Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-04-04
Experiment.
~ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.


rs,t good thing it is that there
snakes in England" said the pro-
:, meditatively. Imagine, Sybil,
!, had been condemned to pass our
!. in Ireland, how much innocent
.s,tjOn and scientific research
ra have been unavailable! Now,
English adder
SFl looked up from a somewhat
ttpece of bread and butter.
Do YOU alude to that blunt-headed
,bunttailed thing, that loathsome
M dealer in that little basket,
ar
Don't insult the poor thing, Sybil.
POISON fangs are only a means of
gNotectiOn. The true English
ts seldom wantonly Injuries any
although it is very vindictive and
sr fOrsets an enemy. If some one
b on your, wouldn't you bite?"
But think of it, daddy" (She had
ther place at the tea table and was
siarly rumpling the professors hair,
patty to his annoyance, for he did
bear fondling very well) "To be
ldthe joy of life one moment, and
INA prick, a cry, and life fades
N Everything turns gray; a film
mes over ones eyes, and-death!"
Oath, said the professor, philoso-
fily, is a price often paid by men
'nmence for the good of others.
aoServed this morning that I pro-
no the adder to strike a piece of
a'
wondered why you were stirring
qEth the stick" said Sybil.
Nlt speak of a viper as If it were
@alng said the professor, testify.
vas exciting it to get rid of it's poi
george Borrow and other author
= % not say how often the viper
y" Its poison. | am trying to dis
a 'nlS glorious fact for the last
+RF OF my great work on British
ais."
aao when it is done?" queried Sy-
shubtfully.
wy mad heard a great deal about
NamOus book for years. It never
Ds0 TO progress beyond the last
aeter but one.
.Hen 1t will be published said the
SSSOr magniticently. Il shall
4 The concluding chapter of my
On snakes to-night-to-morrow
out a patriotic publisher"
\, l d heard" suggested sybil,
r',L is Very difficult to get things
!, NY Hadn't you better ask
!, NnoW how much I object to
~. .vuns man. Sybil, and that | only
E MN because of his position in
val,y. If it weren't for the kind
A.. HIS fatcatcher | should miss
H., valuable specimens. That
sshOg vas"
h. III. Snuddered. She remembered
h. ~ pi'ckly monster had escaped
k,I | Altchen one night after a
1 h, S'e''es and crawled up stairs
t.,, OO'n' only to lose it's footing
p,stsv 'sn on to the cat, which was
a Sleeping by the mat in the
.|ains rack of enthusiasm is dis
b., ps.' and-and indecent. Only the
b mo 'u' he had the impertinence to
hi -. ulat | was working you too
Res,,a .Oo hard, And them" The
er paused Indignantly. That's
NGls s.s''S frock, isn't it," cycling
'eteal eye. 'D'0'y gown with
Is =. dearest" said sybil.
sar inS Sn' So answered the pro.
h bs ta'snantly. That young man
b. sI,a npertinence to tell me YOU
"a sonU.5 suffering for the good of
b s Saa He said 1 might make
adns am allowance instead of
@ tbs . all my money on books. He
s, s sei.,.. had no heart, and andN was "a q
&isr,is s,nc curiosity myself. Me.
Sih, Ic curiosity! Montrous,
sr,.,. As if l hadn't been immola la !.
ag tr,. vi the altar of duty for
s tor;. way sybil-you burnt nv
saa vbe su'' | don't like it burnt,
i ss sno owes duty to his country unl n,
ssls ,. up his strength for the
b; and S' u, such Philistines as
poon when l had my nap this
la Res you didn't pull down the
FL w, ai'y, Sybil, I do not wish -
soad eyn.o out | am panied, panied
3 be don ,sa family. Everything
/ Sgail a n01s exactly as he liked it,
to ba .u her only general" were
aas had :, ol 1t for days to come
~ thai b Ine courage to tell the pro
sse and ava was selfish old fraud
setonu l m one, that is. with the he
b na, u Alan wyse, who did no,