"Admirably," replied the serpent. "My success is assured; my
victim draws nearer and nearer in spite of her efforts."

"And mine," said the Man, "draws nearer and nearer in spite of
mine. Are you sure it is all right?"

"If you don't think so," the reptile replied as well as he then
could, with his mouth full of bird, "you better give it up."

A half-hour later, the Lion, thoughtfully picking his teeth with
his claws, told the Rattlesnake that he had never in all his varied
experience in being subdued, seen a subduer try so earnestly to
give it up. "But," he added, with a wide, significant smile, "I
looked him into countenance."



The Man with No Enemies



AN Inoffensive Person walking in a public place was assaulted by a
Stranger with a Club, and severely beaten.

When the Stranger with a Club was brought to trial, the complainant
said to the Judge:

"I do not know why I was assaulted; I have not an enemy in the
world."