The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-19

Say look here cant eat this stuff, you know 2"
SAID he. Cant you get me some fresh breadP
that's all we could fndp responded one of the
guards. What's the matter with itF'
Its mouldy, that's what, You're q fine bunch of
elves II that's the best you can do with all your
magic and charms!D
Lets take him to old Hieromathuss expert
mental tarm!' suggested the court fool ut has
never been OF any use to anybody since he stopped
playing at gardening like any mortal"
We Will do just thatP cried the king Il am
positive that there are many things there that
tails eat"
So Gid was conducted to a great. wide hall,
hghted apparently by sort of electric light that
was as strong as sunshine, only it came from be-
1eath instead OF above, and there be that the
floor and even the walls were green with plants and
foliage of all sorts. Here he recognized berries
fruits and vegetables growing.
L on may help yourself to anything you wish
here, said one of the elves. II know not lust how
these things are TO be eaten but you must find out
Tor yourself. Everything here Is just as Hero
mathus lett IT, after spending ages in experimenting
with the things that grow above ground"
II he elves left Gid here, and he began to examine
the strange underground garden with great interest
which soon changed to establishment when he dis
covered Its many wonders. First be found that the
cucumbers that grew there In prOfusion were actual
ly pickles! 1T was only by eating several that he
convinced himself that this was so. and then he
went further to find that there was cooked asparagus
end pie-plant sticking up out of the ground! While
he Was tasting these an aged elf appeared beside
him, am elf who was qulYerlng with eagerness and
who instantly cried:
"Hal You are eating my stuff! It is all rieht2
Have I succeededp'
what do you meanl7 asked Gid, with mouth
full Of rhubard
u am the elf Hieromathus and I ann the one who
made oil these experiments, but have never had
chance to test them never eat Here YOU viii
find all manner of new ideas in vegetation, all in
vented by myself and do hope you viii say that I
have succeededF
Gas far as I've gone it's greatp replied Gid. go
you mean to say that you can really make cooked
things grows"
"Assuredly They wiz grow in this soil all right.
but are they tasty and edible, that's the question:"
replied Hleromathus, eagerly.
"See" he added. "Here's an ear of sweet cornr7
Gid tasted the hot corn, TO find 1t perfect, al
though just torn from the stalk.
Gee! This is great idea, and it viii evolution
lze the gardening business !"
That's what 1 have claimed. but they laughed az
me" shouted the elf. 81 said the mortals would
never hate us again II We could benefit themin some
such manner :"
"But mortals don't hate elves Pr said Cid. con the
feelings"
81 viii tell the king that you said So but let me
show you some more of my inventions. Here's an
oyster plant, which, as you know, on earth merely
tastes something like oyster, perhaps. but under
my careful direction it grows, raw, fried, steamed
or roast oysters themselves. Taste one, pleasei7
Gid was astonIsheC to find the elf was right The
oyster which he plucked from a stalk was exactly
like a fresh bivalve and when he had tasted fried
and roast oysters be danced with gee as did the elf
also Then he ate some fried potatoes that grew
just ike leaves, beneath which hung the boiled
potatoes ia clusters, smoking hot, and then some
baked beans.
Cooked mushrooms covered the soil beneath the
steaming onion and cabbage plants which gave forth
a strong odor that made him h0mesick. suggesting
as i did, corned beet and eabbage- Salads grew ale
ready dressed lettuce. ehicory, dandeon each with