The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-05

came with sheTbeo, lemonade, EWeemeats and fruits
and placed them before the boys, who we're pretty
hungry now having been five or SIX hours without
food Of any sort.
Of course Douglas could not enter the palace, be-
ing eleven feet high already, so his lunch was eaten
outside but now and then he looked in upon the
boys to see how they we're behaving.
Soon the Gazaab came out for he found that
none Of the other boys could speak Ihibetan, and
he began to ask all manner of questions of Douglas,
who had learned the language a few years before
when he thought of being missionary. He had %
tell the ruler all about the things that had been
invented since he had last seen any newspaper
MANY wears ago-and all the afternoon was thus
passed. 1t was nearly night when the Gazaab said:
"Now am real glad you came, because with all
these nav things that you know about its possible
that you can rid our lovely land Of an awful pest
and dreadful nuisance.
"What is that {" asked Douglas
dts the Glossary" replied the Gazaab. That's
al animal. 1t dwells in the Trans-Ultra Mountains
and feeds mostly on my poor defenseless subjects
capturing them while at work in the fields and Tor
ests. I suppose I've lost several hundred OF pretty
valuable men and women since the Glossary came
here three years 20. Now it's got TO coming into
town and catching ly best taxpayers ana even my
officials, now and tlen"
"How and where can I find this Glossary asked
Douglas "and how big is the beastf This giant
business Is new to me, you see"
"You won't have to 60 far / imagine" replied
the Gazaab. Its always proving around the
VINEYARDS and gardens nowadays Only yesterday
it got cobbler right on Grand avenue, near the
band stand. You'll see it soon enough, but, after
all. I do not suppose a giant of your size thinks
twice about tacdng q Glossary, it's only as big
as a large elephant Yet it has terrible claws"
"Well, I'll take peek at it. anyhow said Doug
las sand if it's not too big III try conclusions with
It. I guess can run faster than 1t, after all II
have to-
@Oh. it can't run very fast But holy Mohametl
how it can everlastingly jump" exclaimed the Ca
zaab. "About thirty feet, thinkP
DEATH OF THE GLOSSARY
aTn bet can cover fifty" replied Douglas
proudly. This was quite likely, as by this time he
was twenty-seven feet in height and broad IN pro
portion
He called to the boys, and when they came out he
told them that b was about to hunt the Glossary,
describing the animal. But somehow they we're not
anxious to accompany him until he assured them
Of their own safety, when they said that they would
20, but that they would keep in the rear-just like
boys who annoy and il-treat weaker lads.
Everybody prepared for a grand banquet on
Douglas return for they all were quite certain that
he would destroy the Glossary with almost no trou
bic. The Gazaab even went so far as to send a mes
senger to the Grand Lama, who rules all Ihlbet
that the animal was as good as dead already, and
that he would probably be able 10 SEND MN us ltu
to ornament the royal palace next day.
1t was well toward evening when Douglas started
out and he did not expect to the animal at all
but before be had reached the low, vine-crowned
hills outside of the city the boys, who followed at
a safe distance, saw something rush out an cloud
of reddish dust which instantly bad everything from
view.
It was the fierce. infatuated Glossary but the ami
NAL had made a mistake Pccring out from his hid
ing place in the low shrubbery, where he was wait
ing for some passer-by, he saw Douglas, who had
already discovered him, and was bending down 90
creep up and spring upon the Glossary suddenly,
The animal thought it was merely a rather larger
sized man than usual, but when the giants great
hands clutched it by the throat IL felt that some
thing remarkable was about to happen.
Douglas seized it by abe neck, which was very
long and thin, and when 1t tried 20 scratch HIM
with It's great claws he grasped them both at once
with the other hand and, IN spite OF ITS vigorous
souirming and twisting, he held it until at last,
with eyes popping out it ceased to wrlthe and final
" drooped limp and lfeless to the ground. choked
TO death by his giant grip.
Great was the rejoicing when 1T was known that
Douglas had already slain the terrible creature and
Deople came by hundreds, and then by thousands
bringing all manner If beautiful presents of pearls
rubies ivory carvings, precious vases, rugs, shawls
cold and silver statuettes-in fact, everything that
one could imagine that and costly for they
were filed with gratitude.
FOUNDED 4 GREAT MUSEUM
The skin of the Glossary Immediately sent
70 the Amer. and he sent Douglas beautiful pipe
made of single pearl as large as my fist. There
was a great feast at which Douglas made a speech
in Thibetan and promised to return and bring some
wonderful things from America and then along to-
ward morning, they bundled the moon men into the
airship and putting in all the rare gifts. Douglas
pushed the button and away they went,
Bv o'clock they reached home AID faund the
whole town out, wt.le men were dragging the riyar
thinking they had all been drowned. When the
neople saw the moon men and heard the story they
went wild with wonder. and newspaper reporters
kept them busy. l can tell you, for several hours
relating over and over the account of the combat
and the capture Of tie moon men.
So that is how Douglas started museum. Hs
had to. People pestered him so constantly, coming
from all over the world to his strange captives
that he simply had to place these occupants Of an
other planet on exhibition, and be charged little
money for admission, in order to send his seven
brothers to college. 1 don't blame him a bit. al
though I could have made moro money taking kings,
oueens and other crowned heads on little excur-
sions here and there big prices in that remarkable