Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-10-23
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Roci6g ihia tiiF nov? 81 feEWy mo-
mentsI was in asperfects ffenzyooo 1oKad
leaped dnpandedowns cried outiashloudas
gould, and ggssped the, snake! with all
my might But it, ayailed lme nothing,
He slipped his head from my weakened
hand. and made blow at my ~ face, sirrk-.
ing mefairly Gpot9 tie closed lips! e5fsi
But the moment dfsneeH wasnat,hand.
felt, the COLL. craving tighter and sights
er: around my my body. and my, breath, was
growing weak. a severe pain was be-
gtnningsto result fr6mathe pressure, and
saw . thatatheg snake would soon Have
length. enough for anotleb turn,ai Hetwas
drawn SO tightly, that .bhe center OF ibis
body was no bigger than his head The
Black sEiu was drawn to astensioh that
seemed it's utmost; 3 and yetsI could tell,
by the working of the largeoscales upon
the belly. that he was drawing himself
tighter still ..i,..+ ,oa.i,
~ For Gods sake l''a'1gg ggassPPeed, sped, strick,
enaw with absolute terror; '"w6atf shall
do ?i'1 What couldiI do2 The enemy
(ogi bwhomI had qat first held SO glittle
thought. was killing me; killing me Slow
ly. openly, and had no help! l, a stout
s1ropg man, was being actually 2, held at
the deadly will of a BLACK snake My
breath was nov short, faint, and QUICK,
and lknew that Twas growing Spdrp'eiin
the face J.! MY bandsoandio armso were
swollen and fingers, numbed q i bad let
| go. OF the snakes, neck, ,and,h ,he now carri-
ed the upper part ot his body in, grace
fIlchfdeY his head Vibrating from Side to
side with an. .undulatihg motion Of ex2
trsmeigEacefulpessItu NJ md ,s.9i!zs ,4d!
AT length | staggered I was losing
my strength rapidly. and the pain of my
6S9tGy had "a bscome excE4Gif'ing. oEhe
shAkc's Skin. where il was coiled about
me, was SO 1igKtl that it seemed almost
transparent. Heiha found me, or L had
found him, in a state of hunger, his stom.
ach free from J(ood, and bis fmpscularI
force unimpaired. a second time stag.
gersd, and objects began, to swim Before
me. ~ o. ''''1a 10 hSi'S1S' 0N =
A dizzy sensation was in my head, 8
faintness !in my s6datt, aud & pain the
most agonizing IN my BODY y iThessnake
iiada three feet! Of body Tree. He had
drawn himself certainly ithfee ifeet Io1get
than Before! IoHel ldatted Qhis head under
my righeafrh. dnds6ronght9tt up over fiiYY
shoulder, andihpres$ing Iiso under !s5Ta@
firmly down 9thsre p he F5ayve'ts saaden
wind 'tllat rn6dei me gr6ano with pain,
Each moment Was aai age Of agony I!
eacK second Step 6earef death !'9IHs s3e .,
My knife h1ifsI copHi but reach
it!d Why not? i'AWhy not Tear it iobt ?
Ny arms we're free. qMercyal why had L
not,thodyht of this bsGofe when my hands
had some strength lin themr?' YetI could
TRY ting HcoIlscted g ar ny Trgnaihfds
power for the ie ffJrt; Z and made the al:
tempt. Ny tfo@sers were Of bifcsc6tton
though' Of the stitches, HThey might
not BE So tenaci6us.&o1 gfasped tie ocI6th
upon tRe"insidel !,ef my atfiigh and, gave
my last atom tof strehgth TO the effort.
The stitches stattdd9 Htheya gave '%ayq
This 'res6lt. gave me Hope ana hope gave
me . power Another hPulle : with q Bot6
Hands, and1h pocket was laid bare J
With all the remaining force could CON !
mard. With hope OF life, Of home. Of eve!
ry thingI loved on earth in the effort, l
caugh the pocket upon the inside, and
bore down upon it. There was q crack.
ing of, the threads, sound Of tearing
CLOTH ;, and my knife was in my hands. ~
=. had jet sense enough to, know that
the smallest blade was the sharpest, and
opened it. With one quick, nervous
, movement pressed The keen edge upon
The tense skin, and drew it across. With
. a dun, tearing snap the body parted. and
] the snake fell to the ground in two Piec-
es staggered TO the boat-I reached
il and there sank down. Iknew.noChing
I more till I heard a voice calling my
name I opened my eyes. and looked
, up. Nv father stood over me with ter.
ror depicted on his coantenance. Ihtold
him che story as BestI coulda He went
} up and got the duck had taken from
: the snake; the, e,othef one he could not
D finds and also drought, along the 4 Two
. pieces lehadu made of my lenamy. lie
!, told mo he bad heard melcry5ouE and at
i once s!afted,pEl in the large boat after
. me. Though it wassa long while ere he
a saw mydbost.1oiI0had lain 1here over h ali
| an hour " hen he found gme.ibal III li1a
"A When lie eabhed home, the, snakeCw
'J measured and found to be eight feet and
i four inchesiin length! Il was a a month
81 before fully recovered from the effects
; of that hnggipg. and to this day; there is
] thingIn. the very name of snake that
i sends ceili of horror TO my hearth -
S fBosT 1CHILD--4NTEREsr1NG HUNT +-Ou
u Friday ; morning last q, child-of B. F
II Kaapp's widow stray ed from towns Fri
! day,essning and Ftidaya night. many o
81 our scilizensgwere tini search ofgthe littl,
ri fel16w hut he could not be found Sa(uF.