, 1891-03-27
IN THE OILSOFASNAKE.
AWFUL EFFECT OF A HUSBANDS
ATTEMPT AT DISCIPLINE.

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mercial men OF that city, representing, AS
he does, some Of the largest iron manu-
featuring Industries In the United States.
Observnnt Of everything that transpires
about him, he has a stock Of anecdotes
large enough TO ill "A volume as volumi-
nous as a labor commissio1cr's eport. Ac-
costing a representative Of the Globe, he
said:
"Dn you see that gray haired man over
therey' pointing IA he spoke to a tall, sun
tanned guest, who sat with crossed hands
in one OF the benches.
His name" continued the New Yorker,
lis Bcrtram Smith. He Is a Brazilian by
everything but birth, having lived there
almost all his life, and it was there that l
met him eight years ago. He owned n vast
tract Of land in the Amazon valley. near the
base Of the Andes, and had thesweetest little
girl for a wife that mortal man could wish
for. Smith was prospecting for all sorts
Of mineral on his property there, and /
sold him a lot Of machinery that was never
delivered. IN tell you why.
"When ! was down at their place Smith
and his wife had just returned from the
honeymoon. He worshiped the very ground
the girl trod, and she in turn was rs de-
voted as ever woman can be. The house
they lived in was a one story affair, not
pretty TO look az externally, except that it
was covered by creeping plants, but plenty
Of room and the essence Of prpttiness and
comfort within.
A FOOLISH PERFORMANCE.
Mrs. Smith came from Rio Janeiro.
She had a mortal horror ofsnakcs, and her
husband used to joke her about It. Now
that country Is full Of snake, boa con
strictors thirty feet long and As thick AS
sandhies- There was a garden Hbout five
acres in extent about,the place, and here it
was that the bride Of a few months used to
get her outdoor exercise. except when nc
~companied by her husband, at which time,
Ibelievc, she would have faced all the cobras
in the country. The prospecting works
were about three miles fromthe house. and
one morning Smith started for there on
horseback.
"He had a rifle with him. on his way
home he saw a sixteen foot boa wind its
sinuous way across the wagon road. The
hideous head was raise. Ian instant, and
the beadlike eyes ghlred at the intruder;
the next instant n bullet had foundits way
TO the reptiles brain, and with a few con
WILSON'S Of its Shiny body the python was
dead. Being only about three-quartcrs ofh
mile from the house, Smith determined to
try what effect the dead boa would have in
quicting his wife's fears.
He made fast his hitching rein to the
snakes neck and dragged it through the
gates into the garden. Then he went into
the house and told Mrs. Smith about IL
She implored hin 10 have it removed, ana
at last he consented, Then, fearing she
wound lose prestige in his ewes Inv an evil.
hilton Of coyynrdice sbe said.
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ofit win 90 ont there atone ma insnec,
the remains,
TRYING TO PLEASE
scarcely expected she would do it.
garden began to cast prryysome shadows
about them. The girl was game tbnugb
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n drawer. threw A summer shawl over her
bend md went mt
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