The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-09

footed and SHE'D all at the same time.
ana when one hump was not tanning
him i'm the back the other hump was
Kicking him i'm the stomach. and if he
Nad a gun ne would shoot the camel
and the Arabs. and bust up the show.
BY the time dad got So ne could stand
up without leaning against a pyramid
me Arabs came mp and they uII talked
AL once "ut drew knives. and IL seemed
ass though they We're blaming dad for
something. We found am Interpreter
among the tourists. and he talked with
the Arabs, and pointing To- the camel
dad hdd ridden. which WAS stretched
out ON the sand like ne was dead he
told dad the Arabs wanted him To- pay
for the camel he had ridden To death
anal touudered by letting it drink a.
wagon load of water. and then entered
i'm ID race across the desert. and the in
terpreter said dad better pay, OF they
would kill him.
Dad settled for the camel for "a hun
ored dollars. and a. promise Of the skin
pi the camel. which he was going TO
take home and have stuffed. Then Il
man who pretended to DE n Justice of
the peace had dad arrested for driving
OF walk. and he was fined $40 and
costs for that. and then ffI the Ara lbs
struck him for money for one thing
and another. and when he had settled
al, around and paid extra for not riding
back to Cairo ON the camel. we got
y ''h. h' 'AIlltb A' tine iAliltlu- l'tlu
= I'D he wouldn't ride that camel back
10 Cairo for a million dollars. FOR me
was split up SO his legs began where his
arms left off. and ne was lame from
Genesis Ca Revelations
But / never saw such lot OF people
T. pray as these pirates a5,. Just before
they rob man they get down ON their
knees ON q rus. and humble something
To some god. ana after they have got
you robbed good and plenty. they get
down and pray. while they are conceal
IU- the money they took from YOU. Gee
lut when ] get home J ann going TO
steer the train robbers and burglars
onto the idea of always beiug ON pray
Ing grounds.
Wei. [ told dad ne hadn't better try
TO climb Up the pyramid. that ] would
SO up cause ] could climb like a goat.
and when 1 got up To the top I would
fire salute. SO everybody would know
that "a staI-spaugled American was ON
deck. but dad said ne would go up OF
quit the tourist business. He said ne
had come thousands of miles TO climb
the pyramids and sit iu the shadow of
the spinks. and. by ginger ne was
going To do il. and So we started.
Well. say. each stone is about -four
feet high. and dad couldn't get up with
ont help. SO an Arab would 80 up "a
stone ahead. and take hold OF dads
hands. and two more Arabs would get
their shoulders under dads pants. and
shove and he would get up gradually.
We got about half way Up when dad
weakened. and said ne DIDN'T care Sc
mueh about pyramids as ne thought
De did and he was ready TO quit. but
fn. guide and some OF the tourists said
". were right near The entrance to the
great tomb OF the kings. and that we
better 20 i'm and at least make a formal
cali on tine crowned heads. and Sc We
went lD. through dark passages. with
little candles that O. rylIgeS carried
and uD and down stairs until finally
we got into big room that Smeiled
like a mOrgue. with bats and eFll-loOll-
ing things an around, and I felt creepy
The guides got down on their knees TO
pray. and 1 thought ii was time 10 be
robbed again. / do not know what made
ire think OF making Sensdt ton right
there i'm the bowels of that pyramid.
where there were cOrpSeS thousands OF
years old. Of Egypt's rulers. / never
felt that way at home. when + visited
cemetery, but 7 thought / would shoot
nay last roman candle and fire my last
giant hrecracker right there i'm that
1DOscleum. and take the chances that
we would get out alive SO when the
tourists were lined up beside q tomb Of
some kameses or other. and the guides
were praying for strength and eudIIT-
ance. probaDly.-to get away with all the
money we had, / picked out place uD
toward the roof that seemed full of
bats and birds OF in omen. and
sneaked my roman candle out from nm
der my shirt. and touched the fuse 10
a candle on the turban OF q guide who
was on his knees, and just as the first
FIRE ball was ready TO come out I velId.
'WhOop-la-much WanO. e-plurfbts-
unum." and the fire balls lighted up the
gloom and Knocked the bats gauy west.
Holy jumping cats. but you ought 10