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

FTHIS is the story of how a poor weak, sickly
boy became the owner of the finest museum
in all the world after being giant HIM
self
Douglas Hawtrey GODDARD was the name of this
boy who was feeble and timid and unable to JOIN IN
the rough play of the other boys, so most OF ms
time was spent in study. He knew many ian
guages and there was not a word that he eouldn
spell or a place in the geography he couldn't DC
scribe. But what he wanted most-to play Win
other boys-was denied him because they refused 70
play with so small and weak a lad They drove him
away with sharp. cutting words and told HIM TO 80
and play with girls or learn to do knitting called
him "bow-legs" and "scare-cat' and refused 10 let
HIM even stand around when they played.
One fine day In May, Oscar Upton, Amos Hol-
brook Frank Delano, Raymond Foster and Her
man Wirz were spinning tops in vacant lot when
Douglas came limping along and stopped to look at
them.
sect along out o. here." cried Frank Delano, a
big, braWny boy with large Adams apple. 10
play over at the kindergarten"
"Yesw shouted Amos Holbrool. who already had
shaved once and had a pair OF hsts like black
smiths "Chase yourselfl We don't want no
spindle-shanked kids around hereP
That's rightw added Herman Wlrz, who could
lift ffty-six pounds with one finger. "Sneakl
Swim out, or you'll get hurt in the push This amt
no place for kids anyhow!
They looked so fierce that Douglas was alarmed
and withdrew a few yards; but the other boys, re-
sentug even his presence IN the lot, moved on IN
body casting back at him sour and fierce glances.
I Douglas, however, in spite of many rude remarks
followed them at distance, resolved to see what
they we're about to do as small boys often do, you
know. and even when they went far as the river,
where he had never been before, he still chung to
them.
"SavP cried Raymond Foster, Hhavent you any
sense at ala Can't you see we don't want you tag
ging alongl Now, Just mosey out quick, OF youH
get a swift poke on the nose that'l give you the
heartburn. See"
Douglas was about to retreat when suddenly Os-
car cried
"Here's a funny red berry, I wonder if it's
He ATE SOME STRANGE BERRIES
All the boys gathered around Z small bush bear
ing pale pink berries, but as they had never seen
any before like them they asked Douglas what they
we're because they knew he had studied everything.
He could not tell the name of the berry, and so,
angered at having asked him, they compelled the
poor weak child to eat all of the berries at once,
thinking to make him sick, although they knew they
might be poisonous but the hard-hearted lads did
not care for that.
Now. these were mammoth berries. which blossom
and ripcn on but one day in the year, the 9th Of
May. and they disappear in an hour, so very few
people except wizards witches and botanists ever
find them at ALL They have the marvellous power OF
making one who eats them grow suddenly ana IN
expectcdly ct any moment, TO an enormous size.
Therefore they are called mammoth berries. 1t was
fortunate, although so dangerous, that the boys
made Douglas eat them ALL you viii see. any one
Of the lads would willingly have eaten them had no
known their magic powers but as it was, the weak
est and smallest got them. After he had swallowed
every one the boys drove him away with jeers and
pibes They were standing in threatening attitudes
fleeing him as they ordered him 10 go, and none Of
them saw a very remarkable object IN the air. IL
was a thing shaped like an immense cigar, that was
moving slowly along over the water toward them-a
sort of an arshjp but unlike any ever seen before
1t was filed with queer dwarfsh hairy men, with
large. misshapcl heads that looked more ike those
of fish than human heads, and al of them we're
rlaring eagerly at the group of boys the shore.
The airship came nearer and nearer swiftly and
silently. and then suddenysdarted down upon them.
As the startled boys turned TO see what was coming
the fshikc men poured out Of the car and grabbed
them. each lad being seized by several fsh-men at
once. and so powerful we're the fsh-men that even
the burly Amos was perfectly helpless in their
- grasp.
Like so many bags the boys were tossed into the
ear the fsh-men sprang in after them, and up shot
the airship Douglas, although the smallest was
the first TO recover his Senses and he looked at the
6sh-men carefully.
Tur MEN From TIE MOON