New Britain herald., 1919-10-08
HANK LONG" Tells The Strnge Adventures of MT, koddem, DiCkiWl and Bi|IICant on the Back Of the Nightmare

"Tickled most to death to see you boys. Come right in the house.
 Tell you another story? Yes indeed
 and better than that for I've just
 asked your mother to let me take
 you riding on the Nightmare All
 this MT Modem spoke to the boys
 as they stood on MT. Noddem's front
 stoOp. You remember MT. Noddem
 told the boys the stories of the winds,
 and had promised them that some
 time when the had time if they
 would call at his house he would
 show them all the wonderful things
 he kept in his reception room. Well,
 the boys entered the room, and of all
 the strange rooms in this wide, wide
 world MT Noddem's is the strangest.
 In the first place the room is lined
 with cabinets in which are the most beautiful objects you ever saw!
 They shine, and glimmer, and shim-
 mer, and twinkle, and sparkle and,
 ten chances to one you would hold
 your breath so long that if MT Nod dem didn't come back soon you'd
 die for want of it, so very wonderful
 are the objects in the cases.
 In one case are diamonds, rubies and rosy pearls you might mistake for little china tea cups. In another, strings and strings of the most beau
 tiful coral from the bottom of the sea, where Pirates craft lie on the bottom all the day and night long. In another, strange bottles and vases and daggers and cutlasses. and fire arms all jeWeled and mounted Ill gold. In another, old, old clothing on which is yellow lace worth thousands of dollars. There are long coats of ivory colored and cherry cOlored and garnet colored and lemon colored silk and satin with all kinds of precious stones for buttons. Then you would see if you looked on a shelf running all around the room within a foot of the low ceiling that which wouldo make you shiver and culver! What is it? Well, I guess Dickiwil and Billicant who went to see MT. Modem many years ago, and who have just returned from the most wonderful trip two little bows ever took know. They went to call on Mr. Noddem, I don't know 1 how many years ago but, l do know ! that of all the strange sights, and strange adventures, which ever befell two boys, it was those of DickiWill and Billicant who, q; Mir. Noddem's invitation straddled the long night mare which MT. Noddem keeps all curled up on the little shelf extending around the wall of this room.
 At first you would be struck with it's color It is blue, and green. and red. and yellow, and orange, and. black, and brown, and l don't know how many other COiorS and tints. It has bout fifteen hundred legs. It has 8 head too, but goodness gra- cious. such a head It's half red, and green, while it's six eyes are of different color. There's a red one, which is as red as the port light on
 ferry boats. Then the green one
 which, by the way, is on the safe side when you mount the Nightmare. Then there is a beautifully pink one. Then
 comes a brown one. Then one as
 white as milk Indeed, it looks not
 unlike a small pan of milk from
 which the creams been removed and,
 last but rot least. is the one called
 the WE ATHER EYE" This is
 we'll, I don't know what color. Mir.
 Noddem calls it "Slly yoluepink." He
 says the Nightmare uses this eye
 only when it's stormy.
 Now, all these eyes are set in two rows and run each side of the Night mares head from the tip of it's sharp nose to it's long pointed ears which turn like lightning first one way and then another at the slightest sound. From it's big nostrils small, yellow