The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1858-10-23
A CAPITAL. SNAKE STORY.

One evening | returned, more than
usually fatigued, to my bungalow and
fastened to bed. l was soon asleep,
and. as usual, dreaming of Europe and
her charms. Suddenly | was awaken
ed by cold object resting on my arm
Undoubtedly | raised my other arm to-
wards it. 1t glided rapidly oil, not,
however, till it had inflicted its dreaded
bite for plainly felt the pain. which.
though not acute, was singing, resem-
bling the puncture of hot instrument,
or sudd n scald. The fact, however,.
was obvious. 4 Bad besP A SteeH - q
..xe; aud was probabIJ a dead man.
| spraug from my bed, rushed TO my
dressing table, seized one of-nIy rszCrs,
and without hesitation cut out the Bit
ten part. | actually scooped out
piece nearly as large as nut; then,
with my arm bleeding profusely, !
rushed towards the lamp, and catching
il up, burnt the wounded part for sever
al seconds. BY this time several ofmy
servants had arrived, alarmed by my
cries. One fastened off tor our assis-
tant surgeon, who lived next door, while
the others began to question me. In
broken sentences, | explained TO them
my situation. They we're horrifed.-
While one of them poured eau de lace
into the dreadful self-infiicted cash, the
:. others prepared a portion of the same
medicine diluted in water, which | has
i tily swallowed. By this time was
= more calm. and when DR.. Lisson ar
T rived. l was collected enough to view
my situation with becoming philosophy.
While he was dressing my arm and
binding it up, took advantage of the
u silence, the awe of the moment, to sig
I nifty to him my last wishes in case OF
IS my death. | stated to him the manner
J. in which l desired to be buried, the
style of letters | wished written to my
relations; the way in which | wished
J. my little remaining property TO be dis
IS posed of. The doctor was almost temp
d ted to shed tears. The surrounding
- khitmutgars stood in the mute agony Of
le woe Lisson, however, hoped | had
Is cut deep enough, and assured me be
- thought the virus had not time to enter
y the system. "Let US, at least, said
n he, "have the consolation of destroying
the reptile that has thus endangered
u your life. Here, my men. bring eaci
y soft cane, and let us attack the mon
q ster together. The men ran out ant
81 came back, each armed with a plan
IL bamboo, single stroke of which viii
n kill the most dreaded snake in India
g And now, surround the he'd the rep
" tile cannot have got away. Gently
gently; keep your eyes steadily fixed
He must be under the pillow. Direct
ur ly l raise it be ready to strike. Ha
there he is! The servants at ono,
Is, struck at the object pointed out, ant
al succeeded in killing it. They held
ea w: -01b17e1 10 ! it PPrsyed to be poo
Gu little lizard, harmless En4IAsali ,Mhict
&c beyond the blistering drop he had L
ne fall on my arm, bears no venom. TIL
n,g doctor burst into roar of laughter
ne The black rascals joined in il. Th
ial next week / was forced to get tw
|, m months leave, for whenever appeare
ne 4 ISitl41-my ann IN - alipx=-Sas E1aziiz
ey words% were quoted 10 me. / was a
Eit most teased TO death, because, when
re- fancied had been bitten by snake.
Oh had chosen TO take "prec autionar
ne measures. - Iacidents Of Life in Indic