The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-09-27
In tho Florida Woods.

A few days after our special artist
Harry went out for n tramp, and re-
turned TO camp, his face radiant with
pleasure and self-satsfaction.
Tom, said he, II have caught for
YOU some black, some yellow, and some
brown lizards.
Then he carefully opened an old
cigar box in which he usual carried his
paints and, as he peepod inside, his
ewes opened and his whole face ex-
pressed the utmost astonshment.
What is the matter?" asked Tom.
Have they escaped?'
Escaped No. said he. "But
either am bewitched, or some wood
nymph has played trick upon me; for
here is box full of pea-green lizards"
"Carotina aaoiiS" remarked Tom.
"Who's she? The wood-nymphP Do
you know her?n asked Harry, as he
shut the box, with a snap. "Well, what
want to know is, how Carrie what's
her-name painted all my specimens
bright-green, for am willing to vouch
that nothing green touched that box. "
Except yourself, )" laughed Tom.
.'You have been catching what are
commonly known rs Florida chame-
Icons, and they have changed color in
the box. y
From the mysterious depths of his
pockets Tom produced a magnifying-
glass. Then, thrusiing his hands into
the cigar-box, he pulled out one of the
squirming reptiles, and, holding it in his
fingers, handed Harry the glass, saying;
Look and see how old Dame Nature
has adapted the feet of these little ras-
Gals for climbing"
Harry looked and saw that the under
side of each toe was cushion, the sur
face of which was pleated like an old.
fashioned shirt-front-the pleats on the
hinder part having their edges turned
toward the end of the toe, and the
pleats on the forward part having their
edges turned toward the heel, thus d.
viding the cushion in the middle just
as the band for the studs divided the
shirt-front And upon looking further,
Harry discovered that the edges of the
pleats were armed with rows Of needle
like points, and the mechanical princi.
Piles upon which the foot acted dawned
upon him.
II see, | see!'' he exclaimed when
the little rascal runs up q wall, the soft
pads upon his toes fit and fill any little
uneven place beneath them, acting like
the leather suckers we used to make;
while, at the same time, the little spines
pointing downward are brought to bear
upon the surface of the wall But, y
he continued, "should Mr.. Bright Eyes
run down the wall, the pads perform
their part Just as well and are aided
by the opposite set of SpineS and pleatS.
Hurrah for Tom, the great naturalist
he shouted, and in his enthusiasm
dropped the box from under his arm.
The inmates Immediately took adj
vantage of the opportunity to seattle,
in every direction; seeing which, Harry
grabbed at one and caught it by the
tail, His sudden cry of horror startled
Tom from his tit of laughter; but when
a tailless chameleon darted under a
stick at his feet, and he saw Harry gaz.
ing with CONSERVATION on squrming
tail which he held in his hand for o
moment, and then dropped, twisting
and writing, on the ground, he broke
out afrcsh and laughed immoderately
Harry looked up at last, mutterine
something about its being his belief
that the box had contained imps instead
Of reptiles Tom, however, explained
that it was quite an ordinary occurrence
for this curious animal to part with its
caudal appendage, when, by that
means, escape from captivity was pos,
sibe. From Tom, Dick and Harry, IN
Florida,' IN S. Nicholas.