Show I LYN lenaw if f bitae I WARMING frozen nept iles by the park mena gerlo engineer IN Y sun I A python sixteen fret feet long anil and five vo cobras cabras and black snakes were brought to tho the central park menagerie menai on saturday afternoon they I aird juit from europe no blankets had bad been provided by the Cx exporter Dorter the serpents had been merely tossed into a large wooden box with some loose hay at the bot bet torn OM and fir holes qt the top dur ing tl etc o voyage out tho the hay bay got wet and the box became soaked when tho the snakes were landed they were found to bo be rigid and BO so strongly knit together in a common mam that it seemed impossible impo to ac separate them the big case was and the put ona on a truck drove brovo the snakes to the park in he lie intense cold of saturday when superintendent conklin got t the consignment he be was naturally ly indignant at r receiving ece iving congeal aed ed Perrie lits how to separate them seemed a puzzle rhey 11 ll 11 have to be th khaled thawed aled out said superintend ent conklin tobias lynola is tho the park menagerie engineer ho he has chargo charge of the tile great furnace that cona consumes unies tona tons of coal in a season tobias lyness ban been many yeara in in the employ of the park heis an american broad shouldered muse muscular ular curly haired cool lyness ll 11 has a no fear in him ho lie is no lie con conjurer i aurer charmer or tamer merely a brave engineer wish you would tha wout these the serpents erpen ts for me taid supers super conklin who he sup supposed ped they were dead a and nd when thorn uncoiled put them in bags where I can find them and have hae them sent to the taxidermists on monday t all right sir air replied lyneis lyness and calling tho the menagerie hands I he be said dump those serpents ser ponts in in the engine room I tobias lynem h had ad a roaring fire in his halfton half ton furnaca fur nico naco llo raked down tho the coal put on tho blast and when tho fire was at white beat bee t he threw open tho door then he bi seized tho the coil ot of frozen pythons black snakes and dragged it close to tho the fire lyness lighted bi bis I pipe and tat reading a lj asper per in front of the furnace waiting for the serpents to thaw out after awhile happen happening ing to look down he saw six greather great eer ser Ise penti lits heads with lustrous eyes and darting tongues lyness put down hid pipe and paper As be he did so the coil of serpents quadrupled in in size showing plainly enough that they were reviving come here tom torn shouted ly news noss to donohue the night watchman bring that box along and shut up your dog dogs were going to have a circus i tom donohue ra ran n up ho I looked in through the engine room win win dow and said wait till I get the not and well haul them in act set bo be darned I said lyness the tile serpents kept wriggling and uncoiling themselves gradually fi nally the python began slipping fram tho the mass lyness steppe stepped forward forwar dand and caught the python near clear the head with one hand and lower the body with the other then he played with the snake lie ile choked him and manipulated him ill thaw him out well ho be said laughing finally he threw the snake into the box which was quickly dosed closed lyndes then turned his attention to the other snakes and thoroughly thawed and boxed them all then he be and tom donohue carried the box to the great glass anak chouse and dumped tho the newcomers new comers among the reptiles already there last list night the new snakes were doing well three young rabbits and four pigeons aro are being fattened for fr them and they will be fed in a few days |