The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-01
READY TO ATTACK THE cHIMERA

'TWhat do you think about ships that can 90
against the wind and tide at the rate Of mile IN
two minutes {" asked Andrew.
aAh. bv enchantment" said the Siren.
'rNo, by steam. of which you know nothing" re-
piled Andrew eyes, and other ships that voyage
beneath the sea like fish,"
eImpossiblep cried Jason. "Such ships could
destroy whole feetsP
That's what they're for" said Andrew. @And
then we have other conveniences that soar through
the air like birds" he continued "Air-shlps we call
them. that go as high as the cloudsP
Zone might rise to Olympus thus" said Jason
Il can not believe Jupiter would allow mortals to
use such ships"
~Oh, old Jupiter has been missing these many,
many years" said Andrew.
This piece OF news upset the Grecians dreadfully,
for. of course, they didn't know how they could
manage to get along without their old gods. 1t took
Andrew al day to explain how it had happened that
the old mythology had gone out of STYLE for, of
course. these men could not understand how long
they had been inert pieces of wood.
Returning to the subject of air-ships which was
fascinating one to all of them, he explained 1t
well as possible, and all wished that one OF them
might come sailing along and carry them all to
that wonderful America.
sWhat a magnificent thing it would be to attack
the Chimera with" said the Siren, thoughuully Il
imagine one could reach his only vulnerable spot
from an air-ship"
"Why, Is the Chimera alive" inquired Andrew.
But no, of course not! 1t has persisted along with
Jupiter. Venus and the rest of them"
"Indeed it has notp said the Siren. Its right
here on this island, and i have all / can do some
DAYS to dodge it, Only yesterday it very nearly
caught me asleep under tree. fed with all haste
to a cavern too small for it to enter. l went out
by another exit and the Chimera, stupid old thing,
Is still sitting there at he front entrance waiting
for me to come out"
eve must find way to destroy him, then,' said
Andrew.
All the men laughed, but even as they laughed
they looked askance over their shoulders to see If
the dread monster was In sight
"Whatl A STRIPPING without armor thinks to ate
tempt the conquest of the ChimeFa that even
Theseus dared not encounter! What follyP they
cried
There are more ways nowadays of killing cat
than choking it with butter" said Andrew, smiling.
"That sound. like the oracle of DelphiP cried
the Siren, looking at the boy respectfully. "Have
YOU any way of overcoming the mOnsterP
ooh, only about twenty-sevenl There arc all
sorts of things that you folks of long ago never
dreamed of. You'd think / was Jupiter himself If
YOU saw me on the Fourth of July make thunder
and lightning If I can find the right materials 1
ought to finish off the Chimera IN two minutes
Hasten, them and procure them" cried the
Siren for I hear him coming now! Flee to tbs
cavern in the hillp
All of them sprang up and fed. Andrew, not
being so much alarmed for he had been brought up
to dsbeGeve in such Things, rose slowly, but IN
stantly took TO his heels, for he dreadful crea-
ture coming swiftly through the trees toward him.
1t was the Chimera, but i now have no more room
to tell YOU to-day what happened, and the rest OF
the story I viii put off until next Sunday.
WALT MeDOUGALL