The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1873-12-12
a SNAKE STORY.
In the Shiny Folds Of Serpent.

ing after dinner on y couch OF ira
grant hay in field adjoining m,
dwelling.
4 ! reached my hand 10 take tl'
book from the grass where ha6
thrown ii.
4 Horror of horrors Is touche,
something different iromai book -
Il That touch chilled my heart ans
sent my blood ce-cold tingling I,
the tips of my fingers. Something
Shiny met the touch OF my warm
hand Something slippery and
chilly was gliding away from under
| it. a
startled to amy feet. Snakes
had always been my especial dread
| from childhood, and man as | was,
| tromblcd from head TO foot.
| The reptile raised its hideous head
four feet tromthe ground, its torked
tongue dashed like flame. A rat
Ting sound, gave me sensation Of
despair which can NEVER forget,
+ 1t was rattesnake.
In that head were fangs which, il
buried in my flesh, would infuse
poison into my veins, which would
soon turn my warm blood into mani
mate CLAW. With hst deadly, fasei
mating eye fixed on mine, every
muscle seemed 10 have lost all pow
or of motion. The attack came,
and the deadly fangs struck my
breast. could feel the pressure
on my skin The creature had on
! " caught the lapel Of my coat !
was safe for moment.
lseized tho snake few inches
from the head, and wrenehed it from
his hold, tearing ont q mouthful Of
cloth, moist with poisonous saliva,
| and held il at arul's length lram me
| 1t was a fearful positieis face 10
face with reptile longer and strong
err than /, the least touch Of whose
fangs was certain death.
The struggles Of the baiiied snake
were fearful 10 look upoIt My
arms was protectedby thick sleeves
was safe If conld keep il away
from my face. 1t was Of no use
The creature is drawing its shmy,
winding length from the ground, and
beginning to entwine it around my
body
The design is TO squeeze lite out
of me to make me release my hold.
The first coil is round about my
waist, the next congresses my stom
ach
A sense of faintness begins to op
press me, for its fatal poisonous
breath is mingling with mine, and Is
choking my lungs.
1t is needless to contend longer I;
| it is better to suffer death than this
horrible suspense,
Just at this moment ! hear a
voice calling my name.
It's my brother. He iss seeking
me to call me to supper. Oh, Heav-
en- /! that help should be 50 near. |
tried TO make myself heard. u is
useless. am too much exhausted
to call for the succonr which is JUS,
at hand.
To resign.this chance is sickening,
maddening !; my brain reels, bnt
still with convulsive grasp, which
digs my nails in its flesh, | cling to
the reptile. 1t cannot last much
longer. can feel the folds growing
closer and closer, and my ribs must
give way. / can hardly retain my
hold. j think Of all love on earth.
| | take a last gazs at nature, looking
on me in my mortal agony ~
quietly and peacefully az ever in
my happiest moment. ! think o.
father, mother, sister.
/ picture the distress Of my broth
er. who loves me 30 well, when lid
finds me lying here stiff and cold,
| With comn,ineled blood and poison
1 GOWN from one little wound.
/ And, too, | think Of her whom,
only last night, I pressed to my
heart, and swore to love and cherish
ali my life. Every Gin have ever
committed comes up before my
/ mind. / am not ready to die
'IGreat drops Of sweat stand upon my
1 forehead. 1t il coming. The mus
cles ofmy hand are strained to theiI
utmost tension, they are giving way.
The shiny skin Is working out from
between my fingers 80 slowly, bu'
4 % easily. The frightful head i
A drawing nearer, nearer. Itcau al
most reach mine. Slipping! slip.
ping y
Charley Charley do wax
up! supper is almost ready =
What is the matter with you! Ar
! YOU sick I What are yoa squeezinI
that handful ofhay fort You hay
got your clothes oil twisted aroun'
you I" 800
Gould II bel Yes it vas dream
hut a fearfully vivid one. IwalI<es
home with my book under my arm
La wiser man.
In japan il takes Eve years 70
, the tea shrub to mature, though
cro,, is made the third year. N
/. | free Il allowed TO reach more thal
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