Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-06-12
WONDERFUL NERVE.
Goodness Displayed by a Man in
an Awful Predicament.

{ road in the time OF its building, and ia
this same rising country we are now
( passing through, that man had the
worst case OF a snake in his clothes that
/ ever knew Of. But this was no mirage,
but real, sure-enough RATHER that
crawled under the shirt OF a sober man.
The Union Pacific train was then en-
tering the foothills Of the Rocky
Mountains A little party OF passen-
gers, accidental acquaintances, were in
the smoking compartment Of the palace
car enjoying their cigars and talking Of
matters relating to the country through
which we were travelling. The CONVEX
sation had turned upon snakes, the sub
iect arising, perhaps, from the fact that
a commercial traveller in the sleeping
car behind Us, who had for several
weeks been rehearsing the overture for
the occasion in the drinking places Of
| Denver. had been entertained in his
berth all the previous night by piano.
/ ramic procession composed of represent
atives Of the reptile kingdom in a state
OF contorted activity. He had become
somewhat worked up under the per
sistency OF the visitation, and 50 dis
turbed his fellow passengers by vocifer-
Gus attempts 70 scare away the intruders
that he had been taken from the train
and left under medical care at a wayside
station This final episode had just oc-
! Cured, and as thesrrain moved on the
passengers fell 70 talking upon the sub
ject of the delirium tremens as manifest
ed under the inspiring conditions of the
boundless West, and, from talking Of
| imaginary snakes, we came to the sub
iect Of real ones. The ''old-timer,n
portly capitalist from the mining re-
gion. went on with his narration, and we
all listened
a party Of US were in those hills
yonder' he said, when the railroad
4 was building, getting out ties on con
tract, and were camping one night tn
+ little grassy valley among the blutfs.
! We were sleeping on the bare ground n
the open air. Itwas late in September,
/ and the nights were getting cool in Sc
mountains, ana each man aad turned n
! with his CLOTHES on, and rolled up in all
| the blankets he could muster. Next to
me lay an Illinois man named Robert
1 Jelhson a cool, moderate sort OF fellow,
! but with plenty OF nerve, as you shall
/ hear. Some time about midnight | was
awakened by hearing Jellison call to me
/ in low voice My first thought on
waking was that some one might be tam
/ pering with the horses and not wishing
| to make any demonstration until found
! out what quarter the trouble was in, |
got my hand on my revolver and whis-
4 pered, without moving
What's mn Robo TndianSo'
"Jellison was lying on his back, per-
fectly motionless. Without stirring, he
spoke in the same tone as before:
No, I wish it were. l think
snake has crawled up my trousers. leg. /
Don't move only as tell you. Don't
wake the boys He's quiet now and |
don't want him set agoing. But get up
easy and start a fire.
so | slipped out of my blankets, and
moving around easy, raked the brands
OF the campfire together. piled on some
wood and soon had blaze. While | did
this Jellison was speaking in a monot-
onous tone without moving his lips.
= He's feeling his way along under
my shirt but be keeps moving up all
the time. His head is as far up as my
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