Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-08-19

SlOnS, nut these exquisite creatures
are mul-suckors and that's what they
are doing now. Come and I'll gladly
tell you their names" He knelt down
at the brink of the ledge and Alice
knelt Gown beside him.
"Over here-the light tawny-brown
one with black borders and veins and
a double row of white spots on the
costal and outer borders of the wings
Is the monarch (Anosia pleXippus).
See that black spot on the hind wings9
1t Is pouch containing scent scales
(androconia, we call them) to facinate
his lady love"
"Really" exclaimed Alice.
"Oh, yes" the young man assured
her. "a good many species have
them. Among the butterflies it's the
male that is addicted to perfumes and
cosmetics"
"And this rather small coppery-
brown one with the orange band"
inquired Alice, for the Grant
stranger, frightened away by the fall
ing stone, had returned to sip nectar
from neighboring thistle. Hes
new one l never saw him before"
He leaned forward to get better
view.
"By Georgew he exclaimed, and she
felt him stiffen as he gazed, IF 1t
isn't" and he reeled off another long
Latin name.
"Say that again, please" laughed
Alice. But he paid no heed. lie
reached back for the butterfly net.
Swiftly and silently he got to his
feet and like a panther moved toward
the prey. Just as the net was poised
the quarry fitted to godlenrod some
ten feet away. Alice did not move
or speak. Tho second attempt was
successful and the hunter returned
with the prize fluttering in the net.
"Take q good lookW he advised.
ut may be a long time before you
see another. This is Chrysophanus
thoe (nlcknamed the bronze copper)
and, though his habitat is from the
Connecticut river to Nebraska, he Is
a rare bird just the same. Moreover,
there is a price of a hundred and fifty
dollars on his head"
"a hundred and fifty dollars !" cried
Alice, opening wide her hazel eyes,
"for that little brown thing not more
than an inch and half acrossH"
The young professor smiled. Eyes,
and a hundred and fifty more II we
can locate the mate, which Is prob
ably somewhere close about. A rich
oil man, who Is a dllettante entOmolo-
glst and collector, has advertised a
reward of $500 In a nature journal
for the pair or half the sum for
either. She's In the neighborhood."
And sure enough she was, and In
few minutes Mrs. Chrysophanus
thoe was resting beside her husband
In the cyanide bottle. She differed
In having front wings Of orange-red
with more conspicuous black spots,
and in being brighter orange below
than the male.
ut will take about a half-hour In
the killing bottle" the professor In
formed her, "and In the meantime
we'll sit here and talk. Then I'll
take them out and put them on the
spreading board and brace the wings
with cardboard so you will have per-
feet specimens, and In two or three
days they'll be ready for you to send
off and collect your reward"
"Why, It's not my rewardW cried
Alice. "It's yours Yours by right
of capture and superior knowledge"
"No-yours by right of discovery,
which is the paramount right Of ALL"
"I'll tell you what" the girl pro-
posed eagerly, "we'll share It."
an tell you what" countered the
young man promptly, well do moth
Ing Of the sort, and II you talk any
more about 1t you'll spoil an other
wise perfect morning"
Whereupon Alice thanked him very
prettlly and changed the subject.
"Tell me-" she urged, "some more Of
the wonderful things about nature"
They talked until noon, during
which time Alice revised her opinion
OF insect hunting being tame and
ladylike pursuit for a man. AS she
listened to journeys into remote lands
and uninhabited wllds In behalf Of
various museums or the Department
Of Agriculture, she learned the track
Ing OF this small quarry was attend.
ed with as many dangers and thrills
as elephant hunting In the African
Jungle. He seemed more of an ex-
plorer than school teacher, and he
confided to Alice his hope of soon
dropping the teaching entirely and
combining himself to exploration and
the writing of scientific books.
He showed much interest In Allce's
paintings and gave them high praise,
pronounclng her cOlors marvelously
true. "Do you know" he remarked,
If ] had your faculty It would be
Invaluable to me In my work? I've
tried and can't paint any more than
a grounding"
When they walked into the dining
room together at lunch all the women
opened their eyes-Gladys Waters
widest Of all. How had she managed
to land hlm?-that pale, quiet little
thing But Alice was no longer pale,
and rosy or pale she had never been
anything but pretty.
She and her professor walked and
talked and rode together. He had
driven out In his car. Her health i'm
proved more rapidly than ever, and
by fall she was quite able to teach
again. But she didn't. She got mar
rled instead. And she spent the whole
$500 for her trousseau. and what re-
NAMED Of the ralny-day fund besides
As was stated Alice had entomology
thrust upon her.