The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-26

woman was unaDle 10 ulOVcs OuG GQcu
she recovered herself, sprang up. and
ran.
Hello, Emmy" said Mrs. Juston
| from her new picking spot, laughing at
| what she thought was good joke.
| "Did you see emp"
| The secret of Mrs Juston's generos-
| ity was revealed to Miss Still, and it
made her SO angry that she stopped
running, hunted around until she
| found a club, and fastened back to her
| huckleberry pail. The snakes were
still there, and Miss Still pitched into
them. They were ugly and fought her
back so fiercely that she had to thrash
around in the bushes for several
minutes before she laid them out,
! and after she had laid these two
out she had to kill another big
one that came on the scene to see
what was going on. While Miss Still
retired among the group of pickers at
a distance to rest and be congratulated
on her pluck, Mrs. Juston, seeing that
the land had been cleared for her, re-
turned to the choice picking patch that
she had SO unselfiishly renowned her
claim to in favor of Miss. Still. and
resumed her picking there. When Miss
Still went back to go on with her pick
ing she was knocked out more than she
had been by the first sight of the two
rattlers leering at her over her pail to
find that Mrs. Juston had taken posses
sion of those bushes She demonstrated
with her.
81 guess I was here first" was all
that Mrs. Juston would say, and Miss
Still had to retire to such luck as she
could find.
Mrs. customs pail soon got so heavy
with berries that she let it stand on the
ground while she went here and there
with smaller pail which she carried
as it was filed to the big pail and emp
tied its berries in that. She was max
ing the fourth trip to the big pail,
which would have filed it even full of
the very incest berries that had ever
been picked ON the Hill, when other
pickers near heard her give tremend-
Gus yell, and run away, pale as sheet
and her eyes bullying. Miss Still and
others ran to the spot. The young
woman got there first. She discovered
enormous rattlesnalse lay coiled on
top of the huckleberries in the
twelve-quart pail, with his head erect
and his tail more than humming. Miss
Still grabbed club and went for the
snake The first whack Of the club
somehow missed the snake, but it hit
Mrs. Juston's pail of berries, upset it,
and sent its luscious contents scatter
ing on the ground The snake went
over with the berries. and was ready
for fight in second. Miss Still gave it to
him, but in dealing with him she didn't
seem to be able to get away from Mrs.
customs spilled berries, and even when
the snake got enough of the club and
turned to wiggle away in the brush
Miss Still didn't appear to be able to
follow him, but stood in the midst of
the spilled berries and danced about,
striking at the snake that was away
out other reach, so that by the time the
RATHER disappeared in crack in the
rock Mrs. Juston's berries were tram
pied to pulp. Some of Mrs. Juston's
friends said that Miss Still did it on
purpose, but Miss Still went off smil-
ingly to her picking, and said nothing
James Connor, aged seventy, and
his grandson Charley, aged ten, were
among the huckleberry pickers on
the hill Grandfather Conner got
tired, and got in the shadow
of rock to take nap. Grand
son Charley perched on the rock and
went to observing things After old
Mr.. Connor had been snoozing few
minutes he opened his eyes, raised his
head. and told his grandson that ii he
didn't quit punching him IN the back
he would get switch and dress his
jacket. Grandson Conner hadn't been
punching the old man in the back, and
said SO. Mr.. Conner dropped off to
sleep again. By and by he woke up
with start, sternly addressed his grand
son again. charging the boy with punch
ing hun in the back, and assuring him
that a repetition OF it wonld bring on
his head dire punishment The boy
pleaded his innocence Of the charge,
and the old man went to sleep again
In g short time he swoke with start
and exclaimed:
There you go again. you young ras-
cal, Now I'll trornee yon well.''
He rose up to carry out his threat,
when the boys eyes, which hs6 become
fixed on the old mans back, began To
bulge, and he shouted:
There's snake on -FOUR back,
grandpa. There's snake on yor back
Grandfather Common. feeling weight
there, had glanced over his shoulder.
aud saw snake writhiDg and wrig-
Cling and rafting there, hanging 20
Conno-'s clothing by its teeth With
yell like q wild Indian the old man
broke across uuciiebe<ry hill bowling
at every jump. and MS grandson bring
ing up tlle rear. believing Ike bail
calf. The sight Of the old man dsshinr
wildly along with q big rattiesnaize
hanging TO his back created great ex-
citemez. among the groups OF piesers
that the frantic procession tore
thrcpCh. and some Groaps broke Up IN
= panic and rushed yelling n all diree-
tons through the b1she& Common rsr
more thslu Jyyo miles, tie snake clIo-lzg
to hin. when ne passed man named
Henry Clark C1a-sE gaze1 after sac iiv-
ing old sxlaa with the snake trailing and
comforting behind him before he re-
s-.4zca iae tue situation OF a1-s.-s- and