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XIV 



"Turtle Eggs for Agassiz!" 



"\Ye print it with an exclamation 

 point though it has none in the original 

 in the February, 1910 number of "The 

 Atlantic Monthly." It is a surprisingly 

 readable article from the skilled pen of 

 that literary artist, Dallas Lore Sharp. 

 It is as interesting to note how he has 

 dim" into this new field of "nature liter- 

 ature," as it is to watch "Mr. Jenks of 

 Middleboro" dig under the turtle for 

 the freshly laid eggs, then to follow his 

 astonishing race by horse, train and 

 cab to land those eggs with Professor 

 Louis Agassiz within three hours, but 

 he arrives on time in the early morning. 

 The maid regards him as a lunatic, but 

 there is a dramatic rescue: — "For just 

 then a door overhead was flung open, a 

 great white-robed figure appeared on 

 the dim landing above, and a quick 

 loud voice called excitedly, — 



"Let him in! Let him in. I know 

 him. He has my turtle eggs!" 



"And the apparition, slipoeriess, and 

 clad in anything but an academic gown, 

 came sailing down the stairs. 



"The maid fled. The great man, his 

 arms extended, laid hold of me with 

 both hands, and dragging me and my 

 precious pail into his study, with a 

 swift, clean stroke laid open one of the 

 eggs, as the watch in my trembling 

 hands ticked its way to seven — as if 

 nothing unusual were happening to the 

 history of the world." 



Yes, it is dramatic and interesting, 

 but one can but wonder why the turtle 

 was not kept in captivity when eggs 

 (as in Arcadia's laboratory last season) 

 could have been obtained by the quart 

 at any stage of development. 



But don't fail to read the entire 

 article just to see how he. Sharp I 

 mean, digs a wonderfully fresh and 

 spirited article from an ancient, dust 

 covered turtle book. 



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