Show A SNAKE snail STORY of all things 0 in which ono one would look for sagacity a snake is the last yet my sto story ry 0 is of f a snake anake and a wabe wi be one too loo men have h ave studied them kindly uil since the creation when the giver of life pronounced them tile the mast of all tile the boasts beasts of the field and the consequence is that their wisdom and importance have h a velleen been greatly overlooked and derided dull and stupid as as they apparently are yet they far excel in intelligence acid something 0 like reason in in emergencies cit I 1 urgencies orgen cies many animals supposed po s ed ito be akin to man in the nobler attributes tributes ut of physical life as I 1 shall prove I 1 got inte interested tested in the study of ser s down in arkansas arkanna of e I 1 spent most of last year I 1 dont know why but I 1 was C constantly instantly watching them thein and constantly testing w their sagacity by placing them in new situations and sun sin I 1 bundi bounding tig them by novel expedient expedients ts of nil kinds I 1 most bostwi with ti I 1 rattlesnakes and copeci heads one afternoon I 1 seated myself tily self on a t little knoll in tile woods to smoke and read for I 1 always had a book or news newspaper paper with nic and had been oil cn myself for sonic some dillo when I 1 espied a copperhead makil in for a hole within ten leet of where I 1 I 1 sat of course I 1 threw dovi ny book a and nd cigar 9 ar and proceeded ty tu try a new e experiment peri ment As soon as I 1 stirred tile the rascal made a art grand iia rush to lur r the li ole but I 1 caught hia tail as 1 6 rot neaily alf ill 1 andl era d tn elt ea on 1 I ke bac backward kwad lie tin evv himself into a I 1 coil i 1 i l ant A fo r me m c to pitch in in but to lot let him try the hole again after a while lie 1 plaited tai ted for it stopping when I 1 stirred to coil himself up 1 but as I 1 kept pi ct ty quiet lie he ie lecover covered cd confidence and went in again I 1 jerked him out no sooner did lie ho touch the ground than lie mado made another grand lush for the hole in a straight line with my legs ICs I 1 but that for I 1 got out of I 1 tile the way wavy and gave him another flint t this time li e 1 awhile appearing to olf course to be taken after a neho wed it gaan adani cheit though li rather slowly sidway after getting liis his lead head a little kayin way in he be stopped and wn ogled his tail as if i on oil purpose i for r me to grab it I 1 did so and quicker than a hash flash lie he drew his head out and came within a quarter of an inch of striking me ine in the face however I 1 jerked him quite a distance and resolved to look out next timer time he trie tried d the same game again but it I 1 was ivas too quick for ilin him this time lie lay in a coil perlian without stirling s tin in g at last however he c ii i advanced to within avo te edof the holo bolo vory very slowly coiled ago again iii and then by heavens I 1 ho be got the start of mo me by 11 Y one or of the cutest irions you ever heard d f how was it I 1 wo all exclaimed in a breath why 3 said the narrator sinking li s voice ito tho the acme of solemnity and id looking as honest a and nd soter bobc as a mail an cou could ld I 1 ook look wily why lie he just t turned rudd his s licad to towards airas my hand hala arid and wont went down that liole tail fiti saw tho rascals eyes twin twinkle cje as lie ho did it too t as muchas much as to say hat do y ont hilik 0 of f that th acea ell V r 7 and einck then I 1 that chanc souls soula |