The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-02
.SiassOalk PenciIings
Nature K.aIsle In aLantgenery.

Nature Bask5E tN MamN&eKNeEy. iv Na'a5s psthetso al Dises as oE m in1oranatton. but true. One Of them. the very prince. crowd on one Of the ctty's comfort. strated the faeE beyond fear e1 cons
 'To tell tho truth" he said ao the eopgenials. 'm going out of the way but rather Ss Ata M Tar frora t. 1t can say this much. however. that the RQose~ veltanisna hAa become little toe strong for me k0 bear and retain my salf-respect and dignity. Only tive courses lay open--one either to de- mand retrAckAon of the words the President had uttered. and the 0ther to ice. chose the latter. oot of respect is felt you may believe. Exker all my accomplishments. denials d DeriIs.s.
 'sW1hat was the particular point of the diflculty between you and Teddy2 asked one uf the hearers.
 'sThe point7 Why, just told the President that I had made some won derful discoveries ID my dealings with animals. tnentioned a few of them. what blush tea spsak it."
 Tell us of one of your greatest achievements in the animal realm. said a congenials I've love to hear those things, and then we are aDpre-
 You may read of the most of them. :" said the diseoverer. fin my latest book The Economic Proklems Solved in the book, ,'The Evolution of the 6irafe, Boa and Bear My experiences are set forth in volume entitled Death in Life or Hell Gates Yawnirs
 "The tale that I told Teddy was one that has not been edited. nor will be after hin harsh sentences. It is to the following effect:
 ''Three years age I left the United ana nnencumbered. to study the afil- nal Kingdom more closely. You see me noW--weak eHnaciateds tlpkempt That's My reapinE, and afters remind all theories that had previously exist cd concerning the hauntg Of animals and their methods of living.
 Shortly after my arrfval in the wiida all my attention to the study of snakes, reptile to which have be- come deeply attached fTom long ex- periences. They are an afrectionate innt and staanch friends.
 T made number of interesting and instructive notes on tue habits of the asp. cobra and reptiles of like pois- 2nous qualifications. and made few investigations on the boa. My success was great, but nay greatest achieve 'ment was in discovering the great wells of affection that travel under the skin of the almost microscopic asp.
 The naturalist paused for a mo- ment and swelled out to huge pro- portions He was getting into his had taken for his topic. He was ready to strike--aBd struck.
 sLiving, as I was. m the haunts of this class of reptiles, encountered strange perils. but newer from the asps They took an affection for me. a fact which has given me renewed lease on life, and which I appreciate as my most cherished ecompiEshment The danger was from the jealous lions and Insects that also inhabited the Wtids, and from other beasts of no less evii intent.
 ,o,I:I, sThs .oa aspS, as I have already said. in places that are the feast expected. They strike those they do not like. but me they left alone 1 was, you might say. the. king, they reyereneed.
 One day, ahi how fresh it Is In my memory. the Jealous beasts and brutes of the forest held a meeting, and l was the topic under discussion. The asps. my friends, told me so. and resolutions were passed which meant my death, ana ere the setting of that days sun. Animals. youe know, very often hold eonvantions. Even Aesop discoYsred that years ago.
 'srhe asps. however. wanted me to live. and they set about to discover q means of apprisinE~ me of .this fact. They knew that I could not live in the forests any Tongers and they had to resort to a means of communication
 "They hit upon this plan: Certain Of this class of asps have Q habit Of weeping that is easily discernible when 'anee you become versed in their
 methods of affections. Calling to- gether the largest body of reptiles that ever traVOrsed forest. the number included thopaands. the snakes came to my dwelling in the woods. and peer ed in nt the door as if desiring con- verse with me. 1 went out and imme- diately saw that something was doing, and that right quick. King Asp came up to me. turned his back and wigRisd oft. looking back to me imploringly, and pausing as If waiting for me to catch up with him l followed. little suspectinR danger of any sort. and when we came out to an open space I found myself following, fin the wake of about five hundred reptiles. and at my back and all around me equally as many as were in the front
 Well. we had not progressed far In the direction of the first settlement before the solution of the mystery was impressed upon me. Hiding be- hind every thicket, every shrub. every tree, was a beast that desired my life that waited for 1t. He could not see the asps, so eager was he to get at me. and he accordingly would start to get danlSed of by the snake that divined his intentions. Ot course hG was killaa-