Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-05-05


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nnE.a anaken = 4 eEEtain esltautans
nennuhiIs aass,pinQ wf1A IL aktesd-
fnk II - aasnasiou usEe SEVERAL fle
sneeinena e. ehs beantifAl Q1fd and
haek noa. and also nf che black and
ukffe a1ottnd tna. ] fsnn1 tha kaapeK
8 ser4 tnfel11aonf wnn, and s1ne litfie
informatirn ] uaa abe % give hin led
him 20 aak ne whathsr had eEas sen
lka snakes hm1hsd Nos. knaw that
i1 wsa enssousafy 70 aiEe keeae cEeaanre8
a. occasional hath 20 kssp thea hsaithg
and preserve tie ekin plant and tie
ealaru freah ard clears bat had never
had az nppoElnuisy q wif1eaimN She
Gladly. therefore, 80
eep4ed tha oHsE. In q little willie q
noderalely large tub. half 1liea with
warm wafer, Waa placed upon the
RTuznd. and ny aftaadsuf and another
rn4n, airipginQ Of THAR coats and
waisturais, t1rned up their sleeves 20 pre-
paFa fer aesiou. Ths fEs4 case contained
fauE boa o1nslFintoEs. ranging fFom s g
Is feet long. Tbs keeper opened eemaa
door IN the end Of the oaea, and then,
Gliding bach the Rlass panel at fne top.
put his arm badly il and Ea1 his hand
dawn the back Of the Eearest reptile,
uhi1h moved from beneath his tolsh
tD9afd the open door. ~ the hsad Of
fhn snake Passed the door he eeixsd II
uifh bic EiRhs hand firmly round the
neok, and, drawing tha body qaiekly
cut, eaoRht Il i've feet or 90 lower doun
win nis Iefe hand. the other naaR tax
iHR the Eemainder and closing The little
doag. TIE reptile sqaifned eeod deal,
Is Il obieoting 70 such handii1g. out
VS. quickly dspositea 10 the tub, the
keeper retaining bis bold Of The head
and 1he forepaFt % thu body. As she
Wafex touched she snake perotptiele
culver ran throaRh 10; for fec seconds
IS cooled aud unooiled ilself forcloiy,
dasning tbs water about, and then
seemed 10 settle down to placid enjoy
meut OF the bath, struggling no longer,
Bat allowing itself 10 be slowly moved
about the tnb.
Tinklish work, Il seemed 10 me, and
the keeper rather asaented 70 that opin-
ion. Yon see one Is apt to get care
less; but 50 long 90 you are cautious, u
Il ample enough. / remember well The
hras time tried u. was thea a. M.s
and the regular keeper vas taken sick
and dled. The dRY for bathing the
snakes oame round, end no Ons could
- found to do Il. Two days vent over.
and then thonQht would have try.
had been feeding them for q year or
Well, Ne Allied the tab and COS through
WITH the Job ell right, and was soon ap-
pointed head keeper Of tbs snake house.
Time went on; fed and bathed the
creatures regularly, and R0t 3 little
careless over IL; and 20 u happened that
one day did not lsok after my man TO
zee that be fastened the little deer prop
eriy after ne had one in the bath. On
this particular day, toe. he forgot TO
bring she ehAnas II blankets with him,
and ! nsver noticed Il until l had one
Of the smaller snakes IN the bath. As
coon a. / did notios il, ! sent him post
haste 10 the house TO fetch them. The
one IN the bath was only about nine feet
long; % when be bad been in the water
lene enough lifted him ont, intending
% pat bin Ia q spare case and await my
mans retREn. Juss a. ] raised him ]
felt something round my right leg. and.
locking down, found she little door
open, and that Q fouFieen-foot boa was
out and had got Q half turn round my
thigh. OF course be had 10 be stopped,
30 let 90 Of the body of the one was
haiding aud by fortunate shot grasped
the other Jest below the head. The one
10 my lefG hand had o0iled bis body
round my arm, and, Hoothed BY his
bath, was quiet and comfortable; but
The other waa taking up ell Of my spare
tiEe. He Wriegled and twisted until
could scarce hold him. stTainipg TIE coil
round my thigh very tightly. He had
also given torn Of his tail 10 my other
lee, 90 that ] could not move q step.
However, there WAS nothing 20 prevent
my calling oat, and did u, more espe-
pecially because the door OF that case
vas open and there were three more in
side. Ny man miRht be i've minutes
gone, and / bad TO keep IL up aa best !
could. The worst Of i was, while the
beast got bis fold tighter and nearer my
body, be would shoot bis. head away
almost out OF my grasp. turning and
twisting without ceasiDg. by dngers
aehed and my wrist felt like breaking,
while the circulation IN my LEG nearly
stopped. Presently feeling came ever
re that / did NOT mind much how il
ended, aud felt inclined 70 give up then
and there. In fact, my fingers were re
taxing when heard step outside, and
my man came ia. A glance told him
the state OF afaira. He had the one OF
mf arm and into the case 10 the twink.
ling Of an eye; and then, between us,
ae got the other gentleman ioose and
boxed him: and theu-Well, there were
no more snakes bathed that day. We
kept Il very quiet, and up 10 my leaving
NJ. Il never oozsd cat; then my man vas
mads keeper, and he lee Il oat. You can
imagine Il was q lesson 20 both Of us
that will last sotae time"