Show I 3 z i THE air was dense and heavy Underneath Underneath Underneath Un Un- the huge trees sat a crowd crowd of I sleepy looking savages their eyes fixed k steadily on the white man who ha had l come to teach them everlasting life The missionary's sweet young wife leaned dreamily against one of the masSIve massive massive mas mas- sive tree Suddenly there was a rustle among the leaves and an immense boa darted down I its ts fearful head and brushed her cheek The faces of the natives were transfixed with horror The endangered woman sprang up up shrieking aloud in her agony aRony then fell fainting to the ground The cry aroused the men to action and in iIi a moment the serpent lay stretched dead beside them The missionary tenderly bent over his senseless wife Her eyes opened and rested on the snake She heaved a sigh of relief II Is Is that all she mur mur- II I I thought it was a mouse II Then there followed a deep silence broken only by the chatter of the the ap apes s samong among the branches K I |