The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-21
AN INCIDENT OF EDEN
BY PHIL H. ARMSTRONG.

!. Great heavens, help me gather up these tags and come take a position Don Hssae os ms srad Taey Ba as due "a. hss i q single one He will be angry and we VII alr,gset get ,a aired-"
 have to go to work"
 Well. Addie. never mind, let's sit on I hear something roaring--ooo-oo- -oo-ooo
 A great tawny. mangy creature. his snapping, suddenly ran up to them ana frightened poor little Eve so much that she clung to Adam. hiding her face be-
 The big creature sat on his launches and eyed them expectant1y.. obviously he was in an ugly mood and wanted
 Adam fshed around franticaliy for q pretty cognomen and his hand trem- bled perceptibly.
 idly. but would you you mind, "a as 1I'o you '' are the, the hing tbI Of of Beasts. will shall duo
 "oh. how iice," cried Eve, who now ventured to show. her eyes over Adams shoulder, Aren't you proud of Adam dismissed him,
 !oodness,. cried Eve: I'm glad hs Soms. Sldn.t .gr9Sdr grGwl at at that. o-oo-hers much larger than the Lion, and Adam was was more nervous than before as he creature had big T tai iiP.s in front ss and dns . smaiier one behind. His white tusks Esaimss ears like ySy l9ory whls his huge
 Oh" cried Eve. Tets call him . Sparrow Don's you think that would
 Nc. said, Adam. T think I'll cal,
 But he finally picked up taa boar IT ing the w9rd sElephant and twist'ng at that.
 Eve clapped her hands deiiehtediy. ,0F mia she bsr waf ,,f.Ijs ,ffjoyI1S t a % like pearls and her rosy lips formed . bore ss onS nse ssms that o reess sss @ ,ss tree tops. and he had to stoop way u,.y .Yoy shall cali q fish. said Adam. Eve. That isn't cute at all Call hira
 How about humming bird" So ..ti.ey finally agreed upon "csi-
 The next creature to appear was and sharp ta1ons. his bright eyes snap pstng angrily; his long talons clutching
 "I'll cali him a turtle" said Adam.
 "oh. no-an Eagle" said Eve. and
 A long, slim creature writhed over frighfenlne poor little Eve half 5ts, to stauneh o.S Adam took s msas tss crseps sps looking at him. ,oncsI ncslf i,nan him tissr." cried Eve. 'thas Nc. he's q sn,ake--r feel it. Get out
 Sc the snake s1ided away with "a suddenly there was great chatter. ing. If Eve was frightened before. sine Sg..,, was more So now, for this feathery tualIy speaking like a man
 He perehed on Adenn's knee. 'Well. pard what's my name--see?"
 Adam nearly fell over with aston
 ''Why---er--f--I--" .f, r,. ,"ASSam,s Sa zaia Eye. T should call him .,.,I: Eve don't iintsrrupt--thls is a ss- Here nnss,Sy yeI Sr feiiow csn,t yeu suEEsss
 suddenly y fhe SH Sird fisng iSeRsdg at Ess who sesn essnss psems asa sns wtfh a her sharp ., Here you young woInan."- he said. T would suggest that you pare it.
 has yoay Uy nsnra tss he a1t sad tgS .s woTa &
 So the parrot went on his way satis- All day. all night and the next day the animals. birds and fishes passed in review and to every one Adam gave a name--assisted by Eve, though Bibli- oal historians have failed to ave the lady her proper credit In the matter Nevertheless. without her Adam could perhaps. never have performed the enormous task
 Finelly.- when the last creature was l named, Adam caught Eve by the hand and together they roamed all over Eden In search of an ice cream rarlor AS Adam felt 1t was up to him to treat
 Hut such a thing was, of course not Co be found in that day. Adam might have known better. but he was merely acting upon Eve's suggestion. It seems the only thing they could find was one measlY little fruit staad pleS
 Eve insisted on huying one and got Into devil of mess over it--but that . is another story.