The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-01

Now whether this was a magic shoe or not
suppose viii never be known, but 1 think it GER
tainly was for when daylight came Andrew was
thousands of miles from his home and sailing slowly
along the beautiful shore of a woudrously strange
land which did not correspond with any country
described in his geography. Trees that bore all
sorts of fruits hung over the clear water-apples,
oranges, bananas, lemons peanuts, cocoanuts, man
goes plums, peaches, figs dates and bread-fruit all
on one tree!
Blue rabbits with long tails like foxes ran along
the shore; melons and squashes with legs gamboled
IN the grass; pumpkins, Also with two legs like
storks, stalked solemnly in the shallow water and
and then sparkling yellow parrots dove into
the sea and brought up CLAIMS, oysters and crabs
that squealed loudly as they were swallowed Wool
pigs and hairy frogs rOamed IN the shade Of trees
with green bark and pink leaves, and turtles with
pouches their backs like those worn bv kanga-
roos hoped among purple rocks or caught rolling
snalls. Everywhere he looked he saw something
so different from the ordinary that he was filed
with amazement Tor, after all, 1t is no common
thing to see a flying watermelon or a whistling
squirrel, and he saw both of these wonders. His
shoe was carried to shore by the breeze and soon
touched the silver-White sand. He sprang out and
pulled it up shore for some distance for he was
not sure that he might not have to run to it. for it
was possible that wonderful men also might be
found in that strange plaee-eannibals perhaps, or
something equally as bad,
Then he ran to a crystal spring that poured out
of some purple rocks and gurgled down in q spark
ling ribbon among the sands, and took long drink
of the cold water As he rose he was startled to see
in the shadows of the trees dozens of large eyes
staring at him, but a second glance frightened
him, for he saw that these eyes were flying around
ike bats, with peculiar fitting motions and each
had tiny transparent wings like those of the
dragon fly. Some were blue eyes, some brown
others green and violet, but all seemed glare at
him as if threatening him. They darted in and
out of the shade, up and down and around the tree
trunks, appearing and disappearing as II by magic,
but as they did not come near to him he soon grew
less alarmed and then reflected that mere eyes could
harm nobody.
He walked along the beach for quite distance
before he ventured to leave it and penetrate into
the forest, but when he came TO a broad opening,
grass-covered, and where he could see a long way,
he determined to explore the interior and learn
whether he had come upon an island peninsula
an isthmus or a continent. which, you know, is the
very first act of a discoverer of q new land. He
did not really imagine that il was possible for any
body to discover in these days a new country, be-
cause the geography shows that everything has
been found except some rocks in the ocean, and
the q. s. Navy is finding them daily. He only
hoped tha- this island was comparatively unknown
so that he could write an article about it for the
papers as he was sure he had never read about any
place which had such funny animals and things
running around loose as this place possessed
He strobe through the tall grass with css fear
of hidden dangers but about half way across the
clear space he was startled by q sound Of Kissing
and them as he halted, a flock of flying snakes rose
in front of him and scurried away into the dark
woods like a beyy Of quail However, he saw moth
ing more alarming than these and went ON until he
came again 20 the welcome shade TINS time of Il
grove Of trees that bore balls Of many colored
worsted which birds were unravehng and carrying
off to use in nest-building He saw more water
and thought at first that he had come to the sea-,