The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-09-18

%ssss !" tISss. nun atss Al. arc ! ,h s, !, ssh SI .
s snsks: '" never eng had fnia IKE sS Ssi lsa ss q s5A see
q FIGHT between either Of those, snakes and 2
the three cnn whlpu ratticsnakc any time. and
quickly. although II person would naturally
Snnp non III, INT r a ssstS wI s, AIMED Wd, VIZ ho the DO, Ideally az.
vantage In a contest with anything. especially
With a non.vepomous Toe. But any one Of
movements that 1t Is nblc to avoid lila deadly
striker. aend iny,riahly overcomeS him. Ere.
sees the approach 81 either one OF his agile
enemies, willlurn BIZ poison on himself, sink-
tng hts ,InnGS dnen n MS y,tals, thus commit,
In the powerful aud irresistible folds OF "A con-
1T is during tho battles between tn. tnun-
der snake. the king snnke. critic tlacksnnke
and the %rattlcr that, the Vicious llttle PILOT
Garts upon the attacking snake, and Nights
Hereby in behalf of tho ~ratt!cr The curious
I h"ss to- S5 III is iEat tn liiS StAf Eu s" sI;s1 p ga, mo attn:
the rattlcsnakc fash away out Of sight. leaV.
ing the pilot to fire., and funo about the sccno
convinced that his friend is past nil caring for.
hurrics away from tho spot t. seek the COM
pnni2nship Of come other %rntt!er. blon'ed and
There is another snake in Texas that the
Mexican ,dwellor,s call the Twin. intiat.' and
they at,e RATHER. Oitiils. though. IL IL GER
tain: IL there Is one n%niinntn thing that APP
~ w uetl'l ~ 'lsllilluG III IlIIiINN w mo-
ton than another it is this same Twin: iaria..
II grows t2 be seven and even eight lect long.
Whir y lash in ap ~, i 4 than iH anyth IiG:' + can
think OF. 1t is of a light yellow color. and
flashes along on tho ground in q zigzaG
yellow streak in tho distance 90 quickly that
i you had never seen ono before you would
lad iai' swept HG ' by YOU q, T Haaf% natiycs T tell , e"H.
n tal ,n filo. gna. of tho Ss,,s eons' ri nnss0s poW SSs
swiit-fpDtpd rabbits of fln TOXINS mains.
md If you should see ono Of these animals
bounding wildly by you. its eyes big and lro-
Iecting with terror. and every nerve and mus.
cnn, you may know that The living lariat is on
past. 1t will soon overhaul the flying rabbit.
but does not capture it with its mouth. MS
S Whsn / ne e ss, or r rn1rS q Of hb prey wG ;aii o GSli
ninc-tcnths Of ia whip-lash body forward over
its head. and winds u coil about the rabbits
about tho mock q, a lying steer Tho, mex.
tic Mhe' snake. crushed int, c' a s,hnnp p.Ilss IS 'n mass .s.u and d
ready for the scrpent's slownnd easy dinner.
There is q story current among tho Texas
can who santuftsa n living larist Whom it Was
young and made n pet of It. Tho snake grew
owner. Even after it had lassord and crushed
several lambs for him and actually r?rei mud
tho Moxican still hold tho snake in favor. Ito
laughed at the warnings OF his friends, wh,o,
declared ina lie would lie sorry some day IL
he didn't put the SERPENT out of the way.
Ono day the MeXican's wife heard n smothered
cry. followed by n gurg'ing sound. coming
from the direction where she had seen
her husband passin: along Il moment before.
She ran out OF the house. Sho saw her hus-
band hanging at the end of something from
tho limb, OF n troe. struggling convulsively.
She hurried TO the spot. and was Mortified to
see that he had been insSoed bv his snake,
which was np ia the tree. and had raised him
from his feet. The wifi. cut her husband
down bv %severins the snake with q sickle. but
he was then quits dead.
when | first went to Texas and was asked
II | had ever seen IL pilot. l of course said that
l hal. for in tho North pilot was only another
name for ,correrhcad. and, having lived in
southern PENNSYLVANIA. / hal seen as many Of
them as | had Of toads. But when one day |
was confronted by n rugnaciouS ser
pent three feet long. with hrisht yellow
stripes down its body from head to tail. and
yellow markings zizZuging its sides. FOR all
tho worlt like representations OF lightning.
flashes. and was told that it was n pilot, /
knew that l had never seen a pilot before. As
this Texas snake has a very hot tooth. as cat
tlcInen know from dead steers they find now
and then. victims ofthis weird-lookinG snakes
fangs. it is against all custom to let one got
away. In fact. they don't try to. but viii
panther with equal Willingness. | have been
Obliged to either kill a great many of those
pilots or G Sc 20 out Of my way to continue my
journey. for when they once take u stand
they will maintain it till they die"