Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-07-07

of u Natiye servant.
was living in the town OF Akyab,
which is very old English port in
Burmah. and among other men
there ] knew and had business with
native born but Christian man
named Mordai One day he came 10
me and asked me TO go over 70 some
property he had on neighboring
island He had been having some
! trouble about boundaries and wanted
me 10 give him an unbiased opinios.
| We started IN sail boat about ~
o'clock and got 10 his place about 4.
lie and got out OF the boat and
went up 20 small bungalow he had
| built on posts about six 10 ten feet
from the ground, and consisting Of
simply the floor. the roof. and some.
times walls run up six or seven feet.
1 There Is no ceiling and nothing over
head but the roof. which is made Of
I bamboo and matched with leaves
from the teddy plant
We were sitting on the yoranda,
1 the roof OF which was not more than
! five or six feet from our heads.
Mordai was talking 70 me about the
boundary. aud ! had become quite
interested In some maps he had in
his lap While engaged ia eXamin-
ing them felt something fall and
strike my shoulder / rose quito
slowly. still talking 10 Mordai. aud
I turned about 10 see what Was ia my
chair. thinking that perhaps a piece
81 bamboo had been blown down by
the wind As ! turned my back was
toward Mordai aud / was struck mo,
tlonlcss by hoarse For Gods sake.
don't move. sahibn From the hor.
ror ia his voice | knew as well as IL
I could see Il that a cobra OF a khor-
lie. equally deadly and more numer-
oIs Ia that part WAS on IN shoulder.
! stood perfectly motionless for
I knew that tho snake. being aroused
now. would strike IL he felt the
least movement Cold Precipitation
stood out on my forehead.
and set my teeth hard
aud waited II was toss.up.
knew. either dcliycrance. aud that
. bAeHAAaaAAs 4E AANA eAAH ~ hkhAa AAA y
punctlres IN my neck or head. and
then death Every minute seemed
an age NJ suspense was the moro
terrible because I could not sec my
enemy. and 80 could not tell the mo-
mont he would strike Time wlli
never cfaco the memory Of that
death wait from my mind. IN the
/ chair. shriyelcd and eastly. his hol
7 low. hali.giazcd eyes staring al me
( with the helpless. fascinated gaze 81
I a bird hall in the tolls % "A serpent.
huddicd Mordal His white, blood.
loss lips moved spasmodicAlly. as
over aud over pc repeated ~ dread
, whisper God, the brown death.
/ then knew II was khorite. Cling.
I ing 20 my shoulder was a snake ten
/ times more malignan. aud mcrcilcss
/ than cobra. and just as deadly
I ''ihc brown dcath"--of the natives,
a reptile which Il has been said II
man were 10 gaze for any len eth OF
I time into It's eyes he would become
insane Unlike all other creatures.
u has no pupil 70 It's eye nothing
but brown mass Of malignity
do not know how long it was.
/ but IL seemed an eternity % time
I that ! stood thus At last the swing.
\ ing Madrassi song OF the boatmcu
carrying the stun broke on my ears
( like q song ~ dolivcrancc Dull and
I IN snotonous IL had seemed to mo
/ often enough. but now it sounded
7 like the sweetest music ever carolcd.
D
4 Mordai from his traucc.liSo stupor,
and staggering out he graspcd my
I faithful servant. Emir-All by the
/ shoulder. and with his lean. bony
/ finger pointed toward me. No need
1 OF explanation for Emir-Alli Nv
Z heart gave throb OF JOY when !
l saw his supple. careless form
| straigGtcu up and his black eyes
| glisten with the light had seen in
\ them before in time u deadly peril.
Twice before had we frontcd death
/ faltored Even now | see him as he
stood Just outside the yeranda. one
/ Of the few natives n white man had
I trusted. aud met trust for trust and
loyalty ever
Discardinp his CANDY Jacket and
gathering up his dotc tight about his
\ hips, so that his sinewv limbs
| CLEANED like those OF a statue, he set
\ his square white teeth and Kissed
through them an Invocation To Allah
Grasping the dab in his powerful
hand he stole as silently and as
swiftly toward me as the vonomous
creature on my back might have
done had he been making the attack
; Poised aloft was the glittering steel.
for well he knew tho snake would
keep his eye on tho cleaning blade,
and there would he no movement to
disturb him till the downward rush.
and then -ahl who could sayg Allah
would strengthen his hand and di.
rect the edge OF the blade and kis.
met would he.
| For second he stood close beside
me might have touched him
His fierce black eyes cleaned on the