Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-03-22

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i wna dOalng quietly IN my haEn~
meek. gaad 70 escape far "a instant
she snslsfenk screaming cS d cacaelA
which seemed 30 have gona nnad ln the
Jungle heat, when low xusslanG
eauehk my eag~a sound Of moving
leaves without wind tiss voice o9 =
breeze ID the midst of breatlzless heat
writes WIillam Deebe. III the Atlantic
ag0nthIy. Theirs was ID II something
sinister and soreb0ding. leaned over
the edge o9 my hammock, and saw
coming toward me. I'd j broad iFregu-
lar front, great army o. arts, bat.
talsOn after battalion 81 them lowing
ike sea az living notes over twiGs
and leaves and STEMS
knew the danger and half sat uDs
prepared 10 ron ont and walk TO one
side. Then / gagged my supporting
strands: tested them until they yibrat-
"a and humned. and lay back. watch-
Ing, to see what would come about. !
knew that no creature in the w0rld
could stay in the path Os this horde
and i've. 70 Kill en- Insect or d great
bird would require only few In
gtanEs, and the death be jaguar
Of 4 fapir would mean only few
more. Against this attack. claws
teeth, poison fanSs would be Idle
weapons
Ia the van Aed cloud OF terrified
insects those gifted with flight 70.
wing their way far OF. while the
humber ones went running headIong,
their legs. four, nix or 4 hundred. max
ing the 6wlftest pace vouchsased them.
There were foolish folk who climbed
up low ferns, achieving swaying,
tOpm0st trends only To be tgaiIed hy
the savage ants and brought down to
instant death.
Even the winged ones were not i'm.
nnune. 10f IL they ha@itafed second.
40 ant would seize upon them. and. al
though carried into the air, would not
loosen his grip but cling to them, oh
struct their flight, and perhaps bring
them to earth Id the heart Of the
Jungle. where. cut on from their kind,
the single combat would be waged to
the death. From where I watched, /
saw massacres innumerabIe; terrible
battles Ii which some creature
giant beside an ant fought for bis
life, crushing to death scores Dc the
enemy before giving mp.
They were 4 meFclIess army and
their number was countless, with host
upon host following close on each Oth-
@9'a heels Al horde az warriors found
4 bird ii my game bag. and left 0g II
hardly i feather. wondered whether
they would discover me. and they did,
though think II was more BY accident
than by intention. Nevertheless half
dozen ants appeared On the foot
strands, nervousIy twiddling their an
sennae in my direction. Their ap-
praisai was brief with no more than
seconds delay they started toward me.
waited until they were well on their
way, then vigorously twanged the
cords under them harpWise. sending
all the scouts into mitiair and headl0ng
down among their fellows. So FAR AZ
know. this was b revolutionary
maneuver III military tactics, conpaE-
able only to tie explosion of set
mine.
But even sO. When the last 0e this
brigade had gone On their menacina,
pitiless way, and the danger had
passed ia Il new province, could not
help thinking of the certain. inexora.
Bile fate III 4 man who. unable to move
from his hammock Or TO make ang
defense. should be thus exposed To
their attack There could be no help
fOr him Ii but one Of this great hest
should scent him out and carry the
word back "a the rank and ale.