The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-02
His Prosperous Return

Have you ever heard of the Dinkiido-
rum? do not believe you have, for it
was only the other day that I learned
about it myself Even the King thought
that they were all dead. but when they
had gone far IN the forest and come
among a tribe called Shelters, they were
told that several DinkiidOnUms were TO
be found on the top of the Skeet Noun
tains, where the Condor scars and the
Alpaca, the GUanacO and the VicUna de-
YOUR the eternal Snow and TefTigerats
their esOphaguses. They Immediately
went out on the hunt, and within an hour
Jack was looking down upon four Diuki--
doriums. The reason they are called iri-
descent is because their color changes
with the position Of the observer, so that
if you look at him at his head end he is
blue, from the side he appears green, or
purple, or even pink and from the tail
end a gorgeous yellow.
He is a sour looking animal when in re-
pose, but when he smiles he looks very
pleasant and good natured. and shows up
a great number of teeth, which he sheds
regularly every. season, which is a natural
provision in order to prevent the Papa
DinkiidOriUms from eating the newborn
Dinkiis. When the animals are t0Othiess
the natives of the Skeeter tribe have
spanking and otherwise teasing them, but
at all other times no savage daTes TO en-
ter the woods where the DinkiidOriJu
feeds, because a full-gTOWn creature 0t
this species could eat trolIey-car load Of
natives IS quickly as you would eat
chocolate caramel
They cannot climb trees, and therefore
when a DinkiidOTfum comes down into the
plains the Shelters take TO the tall tim
Der and their village locks as deserted as
q country town on circus day. Yet many
DinklidOriums have been captured when
young and dOmesticated. Jack bought
one that was so tame that it would folio"
him about like a little dog and rub Up
against him 10 have its back sCTatcnet
with a stick, but even the tamest relaps.
and as a result there would be MISSING
next day "A whole class Of Skeeter public
school scholars, therefore they were NOT
looked upon as the proper thing for pets.
and whoever kept one had to pay b
Dinkiidorium tax You yourself WOMB
think they are very incOnvenieEt 10 have
around the house, for it would be any
thing but pleasant to have one Of the
forty-f0ot creatures, with their Ions
horned noses. climbing on your lap 70 cue
de up to you.
These animals are very susceptible t1
the sound Of bells. upon hearing which
they fall into q deep trance Wnlcl l-7.a
for hours and il was easy 10 capture lT.
or six, there not being room on the SIN
for more, Of course, and when they ha-
been secured the Gay MeadOwlaTk sail i
away after promising to bring back HeE-
season another cargo Of pOtatO-salao-
The return voyage did not take quite 81
long as the outward one had taken, bug
when they arrived in America Jack found
that ike Patrick Kelly, the Swede, ne
had grown 10 be a man, with large red
whiskers. When he GOT home he found
his father and mother in dire poverty, AS
the legislature had passed a law aEalL=-
artificial saUsage-skins. thereby PUTIN :
the factory out Of business. But when
Jack took them out into the back yaTi
and showed them his wonderful collecl5i
OF animals his parents shed tears Of JOY
for AR MeaGer, being a business man.
saw at once that even one Diukiloorili-
was in Itself a whole fortune, to say
nothing Of whole stacks Of Gaz0oza blrl5
and Rutabagas.
So that is how the Meader Museum
started and some time I viii tell yeA
about the further adventures of this same
boy and the other strange animals which
he added 70 the museum, but as there Is
no more room on this page I cannot mas
my story longer
/ forgot TO tell you that Jack found o..
that Captain SquibOb was a little DIS
crazy. WALT McDDJ J-AL--