Telegram-herald., 1889-12-17

n-ss there ~as blo9d elr3ling ass.
hgatnipg g-lise gl1e along sks sAorT dls-
tznos bet~een them. sn3 lAe suaka.
with one sweep of his 1.-THE coil. lad en-
velopea tie boz ho3y sha right arua lu
al ever-tga renlng tol1 thlt without
imuedI I4ts o-tslde tntsrIos soula
sooa have rendered thAs story 30 urAEle
- be tod
Iaen rang o9t hls srlss tor hslp frosn
those "a he would 50 gladly ala blIa aid
tAey knoa als peril
As he str-ck away the aistende5 Jaws
and saaylag head. whieb soelned 60 be
forever before hls face. and every me-
ment % threaten him. hls sltaAu0n was
IOt 4nllke thst u Lzooooa ~ cd.
a. hLs sdorts seemed - 10 IN vain.
the awful crushing constitution was fact
telling upon his strength Ana hs fell On
one knee upon the body of tAe python
He vii never forget just how IL
seemed The cod, Shiny surface and u
iyory-llks impenetratdlty and resistance
- tie touch ~ his hands
Could no enc hear Us Crles, which lie
felt aere growing fainter
just - he ~Es about 10 sucoumb 10
his fat. and the fierce compression ot
that tense. steel-Lke colL 60 cold. 50 re-
voting, had passed the limlt of endur-
anoe, be heard Rover's savage growl
and with last cry of: Take him,
Rover. Take him, old feAow!" he
tainted
As Nellie rushed down the road % the
pasture bars she encountered a two
horse hay-rack loaded with the para
phernaliA of hay-making and with three
men on board; noighbors returning from
cutting hay on a distant meadow.
She hastily summoned them TO her
assistance.
They arrived on the ridge just in time
to hear Freds last cry. ana see Rover
plunge desperately 10 the rescue.
When kover's sharp teeth closed in the
snakes body, he swept one coil from
about the boy, and turning Ike q fash
attacked the dog, kissing angrily.
Rover sprang back in alright. but
still true 20 his young master. he imme-
diately charged upon his foe with re-
newed yigor. But here tile terror
stricken spectators came 70 their senses;
and while one pounded the sudacious
cannibal with a pitch fork be had
brought with him from the wagon. an
other seized the axe Fred had dropped,
and cut him into dozen pieces before
he would let 90 his vise-like grip upon
poor Fred. who now lay like one dead.
The boy was taken homo, and by their
united efforts was finally restored 20
consciousness. He looked around tho
room, at his nearly frantic mother; at
his father, pale and trembling, seated
beside the bed took as long a breath as
his strength and tho recent squeezing
he had been subjected to would admit,
and asked in voice scarcely above a
whisper;
Am / dead, father7 Did be get away,
Mr. Burton?' turning to the rescuor
who was rubbing his arm, which was
numb and powerless.
NO, replied Burton. I'VE got there
juse in time 10 prevent his getting away
with you inside him. He's dead"
"All right. then, whispered Fred. Il
guess he broke rib for me. but can
stand that as long as he'll never get a
chance u steal another lamb.
Fred didn't recover from that encOun-
ter for several days. and even now the
sight Of one Of the most harmless of
snakes gives him an uncomfortable chill.
His friends thought be displayed good
courage, but be often asserted that in
the supreme moment, whom bis arm was
raised to strike, he would gladly have
taken to his heels and fed If be could.
and that his part in the battle was
wholly defensive Annie l.. Beal, in
Yankee Blade.