The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-30
NED TO BE A WAR AND BRAVELY RESCUED A PRINCESS
AtLdst He Became Very
Rich and Promised the
Princess to Remain 4
Real Man

ter IN Parcheesi, whom the ogre had caught weeks
before, but who cried so much that she didn't get
fat. Kenneth waited until the old woman had de-
parted, and then he told her to cheer up, as he would
soon get her out of the cage and home again. So
she smiled for the first time since she had come
there, and said she would wait. The ogre came back
at noon and told the old woman to kill Kenneth and
broll him. She took him out and laid him on the
table, but there, right before her eyes, lust as she
had raised the knife, he turned into a flea and
hoped into her hair.
"Witchcraftl WitchcraftI' she cried out, tum-
bling over backward, and Kenneth quickly hoped
into the cage, where the little girl sat, frozen with
horror, and he turned into a boy again She was
amazed, but when he whispered to her, telling her
what he could do, she almost danced with JOY. Mean
while the old woman and Geezer were looking for
him under tables and chairs and IN closets, and won
dering where on earth he had hidden himself.
"Pll now turn myself into a rattlesnake, creep out
and bite him" said Kenneth.
ooh, that would be dreadful, and I can't bear TO
think of itp' cried the tender-hearted Princess.
"Can't you do something not quite so badp
Made the Giant Harmless
A right. Let me think. What's the most harm
less thingl How about a white mouse9"
The ogre stood in the middle of the room as she
answered:
81 can't bear a mouse-not even a white one"
Said the ogre, thoughtfuIly: "Could he have lift
ed the trapdoor OF the treasure vault, I wonderP
Impossible" said the woman. "It's far too heavy
even for me-"
HTu take a look" said Geezer, and he lifted a
great slab of the floor stones by an iron ring and
looked into the darkness beneath. He's not there,
for it's so full of gold and gems that there's not even
room for a cat" He dropped the stone with a clang
and came TO the little girls cage, for he had made
up his mind to Gather at once, and he intended to
do the killing himself, for he thought the old woman
WIS far too careless with the provisions, anyway.
He uttered>a shout when he saw Kenneth there, and
yelled: @Here he isl I'll have MIN out and chop his
headrof at once,for I'm nearly famished."
"Rasmatag ON GAIA Presto Bazip" shouted
Kenneth. "Be a guinea pig right where you stand,
you old ~rufianF'
Instantly the dreadful ogre changed into a mild
and pink-eyed guinea pig sitting there looking at
them. Then Kenneth changed the old woman Ogden
snaider into green parrot, and she began to shrek
and laugh as she hoped around the room.
"Now we are safe" said Kenneth, sand III Just
change for a moment into a rat and slip outside"
This he did, and then, resuming his own shape,
he opened the cage and released the Princess, after
which he picked UP the guinea pig and put him
safely into a small cage on the wall
Snow said he, you'll stay there and think about
the fun you've had, for you'll never have any more I
guess. I'll take you home, so that 1 can keep an eye
on You"
Then he lifted the trapdoor and looked down into
the treasure vault, and was astonlshed to ind it
completely filed with gold, diamonds, rubies, sap
phires, emeralds, pearls and other precious stones,
beyond any counting whatever, and worth so many
millions that I couldn't put 1T down properly In fig
ures, I am certain.
"How shall I carry it all away~ he thought.
Then, after a while he had an idea, and he hunted
through the castle until he found many trunks,
which he filed with the treasure until he had a
dozen, and vet 1t seemed to make scarcely any i'm
preston on the vast hoard below. Then he changed
himself into a huge elephant and the Princess into
an elephant driver, after which ne placed all the
trunks on his back, put her on top, and started for
her fathers home In Parcheesi, which they reached
before morning dawned
He Married the Princess
They resumed their shapes and went into the pal
ace, where everybody was overcome with joy at see
ing the lost girl. Kenneth met the king, and the
Princess told her father what he had done. The
monarch said he should marry her, as a reward, and
that was just what Kenneth wished. lie went back
that day with the Princess, and they loaded the rest
of the treasure In a hundred carts, and took the
guinea pig and parrot also to the palace. All this
immense treasure made Kenneth the richest of all
rich men, and the king the greatest king on earth,
for even kings need money as much as anybody, and
a poor king Is of little account nowadays After the
wedding they came to America for a while, and ali
of the papers printed their pictures, but Kenneth
had to go back soon to Parcheesi, for the king
missed him SO much that he was sick. He still lives
there. and viii be the next king, but he never
changes himself into other shapes any more, because
he promised his wife that he would always be him
self. The guinea pig soon died, but the parrot is
alive yet, and lives In a gold cage set with diamonds.
/ want to caution all of you right now Ever to use
these magic words in earnest, for there is no know
ing what might happen if you did. III not be re-
sponsible for any trouble if you do, pray remem-
Der that, and don't blame me if you are changed into
a crocodile or a zebra after saying "RasmataG ON
GAIA Presto Bazip." WALT McDOUGALL.