The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-01-06

20 tue eGUoWOty OF iulu Duly elmSus
, WhtlO The speed With Whlc6 10 Tuohei
forward kept The IeFpeOt EXCEEDED q 81
aaRlo ofni0eiy degroeS with DC body
Here RaB } quOndAtg. like atht
snako would coil about bic body aOt
.saueess him 10 death; Il he continued CHI
race 10 mu0l lalI from mere exhaustion,
| On he dew. tcareS daring 20 think hON
i HE dreadiulraee would end. Instinct.
lively. no hs had taken che direC.ion Of
home, end O. 10 emerged from the TOT.
eOs. 6ad began 10 catch glimpse Of the
house, q Iesliug d security came over
him. Suddenly AOshsd across his mind
the true state Of atfairs--hiS father gone
the quil,inE--and WoFSl Of oil the
gib1. I'hi, new horror sent The blood
back about bic heart, and he cGpa 10 .
dead hsG. The next moment he felt the
body Of the cold. clammy monster 10
contact with bis bare leeI, bis tail creep.
| Ing around them, 90 though his make
ship only msdilated . little iun, b way
Of tickling John upon the knssH.
This Wa too much for human endu-
rance. With yell, each % mao never
gives bat when 10 mohGl terror, poor
John 0gsiu cot forward a break neck
Opoed, and once more had the pleasure OF
seeing The snake resume hiO horizon 81
position, SomeRhat after the fashion oIthe
tail Of . comet
On, on, they AsWl John forget tie
quilliuE.- forgot the girls forgot every
thing but The snake, for the frSI time 10
his lie, but was seriously thinkieg Of
HE lstlsr end His 6rsl Wild shrek he'd
startled the duilters, and forth they
rushed, wondering if some mad Indian
was not proWlog about. By this time
John was within lew rods Of the barn,
still running atthe top Of his 'psed, his
head turned 90 that 10 might keEp one
eve on the anake, and With ths other OBJ
serve what course he must take. The
friendly barn DoW concealed him from
The sight Of tho girls. He knew they
we're Ia the yard, having caught . slimpso
of them aS they ruShsd from the house,
A few moe bounds and he would be To-
their midst. For moment modstty
oye,came his fear aud he once more
hailed The Snsks, evidently pleased
with his rapid transportation, manifest.
Cd bis gratitude BY attempting to enfold
the legs Of our hero within bis smbrlce.
The next moment no WSB 10 foil vls@
m Ilhe Oiyla. and a. he lhrnOd tie corner
ofthS barn, the U66ke come aro1nd with
q Whis, some ahSt atI0r the fashion OF .
coach whip.
H4ying Eeaehsd the batn7arditc his
'dIim6yB 6sileuba 10 bAie
vas too precious 10 bo'Wssfed y, Citing
down bars. Gathering his strsnglh,
ho bounded ilto the dir, snake ditto,
;;ndss 10 aEiehlsd 90 The ollIerstde, flS
snsksShip's tlil cracked scrolS the upper
bar, Snspping like 90 India craeser
Again John set forward now utterly
regardless ofthe presence 0fths girls.--
The house nov became the centre Of bic
attraction, Around IL he rsvclvsd With
The speed OF thought -Four timsS 10
each revolution, % be turned . corner,
his snSksEip came around with Z Whia
that was quiis rSifeshtnE.
While describing third circle. as'ho
came ueSt the group Of girls, without
removing bic gaze from The make, be
managed TO cry out:
'Cdu q mdn.' =.
The next moment be had khiskSd on!
Of sight and INSTANTLY sPpeated on the
other side oftho house. Before either
Of tho eirls had stirred from their trance
he had performed another EsvolaIiOn--
'CalI a man
AWsy be few once more, but his
su6octh was rapiily falling Nancy
Clark was the 6rSt to recover her pres.
ence Of Mid, Ond sizing . hoop pole
she took her station near the corner Of.
che house, aud aS John resPpeated abe
brought Il down on the snake with
force shat broke his back aud be hold
upon Johns neither garment q tue ssle
time.
hiS loom, aOd St the tee table appeared
10 hiS best Sunday suit, looking but IL,
lie The the worse Of bis race and 10 aIl
Sppsaraacu entirely cured ofba'hfeIness.
That night Le walked bone With Nancy
Ciark. The next New Years they were
married, aud now, when John feels IN z
cliuod 20 laugh al bis wife. she has on
| : to say, 'C.lls man, when be instant
y dries up