Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-05-15

oneO up ana looked me IN tne race again.
I gave another grab at him-and anoth-
er, as quick as could, but he lodged me
in spite of all could do.
/ next felt the snakes body working
its way up. The turn of the tail was
turned to my thigh, and the coil around
my stomach. h.commencedtoti to tighten. About
this time / began to think there might be
some serious work, and the quicker / took
the snake off the better. So / just
grasped him as near the head as possible,
by taking hold where he was around me
for he couldn't dodge that part you
know-and tried to turn him off. But |
this only made it worse. The fellow had
now drawn himself up so high, and
stretched so, that he whipped another
turn about me. His tail was now around
my left thigh, and the rest of him turned
twice around my body-one of them be-
ing just at the pit of my stomach, and
the other one above it. All this had oc-
cupied just about one half a minute from
the time he first got the turn around my
leg,
The snake now had his head right
around in front of my face, and he tried
to make his way into my mouth. What
his intention was, / cannot surely tell,
though l have always believed that he
could strangle me in that way. He struck
me one blow in the mouth that hurt me
considerably; and after that 1 got him by
the neck, and there / meant to hold him.
But about this time another difficulty
arose. The moment grasped the snake
by the neck, he commenced to tighten
his folds about my body! 1t wasn't over
a few seconds before 1 discovered that
!, he'd soon squeeze the breath out of me
t in that way and I determined to unwind
him. He was in this way: the turn
f around the thigh was from left TO right
= then up between the legs to my right side
and around the back to my left side-and
so on with the second turn-thus bring
S ing his head up under my left arm.
!, had the snake now with the left hand, ant
: my idea was to pass his head around my
a back until could reach it with my right
= and so unwind him. l could press tn
fellows head down under my arm, but t.
d get it around so as to reach it with m,
e right hand, could not tried; pu
IS all my power into that one arm, but
/ could not do it. 1 could get the hea
it just about under my armpit but her
e my strength was applied to a disadvar
y tage, and could do no more.
e. Until this moment 1 had not been rea
is Iy frightened. / had believed that l coul
II unwind the serpent when / tried.
ID never dreamed what power they had
le Why, only think, as strong as was thel
iy and could not put that snakes hea
W around my back tried it until l kne
ID that I could not do it. and then l gave
ne up. My next thought was of my jacl
no knife; but the lower coil of the snail
was directly over my pocket, and l cou
as not get it.
/ now for the first time called out f
les help. i yelled with all my might; al
he yet / knew the trial was next to usele'
ap for no one could easily gain the pla
mt where was, except with boat. Yet
called out, hoping against hope. I gras
nd ed his neck. This plan presented its
NO with a gleam of promise but it amour
his ed to nothing. Imight as well have tri
as to break rope by bending it forward
lk backward.
md A full minute had now passed from I
W time when ] first tried to pass the snak
len head around my back. His body |
Ugh become so elongated by his gradual pre-
it. ure around my body, that he had 70
AXE to carry his head around in a free 8
nth symmetrical curve. He had slipl
ing from my grasp, and when next eau
the him, found that l was weaker than
did fore / could not hold him The
ght citement had prevented me from motto
leg this until now. For few minutes 1
to in a perfect frenzy. l leaped up
ng! down, cried out as loud as / could,
had grasped the snake with all my might
the But it availed me nothing. He slip
/ his head from my weakened hand,
five made blow at my face, striking me
was ly upon the closed lips. This made
re, 1 roar, and I gave the Internal thing
that other grasp with both hands, trying
fear, more to twist his neck. The only re
ands was that I got another blow upon
or mouth
few But the moment of need was at b
nd it / felt the coils growing tighter arc
shot my body, and my breath was gel
{ by weak. A severe main was beeinniu