Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-03-22

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in the stuGy little cabin. Tom Barry
Joined Us, going a little further forward,
and dropped off to sleep as lay watch
ing the faithful fellows pipe glowing
like a coal against the somber back
ground of the forest.
An hour might possibly have slipped
away, when | was awakened by a serie:
Of the most appalling shrieks that ever
perharS fell on mortal ear. | can only
describe them as ho%rrifying in their in
tensity, and pitiful beyond measure as
they broke in a succession Of appealsfoI
help upon the comparative stiffness OF
that tropical night.
THE moon which had been below
the horizon when | went TO sleep had
now assembled Ia some considerable alti'
tude in the heavens, and by the rays OF
the great satellite, | was enabled to be
hold, as clearly almost as MONDAY, the
minutest details of a scene that will re-
main forever inielibly impressed upon
my memory.
Poised above the bow OF the boat, its
scaly head bent far forward, | saw
huge serpent of the anaconda species,
striking repeatedly at Tom Barry, who,
with his arms thrown around the for
ward bits of the launch, was endeavor'
ing to prevent the monster from drag
ging him from his hold. The sharp ser
rated teeth of the reptile had torn the
clothing from one bare arm, down which
the blood ran in streams, while the
shrieks OF agony which the poor fellow
emitted spoke only too eloqucntly OF the
fearful peril in which he was placed
Every now and then the huge serpent
would get a hold on some part of the
clothing and it would break away, the
rapidity with which one attack was fol-
lowed by another precluding all posi-
bility Of Barry's defending himself, for
he had all he could do to prevent him.
self from being snatched away bodi'
w. Awakened out Of a sound sleep
| was too dazed to act immediate
~, and when | sprang forward with
the first weapon | could lay
hands on, a bel,ying pin snatched from
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