The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-29

10 the foo,hil country is that it's little
short o. scorpions Thurs a few out thar, but
not enough 10 make 10 cheerful, and it'd have
becn a trine dull for me II it hadn't been for
the tarantulcs Know what a tarantuly is,
don't yet Course ye know that
A REGULAR LADY KILLER
Cues yc never see one o. them big spiders,
though. did YET Thought not They size up
first rate ont on the adobe grounds Of the
Sierra foothills but they amt moron half as
biz rs tarantulics is in Bermudy and Nassau.
I've scen EN- down thar as big as your hat.
Bet guess they haint got no more fire in
their laws than tho fooShills tarantuly car
ri,s. Tarantulics is thick as flies out thar
'mone tae foothills When the nights is warm
they sally out on the promenade so numerous
that we have 20 watch out or yen step on
some az EN- and hurt EN- Many fine
morniu I've cot up and seen tarantuly hair
enough on the ground 10 temper n square rod
o. mortar. It's hair they shed in free fights
tween themselves durin' the night You
mirht walk ovcr~the adobe grounds Of the
foothills for month and wouldn't notice ye
was wallin' over a tarantuly settlement.
Ml1b yo'd see what ye thought was dead
leaf or a piece o. dirt make a sudden flip kind
Of a movement. but the chances is that yed
tlins 10 was OWN 20 the wind a stirrin
snmethin' or other ON the ground. I'll bet
THAT'S what vo'd think. But it wouldn't be
Tie wind a stirrin' nothin' It'd DO the trap
door of n tarantuly's den closin' shct A good
many folksd think, when they first see
arantulys den, that it's a dico box some
body's dropped III bet you'd think so yer
self now Tarantulys dens looks powerful
lot ike dice boxes. bat don't ye never 50 and
pick one up. thiukn' yer found little curl
/ osity. or ven sec that yer found curl
o>.ty birccr'u a heap, and maybe there won't
+ D.. whisky enough In yer flask 20 out pizen
/ the p.zcn the tarantuly has socked into ye
/ But when We see what We might think was
/ f.e wind a stirrn' a leaf or somethin' thatll
De a tarantuly sheitin' his trap door. Hes
/ been a-pceking out at ye, aud not h.in' yer
cut. ha, shot himself in, and ye can bet he's
holIm tho door, too That door Is fitted on
to the den by hinge ON one side. It's made
cat o. leaves ard sticks and dirt, which Is
Glued together with some patent cement tie
| uraut1iy makes himself
at hain't no sign that tho tarantuly is to
/ homo when his doors shet, for leaiWays
r. when Doe goes out ON the war path or ON the
mash. Didn't know thotarantuly wasa great
ma.ner. did veg Ccrtuly SIC didn't Why,
he's q regular dude on the mash. He'll stand
Oh tine corners by the hour, sirokin' down his
uhissers with some of IBIS paWs-and tar
autulv Is close ON O. all wlissers and paws
o-i vatchin' ont for lady tarantuiics When
one comes along toward wAar he stands he j..
nuu his Chin wLla.er ani strike a llsi.l anu
kinder skin bis eye sideways 40 Miss iaran-
.,lr 81. She nromenados mp bis way. II Sic
r,.... close enough TO him hem shoot out one
Of li. long forelc-s at her all give DC a little
toiich and draw it back quick. just as u DE
,,ar n.rtin' with her and sayin', ooh, you
.a..v thing. you. IN strike we real hard
W.nlat hardly believe that would ye'
Course SIC wouldn't; but it's true as some
rr.,rhin' I've heard But it's when the Ia
raotulv of tho adobe ground foothills comes
homie lint he's great He comes home with
rn.h lie sails up on the dead run. and be
70 lore &c can begin % SEQ how be does it be
ID throws that door o. his'n open and is insid' O
% Dali. .hohanr with tho door shct and locked
b ,ri.leru tho brown lizard or the foothills
b can shake of its tail Thar! Ihar's some
, ,hin'. too. that helps TO drive auswee of, out
: thar 'mong the foothills.
: A LIZARD TALE
"You wouldn't believe that there's lizard
ont tl,or that's built so that IL can Zip Us tail
IN MS easy MS YOU can snap yer fingers, and
theasct right in and grow another inside Of a
b week. would ycl Hardly, ye wouldn't But
GIANTS the bind of a lizard that sprouts out
fhor And tho fun of it Is that there hahn
nofhin' that wigrlcs that the adobe ground
t,r,nfulg d..es on moro'n be does on that
y brown lizard He'll walk ten mile any time
~ DIV or nieht % sock bis jaws into one OF
'sm And vit it hain't more'n once IN hun
fra.l fines that be can make bis meal on one
"Then lizards is swift on their feet, but Tho
f,ran.alv is swifter, and when he gifts on the
trail of n lizard he's sure TO haul up with IT,
. pnt he ALWAYS grabs for its tail Quicker
~, Min can steal yer blanket the lizard give
ro4frifch 90 his'n and the tail comes of and
the lizard goes right ON. Thur never was
l,,il crown foothills tarantuly that hain't bac
a lizard trot away from him and leave noth
,,,' but its tail in his mouth mofen hundred
times. and sit every time it's done th'
1 farantuly's eyes hangs clear out On hi swhis
tars he's So took back, and he can't never
CON, q, understand Jest the how Of 1t. Seems
n nttl, tonch. don't tn 1t does that, but any
. l..l, chats ever been out TO the Sierra foot
su- ID know that I'm givin' 1t 70 We straight
Tho tarantuly bolts the tail, all the same "A
soon as be gifts over his surprise, and theI
Terraces around fer another lizard to tackle.
YES. sirl The tarantulies goes good way
toward chceriu' up a fellera and livenin' up tn
landscape out thar; and, takin' them and th'
rattle,nascs and the lnjins, feller ought t
be able 20 content himself and not SIT lone
some and down in the mouth, now, had he
gnt somehow got tho blues. couldn'
elaee iem OF. Then Of a sudden know'
u,at was ailin' me- and packed right up
Vow. | bet you don't know what aiied me
Sou don't know what I'm headed Ter Ser
muddy and Nassau feri Course ye dontl Jes
fer tie scorpions and the centipedes. II
dead eono homesick over EN-, ana 'hatS I"
that ais meln-Now York Sun