The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-03
IN A DEN 0F@A It'll EsNA KEs.
The Terrible Adventure Of . school Girl In
the Mountains.

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A young lady I'm this city has received the
following letter from her friend who is at board
Ing school. giving thrilling account Of her adj
venture with huge rattlesnnkc:
afternoon two young ladies besides myself. who
had gone out In walking. party with one OF the
s5s at the s tho in ths n srH on
were unable for some time 10 tell where we
were. as the woods and underwood were. SO
thick that the further we penetrated into It the
more, difficult. our passage became. We wan,
dcred to and fro for n long time until almost
overcome with fatigue when we sat down on
hugo boulder to recover our lost strength
Looking at our witches we found that we had
bccn on the mountain nearly six hours. and felt
o'clock In the afternoon. and twilight WIS fast
approaching. on but lor something to eat
My My pan ,px sad then WI SSnd S
appeared to be the picture, of despair. We
were sitting some feet above the ground
placed my hand to my, neck ", remove it.
oSn sc 70 wbeS sssed an Sdr
tried to pull II. from my neck. wrigglcd and
snuirmed. and my COMPANION seeing the mon,
ster on my body. shrieked and screamed and
almost tainted. just at that moment tho
head mnde dart at my breast, with mouth wide
%ni 'S nssrsa M" hs1n Snnd wn
about six inches from its head. and. in order to
prevent being bitten. grasped It right behind
the eyes with my right hand. Holding it in this
way for several seconds. my companion shrek
cd to me to throw the snake from mo. trielto
do 30. but was powerless. being. ns il seemed to
me. transnxed or charmed to the spot Ivy tho
horrid eyes Of the monster. tried to talk. but
my JAWS would not open. and my tongue APP
peared stiff. ] felt the cold sweat trickling down
my back, and large drops Of pcrspirntiun stood
on my forehead. My face was Ms white as tho
driven snow. and could neither move nor tux :,
but seemed to be as stiir Us a post. Ii makes
me shudder. as write. TO think OF the stare Of
the reptile.
Annie. my companion. seeing my dangerous
situation. screamed for help. She seemed to
have been bercit Of reason, for instead Of COM
ing to my assistance she started 10 run away.
Trying to turn my head TO see whittier she had
gone. the eyes Of the snake were also directed
In the direction in which Annie was shrieking.
From that moment the snake : spell on me was
broken. and with all my might hurled II from
me. No sooner had the snake landed on the
ground than ran with the ncGtnc-s of The, deer,
fearing that II would overtake me. Judge Of
ready to sink down to the earth from sheer TX .
haustion. turned around and found a snake
with three others several PAGES from me- in hot
pursuit | remembered that snakes were afraid
of anything red. Fortunately having on n rcd
skirt. Immediately exposed II 10 the reptiles
view. and they at once stopped the pursuit /
advanced toward them shak ne my red skirt.
and they retreatcd gathered up stones and
threw nj them and killed the largest one and
the others escaped through the rocks. just ut
this moment deputation from the school who
had been in search Of Ms came up. The large
snake that had coilcd itself around my neck
was found by the escort. and II measures nine
feet and four inches.