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inferral ret: IN up at the hole md be loud
ern ever, Jest like . crowd Mt s.. !-::.s
clappin thar hans an stampin when the
clown sed sutllin funny
! " Fur a long time twas nip an tues
tween the sides, an then the gang neer-
aeSt ne seemed to hev Il streak OF bad
luck. an one after 'nuther was hit until
the big Teller I'd fust set eyes on WIS
tightin' ali by hjsself, Wall, I've did some
! tall dodgin' III my time from lnjln arr2rs
an even bullets, but Ill swan that RATHER
TUX the cake. Fur at least fifteen minutes
he sQuirnled round, never gettin' hat Wunst,
Ri occasionally FIRM back. an allus hittln',
TOO; but somehow afore his victim nd get
down to him he'd get peppered, an hev to
make his way back.
.ira been standin' in The wet snow SO long
la kinder got chilled through, an I mov-d
aroun' q little bit to warm up Bat KEEP
r-watchin' then, snakes, an dedn't notice
what I was dom caosa enough .)ut then
the OF teller straightened an; began TO run
out lis tongue. kinder DIS if lie was pol1in'
FUN an dn2in' t'othcr snakes to do their
wust. All Of student the hammer OF my
gun caught OH limb Of bush, an off she
went. She don't bark very loud you know,
an when the big snake began shown sech
contempt for t'other side thar was q mon
strous rattlin' up at the cave. SO chat the
snakes didn't Eear the shot. Wall, the nuzs
Line fur the Oh fe]ler's head, an Pm durn d
en' arter sg!lirInin' an' thrashin' 'roun' fur
q minait he sciffened out, dealer'u 3 door,
nail.
"Tscther snakes stopped, and artar waitir'
to see il he wasn't jest q playin' spossuna,
they all wriggled down tc where ne WIS
lynn. They w'us about the s'p,fsest lullin'
snakes you ever seed when they found no
wus dead, AND couldn't 1igger out Jest
what he'd kiue:7 hinl. wall, thoy sent
snake up TO the cave, Uhag the
rattlin' he'd stopped, and he kim back
With six other snakes, an they kinder
nosed round the corpse, Az then ,vent OF
to one side an seemed to listen TO what
father snakes was tellin' them, jist 'sif
they WAS lAold,n' coroner's quest. Then
they seemed kinder satisfied he'd bin hit by
a frozen SNOWFALL, fur one Of the snakes
rolled up All icy chunk fur the jury to lux
at, an then they seemed s~tryir' to fir out
who trun it, but AFTER q while gin it up.
The snakes then formed into perseshun,
an couple OF 'e1n fastened their tails
round the corpse and led the way VI, to tho
cave. One snake, evidently a female, be-
gan to boiler sunthin' like bull snake
When they wnz nearly tLar, al sized il up
that shs was the cor?se's wilder, if snakes
are SO ,nisfort'lnit as to git married. They
ell crawled inter the hole, totin' the dead
snake. md disappeared, AM then con-
cl>l0ed THAT didn't want to cook no break
fus' by that fire, nolow, an' sot ofsen q dog
trct, an didn't stop till WIZ five miles
away.
" Gentlemen, I'm kinder dry. Who said