Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-24
A SNAKE cAARmUR's TALE.
Nais Dansisas., ,ss ssinaoa, Tell.
of somr M"adsrisi Adventure.


This, said Mr Davis, bfinfin faf.
ward IA DARK skinned. hlark.cy,d 4 woman
of raceiul carriage pni faultlos- 4 rm.
is Nnla anna ante. tho iiind,o snake
ciarm,r h. has had enough II won.
dcrtul adNrutuT,s With Lcr ctau ling
lo's IA the last hall dozen year, o. nii
volume" aud fifteen minutes conyrt
satlon fully justified the as. cftion.
MISS hanaIanic. although Il engaged
IN the rather uni,mihine o.c .culsat.on q
handling enormous anac nlts anl
t~lning about icr booty she de4ily
folds "i powerful pythuns. IL dutdrdly
Interesting IN appearance aud runNrrsa
ton Nhilv a native uf ltindoslau. rh1
speaks ronch iiuontly. has q znatto,.
ing Of Portuguese. aud . btn,giy su
gagged IN mastering The intfiraripa uf
English. Shn ~ ut ne,linm he's ~,
dehcaiely built. and show her ga. torn
origin IA an oval face .s1nlss,eiy cut
fcatur,H, "A pair uf melting ewes hlark
IA night, aud an abundance ui raven
black hair, which, when unconi na,l.
falls bclow her waist. Her skin - ol
that peculiarly swalihy hue seen onl,
among the high caste iiin,i1oA. II i-
not dark. like that ~ the octotoun. nur
copp,r'colored, a. ~ the North Amer,.
can Indian /, - rather a derp. fish
Owe. with the fainiest suggest an of
Icach bloom shining through. whio,
intens iics aud cumsa aud ruos a. The
speaker becomes animated
Tho snaAc-charmrT talked mo,lesily.
aud with u charming ab,unce 81 any
"airs that would lvai uno to think she
thought herself IA any respect ifaVeF
than ordinary mortais u hardly ksow
how b. begin. said she, IN he's PRETTY
broken Engi al. becaas' yuu see, /
am more at homo with my snake than
IN talking 10 you gentlemen of the
newspapers. luu want ~ know uhy
fear not the hig snas,s. will ,ail
you. II Is because ! love them and
they love me. Il is ah NO, mistaken
thcIo they do not always iaye me-.
somciimos ! shake what yoa say in
nglish, you shlver. bscanse the snake
wants D. squeeze mo too Rht. Then
i feel afraid. Suppo-. you live in q
powder mlll all your lifetime. ioa are
not airaidf No. Other people arc
AFRAID ies. some day the pewJsr.
mill will burst aud kili svefyhody.
The people ~ho are afraid are not
killed, because they are far away, Won
are killed because you are not afraid. and
are IN the mili. DO you understand
mep"
AS II TO Illustrate what sila hal sail
Miss Damajante opened a bos stansIins
In the corner ~ the tent and tosk from
beneath the folds ~ . gaasly blanket a
huge python, whose forke,l tongue vas
darting Ia and out lik. lightning, and
whose eye. were acintillstins like dia.
monds. Without the slightest h.si.
fancy sho wrapped the enormous reptile
about her mech. aud there II wTith.l
like living necklaee.
You see" she said a. the snake sal.
d,nly attempted 10 enelrei. her chest,
"this IL what ! have h. guard against"
at the same time seixina The monster
Just bach Of tho head, canssna IL 10 hiss
horribly. "when "a. in Madrid my
largest rrake, weighing i2O I,ound.,
nearly choked me 10 death, anil u toak
two strong man % get him
loose. ] lost the grip on his ne,k.
Another time. IN Lnndon, the sane
snake tightenei about my chest 20
powerfully that II made my moss bleed
In hilaiclphis last scassh . new
snake, that didn't know. fse, got icyoad
my control, and before euiid seiTa hss
neck. had nearly crush.d my arm. ws.
40 sorry that the newspapers told about
Il; DO not want the people b. think
that ] am afraid. In Que N the western
s'atcs-I cannot remember the name
tried 10 show how handled thFes
snakes ut once. The smallest uns sut
away Z om me. aud la trying 10 cateh
him ! lot 80 Of tho others. Tho nest
moment they were both wrapped
around my body, and ,ighieains ihelF
folds. ] was unable to speak ani threw
myself ON my back 10 attract astens.sn.
Two OF the attendants rushed forward
and rescued me. I find the great
o I danger on very warm days. The
snakes are full of life then. aud want 90
saueere tight. On cold. damp days
th~v will hardly uaxo