The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-05
THE SWAMP SERPENT.

H. r. tfgu. Win n has 81 long tssu "A
feature II tlr E,.u>fat.-r, N Paris. /, ra.iIly
t.,In- sn.rafr,i tIr.a.l IA. strong stnek II
Aus.ri IA. journalism. ami nnx the daily
story l. kake,ltnr bv ul1.ty reader, n, eagerly
- ale th.. ,t,ak r,turt, t.y Others .s,,l.,,
OF this ia 4. mat the following matter IN the
form uf a story, Instead If the ,t.rr,ltyl.,l
stykt If a ~, v.taIs.r k,tt.r. ami IN genuine
story fashion ol.n With a few sort, Of talk
from tn. ms of on. of the characters. In
this cas-. >hr /, MARY the we'll known
Chotaw IssLihru II runts and herbs, whose
statl IA i near thu down town eutran-e Il the
famau, FrrnrL market. in Srv ORLEANS.
iIrs.r her:
~Eh. hin. u,ntyulan,, i, i, true lam uo
t.n.au TN, nlurillnu-nt "A one. lie l. stole,
thu, ltflhn Two lunrh hanan stole, and the
tEiaf tlt tLif-he i, snake"
S,vln. tle, .Iuuttfui look upon our faces,
Nary painted copper cuIar,4i furetn.er
toward E.r stuk i'm tra,l,, spread out ula N the
paws II afuu.i her
~Fh TIM g.ntyuans.~ She sail in heI UNI
npAlulateI Nnrr. 1t i, true. See. am no
balau III n4orums
Su. ..,..u h. the noble bunch of bananas
whhh Lai ten her prize ami principal
u
ever, nth. thntaw yen,ier in the market,
far b. IL n.aly days, VA, eon,ptuo,ls
by il, at,,ril,r AMI Mary >tock-hke that Of
her cun.'at lnt,--was maie up solely III SOM
pitiiultutk .llr..>, tn..L,t no.,qi.iil tun,hr>
OF drlri h,il~ and fop,, ami about M"auait>
of sWu..l, thrki.rrt,-
AMI tbs. thief asked NV COMPANION,
Gl,>taN,.-a nn.mt- II the New orhal,>
l.h,r tur,. after taking three l,tIy pulls al
hi, ,i,ar.it. and eli ting TIN. ,uloke ia >ltntr
stream, (. uln his n,>trlls is Le here Was
Ia. one II .,ur n.ighl1rs'
I'll, Is MT hrre; M Tie l. not man-he
Nj. i, >nlL,
Like al other Indians. the Chutaw barry
ven!r.,. via, gather In u htte group "a, h
mornl,lg at the eni OF the French market IN
New trlrals, are MT ,ullble "ilow muchr
Won viii ASK. pointing at "a square piece IT
sckan Lalk upun which a handful II tsrrh's
/, Ill / and the Indian will hold up two
fling. iudt atlng cent, or three az four rs
III, ,..,,. rg.y l4. Sometimes h. will put the
uric. ll,to words. hut hi, conversation il, in
gem llt r.,rrvui for his own people in the
Lti,,, ii his native swamI~. The enter
ui ......i had induced Mary Ia adj bunch
OF ~, t.. her home gathered roots AMI
h.ll. am 10 her acquiring IA more .x.
tend, ,o'uluIary than that Of any "f her
nltn, AMI the excitement ron,4,lcnt
Gl.utl h, T. ,ltat lo,s made her usc 1t n.prs
t'.n Mi. ,u,ru,n.r than ever befor, in tho
pgr,...t ii white men
"Nud are not believe that thief Is snakef'
SIN pu,hd her coarse black hair behind
her ear, and ,eowld ut us from hneath her
viry eyebrow, Then she beltpsl the loose
,,h,, .ru,.r which ,h, wor, with her cut.
stretched fingers, and trkat her head toward
tha SIN, ,ih circumference of her waist thus
d,s,E.,rI
ma shake Is biz through like ! am
Nh, a al i, little, ike my two lists, ami
n. HIM. ,h hieul hs i, long like IA shin
~, L,,,w Tint rch,n,,itmia, rmdt YES
I nm H., there. Two miles from there,
wl,n. M, river LENDS in AMI comes near my
v,ov.uu Lam hang nv hanan il, that lhs
oak tree. uhlr, the wind can keep hin, fresh,
nnd ,,h.p nm ,c,a, M from tho river, be
for, vest, ui.ht, with water for boil in thu
NM, I'M, .nnl, il conn. down out Of the live
ouk M, llack, aui H. is crawl, AMI crawl
.nJ,.r.,Ar"
~. .tI ..tl H., scr,pnt's slow, gliding mo
tim l,t,!,, .kl.,,,y hand and arm
.t.ttl,,i. when am stiff with frad, he
1nm,.
U',i,.,l .n,nu,," and clut,hri a buncl,
of Will ru r.
.A,L ,u.,. ,,,., nv banan. stem, AMI he 1.
yonr I'm ld,n urutrymansi lie is gon,
otr in thu s,y.,up with my hannn. That is one
II,,,u,....,.. mara l,nan Tint snuk, /,
COM j., N .o,on hang NV Lanan in III,
I,.,,,l ,.Iu,t nth.r uieht--the las, night
b,i-L.,..,,...,iu AMI this morning am nc
l,n,u
SIN, waved her hand with tragic gesture
,,o,.. ~. n.,errIv snread payemcnt. a,
th,,,.lL .,,,i,q Here is proof Of nv words
,I,,,-,.,,,i ,,n,u, hor,D
81 ,,,,,, her remarked (,ustayr. oracu
,.ly IA, thrc,y his hend hack upon hi
shnuIlrr, and sent thirteen perfect rings o
sn,,l., nu,, ntt,r nu,ther. from betwcen hi
lin. We SSH 10 out there this evening anC
sro,,h that mike. what do you say
oH,t ,nuke can have no possible use fo
bou.I,a. S,rp,nt, are not frugi,oruus
.A,,., ..r., whnt th,y ARE Mary has n,
r-.,,.rt,i.,, T., ms nnd 4 L,ieye lel
,tury TIE tres pnt and the Orient tircu
anal u..,,..,,. i, living down there in ia,
,.nl .t.uluar ,i,tlu.t up for q run ucros
,,,,.,.,,t' d.. ,,.,,,l America The chance
mr., ,lrt Il. ,el1,snt hu, escaped from 1t, ant
,,,-,, tl,,,s. ami ~, XIII IT. il will max
nm .n, IL. rnu. On my boyf
mn. ~ Am, -, : o'rluk that Afternoon