Show on humanity one hot summer afternoon I 1 was looking over my garden ond and its as I 1 pushed aside the leavestrom leaves from ahill of encumbers a large snake thrust its head out froin from the very center of the bed and disputed my right to meddle with lier af affairs faire obeying the natt natural iral impulse which was traditionally down from the garden G alen of eden with my lioe hoe I 1 clipped off the h head e ad of the int intrude rudex and threw tier her aside I 1 fell to wandering what could have been beell tile mission of that reptile itt in my iny cucumber patch and for the first time I 1 realized that I 1 had wall wantonly tOnly killed the best friend I 1 ii hid id in my iny garden for she wits was doing nie me the service of gathering in with that long forked tongue the striped bugs that were infesting infesting my iny vines and I 1 there resolved that never again wo uld I 1 destroy any creature for the sake of gratifying any antipathy or inherited dislike never since that day have I 1 killed harmless bird or reptile and I 1 believe whether we corn coin pre liend it or not that in ill some way they it a special eidd mission 0 per perform forin it is appalling to think or of the choit thousands ands of leer that are arc shot hot and left to die dia it a lingering death up in our maine ground by so called sportsmen I 1 heard such an all one relating with great areat glee how lie he had fit fir ed fl at t a I 1 fine huck huc K and althou although 11 lie lid did not secure u re him he saw him 0 9 o off on three legs 2 thus established his great skill as a marksman 1 l but the world do move inove and wo we tire are slowly becoming eco ining educated to better things let the good work go on oil si sincerely chas 0 hunt |