Hal Kenyon Disappears

school. On their return to the farm from Mummy Ca?on the Boy Scouts would have to walk on through the ca?on, past old Fl

Before the sun went down the Scouts could see the outlines of this freak of nature from their position at the camp fire, but as it sank bene

enyon began his legend of the

ant that ever lived. His name wasn't Flathead then. His he

n the peak of his head. And those brains didn't amount to much, for they had suc

nt. He did all kinds of mean things. He killed and ate all the boys he could lay his hand

errupted Frank Bowler energetically. "

s; "you're all the time talking abou

on't

Scout, Frank. You ought to be ashamed of yourself. It's silly. Go ahead, Harry. W

ted me. You see it was this way. A good many years ago, a boy called Smash lived near here. That was before the giant lost his peak

lk to me,'" jeered Smash. 'I'

t. 'You're the conceitedest kid

st place to hit

' replied the giant. 'You

ear, and I'll give yo

up with two fingers an

have your ax

roared

have yo

d the giant. 'You couldn't ge

ve it to me and I'll k

ed kid,' said the giant.

suddenly to grow very long and very strong, for they seized the handle and lifted it up. Then, before t

Smash!" ex

"There's more coming and yo

f his ear?" inquir

ied Hal. "That's j

his neck?" a

ster than the top of the giant's head and the gia

ction was not noticed. The boys were loudly expressing their

ving the big-head," decl

did," agreed

me. Why, do you think a boy who could stand on a giant's ear and cut off the

everal. "Yes,"

, he'd 'a' fell in the giant's pocket, or caught hold

ronounced Dr. Byrd. "What h

" replied the

,'" said the doctor sternly. "He isn't bad

me," declared Frank, who was

call you down, eh?

, I'll cle

very seriously and so did not remonstrate. He remembered similar experiences of his own and believ

red Byron Bowler, Bad's one-year-ol

d with him much and followed his employer soon after the latter settled in Colorado. He was an interesting

out together,"

n it or did Peppe

eplied Hal with a mischievous gri

ow what I mean. You

, yes; but you never did

ierce" attitude. He liked his warlike friend best when he was threatening to "clean someb

us a story about the mummy

if nobody else has,"

d several of th

in well with Hal's story. The giant, by the way, h

and performing the most wonderful feats. After the top of the giant's head was cut off and his brains gone, the giant died. But as he was very

the death of Smash. He was s

ha

n air

not?" he

ns having airships!" sai

h him. When he saw the fearful accident that had befallen his brother, he glided down to offer assistance. The giant was dead, although standing erect; but

this. So he flew away, and a few days later he returned with several other Indians. With the aid of some

strong odor of spices and chemicals and had converted Smash's body into a mummy. T

ibes have done, and saturated the cloths with diluted giant's brain to preserve them. Then he put the body on his airship and arose to the giant's forehead, and landed with his burden on a beetling eyebrow. There he hewed out a shallow niche, into which, he set the

y. After the hand-clapping and shouts of g

on the mountain's as big as a elep

es, though they weren't anything like a

ame from overhead. Instinctively they all looked up and beheld in the moonlight a very strange o

airship,"

ane," shou

in startled tones. "I wonder what he m

le," said Mr. Frankland.

shouted Dr. Byrd. "No t

e. It acted as if one wing had been clipped. Suddenly, within fifty feet of the ground, the a