Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-05-01
IN PERIL.
NirsDulous Escape of an Infant from APP
parently Certain Death.

! VII tSOofous oi Ap-
parently Certain Death.
| One of those strangr css Of almost
miraculous protect on 70; infants. who
feel no fear because they are ;gnur, Mt
of danger, was given not long >iucc in
q New York paper The mothcr'- IA t
in the incident illustrate, the firm
strength of love and terror in i
weak hand. and the sudden r,,ul-
sion when it. work is done. A man in
StIoudsburg, Penn. when pas ing the
house of Mrs. Franklin Smith. saw her
| living in the yard with two chil ircn cry
ing by her side. He FASTENED IT, lri,,
and saw few feet away a large rati e.
snake dead.
! Mrs. Smith was unconscious. Tut was
soon revived, and said that her little
child, aged two wears, and the chi Il of
a ncighbor aged thr, o. were pIaying N
the yard. She had teen watching them
fom the door. and noticed that While
they Were sitting s;de by 81 e in .c
grass, her little one was occas onally
ghtly striking in front Of her with u
short stick she had in her hand. and
after each stroke boh children would
laugh
The other child Mt intervals would
bend forward. with her face close to the
ground. and apparently stroke ,o:ne-
thing with her hand. There had been
a small land-turtlc in the yard for some
days, and Mrs. Smith suppo ed the
children were amusing themselves with
IL Ghn xxynfnknI .hn,,, rAr
and then walked towards them 10 see
what they We're doing TO the turtl...
Before she rcac~ed them she was
struck motionless with horror at sceiny
as their p'aything large Iat,lsnakc.
| which lay at full lencth, making no
hostile demonstrations, simply raising
its head when it was touched. Orcn;ng
its mouth. aud d ,rting it, tongue cut
and in.
1t was this performance Of the snake
that leased the children.
Mrs. SIN tn as soon as she rec weed
h, ,rself took n step or two forward and
the snake discovered her. lus' antlv L,
whole appearance changed. As qu ok
as lightning il threw iis,lf into the coil
to ma its deadly spring. and souadcd
EittIS. HIS Tue tUlItli en-,
and they ran away
Mrs. Smith found club, and with a
few blows kill d the snake. after which
she remembered nothing until '"INel
by her ncghbor. The snake wa b.
tween four and five feet long. ami had
seven rattlcs. - Youths Comi.dit0a.
DIDN'T SHUT THE DOOR.
NIgcer JIm's IIttlo Deaf ani D.m.
Why lie Couldn't Forgive Iiimsrlf-A
Pathetic Story.
"What makes me feel 50 bad dis
time. 'uz bekase hear sumpn over
yonder on de bark like whack er
slam. while ago. en- it mine me of de
time | treat my little 'Lizahcih SO
ornery. She warn't only bout TO year
ole. en- she tuck d. sk'yarlct fever, cn
had powful rough spill; but sLo got
well. en- one day she was a-s;and:n'
aroun', en- says to her. say:
"'Shet de do
"She never done it; jis' >too! dah.
kiner SIN lin up at me. 1t make me
mad; en- l says agin. mighty Loud.
says:
"'Doan' You hear me? shct dc do
"She jis' stood tic same way, kinei
smilin' up. was a-bilin'! says:
"l lay make YOU mine"
''EI wild dat fet.h her Il slap side Il
head dat sont her sprawln' Den
went into de yuther room, en- M gov,
bout ten minutes; en- when | com,
back der was dot do a-standn' orcf
yit, en- dat chile stannin' mo-, right il
it. a-looking down and mournin', en- d
tears runnin' down. Ny, but | wuy
mad. was agwyne for dc chile. bu,
js' dent was DO day orcn iunerl>
-jis' den long come dc wind en- slam
it to, behine de chic. krrb' M On my
Ian. de chile never move. My brcn
mos hop outer me; en- feel so sol
doan' know how feel ! crorc out,
all a-tremblin. e. cropc aroun CT orca
de do easy an slow, en- poke my lie I'd
in behine de ch Ie. sof' en- still, IN all
NV sudden | says pow! jis as loud rs
! could yell. She never bulge. Oh
Huck. bust out a-cryin' en- grab hel
up IN my arms. en- say: oh. dc ro' little
thing. de Lord God Aim shty forgive
pO' old jim, kaze he never gwyne t.
forgive hisself as longs he lvcH Oh.
size was plumb d 'cf en- dumb. Huck.
plumb deef en- dumb--cn Id len Il
treat'n her so!"-Mark Train.
THE WASHINGTON OBELISK.