The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-04
COLLATS, ADvEFeTsE@s or FAoTs
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gan to roll. He was surprised and lost
his balance and before he could regain il
had fallen off on tho downhill side
It looked to him as if the log must roll
over him and crush him to death, but he
tried instinctively to crawl out of the
way. 1t was no use, and he only sue
Coeded in turning his head toward the
end Of the log before it struck his leg At
the same instant the log struck a large
stone that was on top of fiat one that
gave way beneath the pressure and formed
a block that stopped the log Had it not
been for this Juan would have assumed
the proportion Of a pancake and the log
would have continued its course down the
mountain until it met some obstruction,
leaving his crushed remains for the
covOtcs.
He reaIlzed in a moment that the great
danger had passed and turned his atten-
ton to his Imprisoned leg. 1t did not
hurt very much, and as good an eXamina-
tiOn as he could make convinced him that
it was not broken, but, instead, had got
between two stones that had taken off the
pressure of the log He knew now that
he would be all right, for other workmen
would come to look for him if he did not
show up at the camp in time for supper.
But it was awful TO have to put in several
hours in such a situation. Still, nothing
else was to be done, and he made up his
mind to get into as comfortable position
as possible and wait for relief.
All this went through his mind in a few
seconds, and no other thoughts Of danger
entered his head, but before he had time
to turn around the Ominous hiss OF a rat
ulesnake near by made his blood feel like
ice in his veins and a sort of torpOr came
over him.
He closed his eyes to wait for the rep
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swapping jaws were close to his ear. He
could feel its hot, fetid breath, and in
stinctively drew back, but fully expect
ing every moment to feel the terrible fangs
inserted into his face His neck was
strained until it became painful and still
he had not been bitten. He knew he was
helpless, but "a sense of curiosity inn
PEELED him TO open his eyes to see
why such a strange thing had
happened. At the same instant IL struck
him as peculiar that he had not heard the
reptile rattle the alarm he knew so well.
He looked into a pair of treaeherous eyes
and saw a pair Of glistening fangS within
a few inches of his face The eyes were
flashing and the jaws swapping, and the
long tongue seemed like thread of flame
as it dartcd toward his face. 1t was a
sight TO strain the strongest nerves, and
Juan again closed his eyes to wait for the
end But as it did not come he opened
them in moment, and by this time his
brain had commenced to work again and
he knew there must be something that
prevented the snake from biting him.
It was hard to look past the awful eyes,
but he managed to do it, and saw that the
snake was partly under the fiat rock that
had been broken when the log struck it..
1t was struggling as hard as it could
and il was evident that the rock had
crushed down on the other end of it, and
that the snake was a prisoner as well as
himself
When Juan saw this he felt a thrill Of
hope and knew that if he could only keep
out of the reptiles way until his friends
came ali might yet be well The snake