Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-12-03

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O tjast above the hem. With a tremendous
spring he. darted off with the speed of q
locomotive. His first jump took the snake
j, quite clear from the ground, and as be
I stole a, hasty glance over his shoulder, he
Twas horrified 10 see the reptile securely
fastened TO the extremity of bis garments
while the rapidity with which he rushed
forward kept the serpent extended at an
angle of ninety degrees with his body.
Here was quandary. If he stopped,
the snake would coil about bis body, and
squeeze him 10 death if he continued the
race, he must fall from sheer exhaustion.
Ou he few, scarce daring TO think how
this dreadful race was TO end. Instinct
lively be had taken the direction OF home
q feeling of security came ever him. Sud-
Fdenly flashed across his mind tho true state
OF affairs-his father gone--the quilting,
and worse than all, the girls. The next
moment he felt the body Of the cold, clam
my monster in contact wi b his bare legs,
his tail creeping around them in a sort of
lcozening way, as by way of tickling John
upon the knees. 'i.t
This was teo much for human Endurance.
With yell, such as man never uttered,
lsaye in mortal terror, poor John set for
ward at break>neck speed, and once moro
had the pleasure of seeing the srake re-
sumo his horizontal position, somewhat
after the tail of comet c;-
On. on they flswl John forgot the
quilting, forgot the girls, forgot everything
but the snake
His active exercises, Che paid particular
attention to his running,) together with the
Excessive heat, had brought on the nose~
bleed, and as hs ran, ears erect, and head
Thrown back. his chin, throat and shirt>
bosom were stained with the flowing
stream.
4 His first shrek had started the quilters'
amp forth they rushed, wondering if some
Indian was not prowling about. By this
ftime, John was within few rods Of the
barn. llrunning at the top of his speed,
his head turned SO that he might keep ono
eye on the snake and with the other OBJ
serve what course he must take. fhe
friendly barn now concealed him from the
sight of the girls He knew the girls were
in the yard, having caught . glimpse of
them as they rushed from the house. A
few more bounds. and he would be in
their midst For moment modesty over
come fear, and he halted. The snake
evidently pleased with his rapid transpo-
sition, manifested his gratitude by attempt
sg to eniold the legs of our hero within
ms embrace i,iu.f IN :; ~
with an explosive ''ough - and urged
forward by circumstances over which he
had no eontrel,' poor John bounded on
The next moment he was in full view OF
the girls, and as he turned the corner Of
the born the snake; came round with a
whiz, somewhat after the fashion of
coach whip, ,.-s4 .s.s.
II Having reached The barn yard. TO his
dismay he found the bars up. But time
was too precious for letting down bars
Gathering all his strength, he bounded
into the air, snake ditto ; and as he aligh;>
ed on the other side, lis snakeship's tail
cracked across the the upper bar. swapping
much like an India cracker.
Again John sci forward, now utterly re-
gardless Of the girls, for the extra tickle
i from the snakes fail as he leaped the bars
banished all his bashfulness and modesty,
and again he had the pleasure Of finding
the snake in straight HE, drawing stead-
i lily at the hem of his solitary garment.
The house now became the sentre of at
traction, and around IL he -revolved with
The speed Of thought, -Four times in each
revolution, as he turned the corner, his
spakeship, came round with whiz that
was qgite refreshing. r., -
While describing the third circle. a. lie
came. near the group of wonder-struck
girls, without removing his gaze from the
snake. he managed to cry out
''sCall mani Il
The next moment he had whisked out
tof sight, and ss quick az thought reap
fpsared at the other end Of the house
4 .Call man i"L lyzI
}, Away he whirlcd again, tuning the cor
ner so rapidly that the whiz OF the snake
sounded halfway between low whistle
and the repeated pronunciation of double
10. i.flfJG>L 80 lTLTc
Before either Of the girls had stirred from
i their tracks he had performed another
i lrerolution-- dott3TE9qCs II
7 aCalI man .swa .8A zrisl
was rapidly failing. Nancy Clark was the
FIST to recover her presence of mind, and
fseizing hoop>pole, she took. her station
near the corner of the house, and as John
re-sppeared, brought II down upon the
snake with force that broke his back and
his hold on Johns neither garment at the
same time. -.
bo John rushed into the house and to his
room, and At tea-time appeared in his best
Sunday suit, but little the worse for the
lrace, and to all appearances entirely cured
Lof his basbfulness. That night he walked
home with Nancy Clark, The next New
Year they were married |; and now, wben>
cver John feels inclined TO laugh at his
wife's hoops. or any other peculiarly, she
has only to say, "call a man, and he in>
stantly sobers down. -
SPoRApIc CASE OF GREeIAN BESp.-ASt
Lou is correspondent, OF tho Cincinna
1-ni esisays;anr : onI 1odS.. aa-ns
! yesterday at.an early hour, large
number Of the ,fashionables were out in
full dress promenadintr Fourfh sfrast