Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-08-07
.MARLAND,S BRAVERY.
"a True story.

- - p 4ftR zst84A True SeOrysk&ft @3StIe fg !
d..Papa,n ~ exclaimed Il six-year-0ld
MARYLAND, leaning against his father 8
knee after listening to q true story, II
wish could be as brave as that
perhaps you will be when you grow
.3uts ma may be I shan't ever be on a
railroad train when there's going to- be
an accident s.4 }eH3 ti5i's'ka q =
..Ah! but there are sure to be plenty
of other ways for brave man to show
himself. y 1sg1g aS...; 3z. is ..t.{s a.sst
d Several, days after this. when Marland
had quite forgotten about trying to be
brave. thinking, indeed, that he Would
have to wait anyway until he was a
man, he and his little play innate, Ada, q
year younger. were playing in the dog
kennel. It was very large kennel, 50
that the two children often crept into it
to .'play house, u After, awh:le,l Mar
land, who, of course, was playing the
papa of the house, was, to go ttdown
town. to his business; he put his head
out of the door of the kennel, and was.
just about to creep out, when right in
front of him in he path he saw q snake.
He knew in moment just what sort of
a snake it was, and how dangerous it
was; he knew that it was a rattIesnake,
and that ii it bit Ada or him they
would probably die. III For MARYLAND had
stent two summers non his papass big
ranch in Kansas, and he had been told
over and over again, if he eyer saw a
snake to run from it as fast as he could,
and this snake just In front of him was
making the queer little noise with the
rattles at the end of his tail which Mar
land had heard enough About to be able
to iecognize. .atgfst Il.j ri b. GThiio
.ifaNpw,you must know that "a rattle.
snake Isl not 1T all like . lion OF a bear;
although just as dangerous in, its own
way.f 1t win not chase you; it can only
spring, a. distance. equal to. It's own
length, and, it has. to wait and coil itself
up In ring, sounding Its warning all
the time. before it can strike at all. So
If you are ever SO little distance from
il when you see IL first, you can easily
escape from t.lis. The only dangersds
from stepping on it withontoseeing it,
But Marland' IS snake WAS. already coiled,
and it was hardly more than 9 foot,
from the entrance to the kennel. You
must know that the kennel was not
out in an open field, either, but under
a piazza. and a lattice work RIM very
hear It left a very narrow passage for
the children. even where there wasn't
any snake! If they had been standing,
upright they could have .run, narrow as
the way was; but they would have TO
crawl out OF the kennel and find room
for their entire little bodies on the
ground before they could straighten
themselves up and run. Fortunately,
the snakes head was turned the other,
wav.G .f!}z9g ii. aj 83iIieE@9sf sRU aAHI
IN .:Ada,s' said Marland very quietly, 30
Quietly tnat his grandpapa,a raklng the
gravel ON the walk near by, did not
hear him, $ there's a snake ont here.
and its "a rattles make. Keep very still
and crawl right after me- - !, .s..,-st lo5ie
-. Yes, Ada he whispered, a. he
succeeded in sqnilming himself out and
wrigg1ing past the Snake till he could
stand upright. s.Tasre's room, but you
mustn't make any noise n'7iigl - Bio
+ Five minutes later the two children
sanntered slowly down the avenue,
hand in hand.' u 1hd iad ti- biiss 1915
..Grandpapa.''. said Marland, there's
a rattlesnake in there where Ada and !
were; perhaps you'd better, kill him -
- And when the snake had been killed,
and papa for the hundredth time had
folded his, little boy in, his arms and
n1ur1nured my brave boy my DEAR
brave little boy!" Marland lookea UP in
surprise. f'l'ih7 = 9-a9 9a' .tt''f'.f..a. 9is.9
.iWhy. it wasn'tnl that killed the
snake, papa it was grandpapa L Al
didn't do ANYTHING only kept very
But you see, in that case, keeping
very still and running away was just
thu, bravest thing the little fellow could
have done !; and think HIS man, MAJ
for / am his, mamma, and so know
lust how she did feel-felt when she
took him in her armsithat night that in,
her little boys soul there wassispme-
thing of the stuff OF which heroes are
made. -7;Nrs. a. ~ Rollins. IN Vsdt'
A,,oke siiiri
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