The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-06-02
HORRID BEDFELLOWS
ITARANTuLAs CRAWL. ALL OVER A
/ SLEEPING TRAVELLER.

ing TO Feel. Poisonous Reptile Ex-
pIorins His Anatomy. While Another
Made u Bed of the sIan's Upright Hair.
Joseph Grandelrnyer, well known
pnining man of Nevada. has passed
through many startling experiences dur
ing a residence OF twenty-eight years in
the far west, but is perhaps the only
man who can boast of having had a
round bakers dozen of deadly tariintulas
for bedfellows and surviving the terri
bic experience without material injury.
1t happened number of years ago, but
even now it causes cold shivers to chase
up Mr.. Grandelmyer's spinal column
when his mind reyefts to that particular
eveyA However, surrounded by IL cir
Gle of friends at the Palace hotel few
evenings since. he was induced to relate
the incident
In 1864 | came to San Francisco
said the gentleman. and with the hope
fuiness of youth determined to make my
fortune. 1 had little money saved up
but was raw tenderfoot. and whatever
put my money into failed to pan out
Finally | concluded to strike out for Ne
vada. 1t was new section of country
then. that had been explored to very
llnllLc0 cAbCuI. dlQ W16fl Il1d(l0 KNOWN
my intention many and urgent We're the
requests for me to refrain from being so
foolish as to encounter dangers in such
wild and almost unknown country
Nothing daunted. however, and not
allowing myself to be dissuaded from
my purpose. one day i'll the summer of
1854. after inducing three acquaintance
to join me, ! set out for the land of sage
brush My particular object in going
was to better my fortune by any method
! could. Two of the party were pros
pectors. and the fourth. Dr. Heath,
went along to spy out a good location
for hog ranch.
We'll, after crossing the Sierras at
Walkers pass. we found ourselves in
Owens valley. which is now in lnyo
county. Dusk was approaching. and
when. after riding a distance in the
teeth of cold wind. we found ourselves
at deserted adobe hut by the roadside
we halted, unpacked and unsaddled our
animals and prepared to camp for the
night
A TERRIBLE AWAKENING.
There was feed for the horses in abun-
dance and while one staked them out
the others began preparations for supper
and made the beds ready. My friends
preferred sleeping undera large oak tree
near. but chose II spot adjoining the
old adobe house. where | spread my
blankets close to the wall where the
wind would not reach me. After u hasty
meal we all retired to our respective beds
on the ground and readily dropped off to
sleep.
4 presume it was within an hour of
Il
start. A peculiarly dreadful feeling.
worse than any nightmare took posses
sion of me. ! felt paralyzed and was
afraid to stir There was something
moving on my face. 1t was not large
object. but as it moved about the trail
left seemed to scorch my face. / felt
the thing traverse my face from the left
eye down over my nose and mouth
Then it crossed to the other side and ex-
plored in the region of my ear Then it
was gone.
! Il knew it was not a snake gliding
over my face. but some animal much
smaller. though what it was was utter
ly unable to conjecture. | was wide
awake, of course. but such an uncom-
Portable horror held me fast that was
unable to move a muscle and gazed help
tesSly up at the stars once Il Tried TO
call out to my companions. but not a
sound could muster lay there rigid
as log. maybe for one minute, maybe
for five. when again knew that the
same thing. or something like it, was on
my hand. which rested outside the olan-
ket, and a cold chill ran up my arm and
through my whole body. Still was
absolutely powerless to movea limb. and
inyoluntarily closed my eyes, almost ex-
pecting to feel them closed in death, so
dreadful and indescribable was the SEN
sation.
HORRIBLE SUSPENSE.
Next | knew it was climbing up