The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-09
Percy Spencer and His Sister Take
Some Diminishing Powder and
Go AfOat With NOdh'S Ark

KNOW. a boy named Percy Spencer
who is called Rubber Spencer by all
the other boys because he always
r-ies int, everything and IS forever
irving to I'M out what's inside OF
,sclr.g- and boxes; or, I should say ne
ALWAYS used to, before the things hap
rs-ed to Inn Of which am going to tell
YOU
He and his little sister Alice came TO
,.isf- np at Kenuelhurst and I tried TO
make their visit pics SAINT by telling them
an the stories 7 knew and showing them
many c7 the wonderful things which have
been given TO me by the children who were
I'm the stories. All these things kept 10
nv desk or hung along the wall such as
feathers from the OazOOza bird-fsh, horns
Of The SnolIyEaster or Hyossimus. teeth OK
the Collywobbicolon, seeds of the man
eating Fistifungus and so forth, but some
Things ] always keep locked up in
drawer because they are dangerous, such
as the seed Of the magic snow-mushroom
or the berries that make you grow smaller
and smaller until you are mere speclS-
Now Percy had heard of these, as you
have. and he was not satisfied with near
ing about them bat wanted TO handle
them as we'll In order to prevent him
from exploring my desk in my absence
hid them in dark corner OF the garnet
and imagined that no one would ever dis
cover them there.
one rainy day, however, he and Alice
were playing in the garnet and / was
oft taking a ride I'm my automobile when
Percv's sharp eyes discovered a package
far in under the caves and he Immediately
made a dive for It. Alice told him that
perhaps it was something that I did not
wish disturbed, but nothing would satisfy
She curious Percy but a glimpse Of its
contents He opened the package and
saw a yellowish powder, the very powder
in fact that had caused another boy 70
become so small that he was almost lost
Percy. as soon as he saw Thu powder put
his tongue into It and said, "Oh, how
nicew
OF course. his sister vented to taste 4.
TOO. and the result was that a few min
utes after they had put the package back
in its hiding piece they both began TO
get. smaller and smaller. and I'm less than
an -lGLE were no ioA ser Aa-AiA Jul -AAtl'-t-
For awhile they didn't really know what
had happened. but when the roof had gone
10 such distance that they could scarcely
see it Percy suddenly remembered the
story Of the other hoy and knew that he
had eaten of the Diminishing Powder
He began TO cry and when his sister asked
him why, he told her the story.
Lost IN The Casrat
They tried to find the door to so down
stairs. but it was so far away that they
could not see it. and so they wandered
awey into the dark places under the caves
Of the house and CROPPED around, falling
over things and barking their shins uH-
til they grew TOO tired to seek farther.
Funny, wasn't it, being lost IN garrett
After they had sat stH for perhaps an
hour Percy saw a ray Of Right stealing
iu through q crack in the roof. and went
toward it The sun was shining outside,
but the water was stHl pouring down tho
roof and running fast along the gutter.
which he could see through the crack
along the caves Of the house.
Look" cried Alice. There is q Noah's
Arllw
Sure enough there in the dark corner
lay a Noah's Ark. but TO the little chill
dren It looked like a big canalboat. Percy
forgot his troubles fer the moment and
climbed on board. He peeped through.
the open window of the ark. but il was
empty as far as he could see; then he re-
rnem5sred that all Noahs ArIzs have a
foor about half way from the top. and
il is in there that all the animals are
stored. so he climbed UP 70 the roof and
tried TO life the ia. This he was rot strong
enough TO do. but he could see that it was
filed with animals. all lying there
quietly He saw some string on the floor,
and fastening one end to the catch on the
lid and running the string over = uaG in
the wall, both of she children pulled very
hard and raised the lid. There lay all the
animals. Just as they had lain for many
years. since q little child had gone away
forever and left them 10 wait patiently
Tor him to return. Dust so covered them
that it was almost impossible TO tell
what they were, but here and there one
could make out the form OF an elephant,
maybe o. q camel.
"If we could fnd some Of that magic
stuff that makes things pet alive NE
could Lave some fun with them" said
Percy as he gazed into the ark.
Perhaps it is with that other pacSa g.
said Alice. and she was right. for it lay
beside Il, ana Percy found it almost in
stanuy, as now the garnet was growing
lighter al the time as the sun came
around 20 that side Of the horse. They
scattered the magic dust Of the Persian
HyDorbole. as it is called, an over the
wooden animals. and instantly they began
TO stretch and yawn. Then they jumped
up and shook the dust from their backs.
I'll The lions. tigers. bears and such ami
mails rubbed the dust Of years from their
eyes and climbed up &c the edge Of the
ark The CRATES poked their heads away
Up the air and peeTed about, but could
not get out for. Of course. there was no
door nor window except painted ones. and
YOU know the animals were intended 10 be
lifted out from the top. The monkeys
climbed down and came TO Percy
Are YOU N0aheH asked one Of them.
NO" replied the boy. "but I am one Of
his great-great-great-gr great
gtcat-graudchildrsn."
Ger said the monkey. we have been
81 there a long time hain't wee
All the other animals. seeing that the
monkeys were OUT, began TO ciamoV 20 be
released. but at first Perez didn't see how
to accomplish it. After thinking for a long
time he hit upon a plan. and with Alice's
help piled sheets OF paper Alongside OF the
ark soon the two monkeys saw what ne
wanted 70 do and assisted, so that In per-
Haus aa hour they had raised the pile SO
nigh than the animals could step cut upon