
October 11-Chevy Chase at Dumbarton.
October 1tColumbia at Chevy Chase.
October 2S-Columbia at Washington.
November 1-Washington at Chevy
Chase.
These games finish up the second half of
the series between the four clubs for this
year. the first half being played in the
spring, during which time the Columbia
team finished first. A great deal of inter-
est centers in these games, as Chevy Chase
has a chance of beating out the Columbia
players should squirt be made which
would give them all the games scheduled.
The match Of October IA will attract a big
following, as the Chevy Chase team will
be at home to the Coumbias and battle
royal should follow.
Last season the Chevy Chase team scored
a runaway victory for The Star cup, beat
ing all the teams with ease but the splen-
did development Of the Columbus last
spring has added unusual interest to the
cup series this fall At present The Star
cup Is chained to a post in the Chevy
Chase club house. and the Columbus will
have to play sensational golf to get the big
paddock that holds the chain unlocked.