Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-02

tno specior moved and followed.
was powerless TO do Otherwise.
Those black ewes dnd that ehArp
pointed nose had an uncanny fascina-
tion, | hnd hardly stumbled along
dozen steps before my flesh was
pierced and torn by the prickly spikes
with which tho underground
abounded strove 70 retreat but
those black eyes glowed mookinEly
and found that the spikes turned in
wards and that could not 60 back
wards without being torn In shreds
Suddenly e myriad oil Insects
buz2ed around us and | was burning
rom multitude OF stlngs rom head
to DOT could hardly protect my
eyes but tho spectre had donnod
pair OF protectors which looked
like goggles Those closely pressed
lips were now parted in a deyilish
smile. On plugged drawn forward
by that resislloss fascination. ] saw
black reptile ooicd on II branch ready
TO spring, aud barely avoided its
fangs by jumping to ono side but
sim that face smiled wiokedly and
held me a. ever Again | sirovo to
retreat but was powerlesS Another
stop or two and | trod on a poisonous
lizard 1t squlrmcd rom under my
foot and left dendly sting In the
heel. And now II fright nj odor
poured In from every side. ltseemed
TO onter every pore and to pros
trate every neryo A few moro steps
/ staggered on. noisomo. poisonous
creatures sprlugng up on all sides
nnd then We ronched tho end OF tho
lagoon; but tho brush stretched out
beyond aud hid tho luminous path
toward which | struggled Onward
l pressed into the water 1t was
black and the saurian and reptile
abouuded hut It mattorod not; any
thing TO DO FREQ from that fearful
Jungle The awful black luco with
It's thin lips still lowered about
always within about six inches OF
mine. The eyes we're like Goals Of
fire and there was that devillsh
smile OF triumph but tho iace hnd no
longor any terrors.
was sinking sinking noisome aud
Shiny reptiles squirmlng AROUND me,
] hAN 1 hu0M ~ was NAN1 "a AlANHNARh We
few moments aud then--rest Al
ready that lnsousibility was creeping
over every lanulty br ny ng with 1t
the consciousness OF rest undisturbed.
As went down and down that spec.
trc pressed closer and closer with
those same black, fiery eyes. sharp
pointed nose aud thin lips with their
devilish smile The polluted water
reached my neck, 1t surged upward.
and upwards and then that low,
molodious hunming ieh had nevcr
was u blank
With rest and care no will DO al
right
heard those words and then
opened my eyes and found myself OF
a bed In an airy room. There was
terrible dizziness through my head
and again swooned.
# was some weslss before recov.
cred but II was not until sometime
afterwards that learned what the
cause OF my Illness had been. When
lay down on the side OF the blum
my mead had pillowed itself on black.
snake one OF tho largest and mos
poisonous OF It's species which was
cooled up under tuit oil grass. One
of the trio had returned In couple o.
minutes and discovered the reptil,
moving its head backwards aud for
wards just above my face prepara
tory to making tho fatal plunge with
It's fnngs A blow on the head hat
killed it and saved my life. All
the sensations which had expe.
riencod had taken place within sixty
seconds The undulatlng motion was
due to the movements OF tho snake,
body, tho melodious hummlng hat
been caused by tho peculiar SOUND
which II emiB when enraged, and thai
sensation OF rest by the paralysis
which attends It's fascination OF 10
victim. The awful spector In the
Jungle was directly due to the undu
latory motioi OF the reptiles heat
over my head and face. All the othel
sensations are to be traced TO the pla
on the nerves and the reflex on the
imagination. The overpowering odoi
before the last struggle wns caused BY
few drops o. the veuom falling on
my face whom tho reptile received the
fatal blow The fumes OF this had
been inhaled and was the cause oil
my long prostitution. John j. Symes
IN the PioneorP Press.
II Dis Not Prove Fatal.