The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-02

Jungle and where we were located was
the snakes paradise Hardly day passed
that we did not kill one or more either IN
or about the bungalow. IL was a contln-
ual cry of 'Samp hal. sahi0n "a snake,
sir, with regular clearing out OF all the
servants.
1t really seemed that all the poisonous
snakes in India had agents doing business
In that pasJ. Immense DOas, sleepy,
deylllsh karaites, vicious asps and ad-
ders. and now and then a cobra, chOck
full OF night. No man thought Of putting
on his boots without giving them good
shake first. and even clothes were IN
spected al arms length.
"One hot, sweltering night was lying
In state half sleep ana half heat stupor
when 1 suddenly became aware that a
dark, fat OBJ ect, in which cleaned two
spots of malignant light, was moving up
| along my right leg-lusJ between IL and
the mouierie mosquito curtain). could
Just see 1t over my limb, and the blood IN
my VEINS simply froze with horror as re-
allied that it must be either a cobra or
karalte. The body of The serpent was
evldentlyin the bed and the head elevated
| just enough TO watch my face A queer
constructive sort of feeling shot up and
down my scalp, and the hair stood out
| straight, l am sure.
There are no words IN which I can
convey the slightest idea of the full meas
| ure Of lOathSOme horror which took pos
session OF me and turned me sick with
the intensity of its dreadfuIness when l
recognized that | was shut up in that cur
tain with and completely at the mercy of
one Of those death-deallng hends. l
dared not move a muscle-tO call out
meant death, for were he reused, either
by fear or anger he would deal out death
TO The nearest living Oh, ect with the
/ rapidly Of lightning My hand was ~
Ing down beside my thigh, and already
could feel his cold, Shiny body moving
over II. If my blood was frozen before,
this chilled the very marrow in my bones.
/ could see very little by the light of the
| blckerlng lamp which hung in the YER
| anda opposite my room door beyond that
| nat, swaylng head, set like lends toy
| with those devil cleaning eyes.
Il felt that ] could not stand it much
| longer. 1 should become a raving ma
mac ii something did not happen soon. 1
! almost wished that he would strike and
| END the dreadful suspense. / knew that
! he would not voluntarily leave the bed
| all night, and would most probably coil
! himseltup on my chest and remain there.
! one year, two years, ten years, l lay
| thus, with the brute drawing his INTERN
! Unable length over my hand-yes, ten
! years for next day was ten years older,
and my hair, which was black when l
! NtuJ W UcIs WIS DIS gray dS IL 10 uOW
Then l must have moved my hand, for
the dend struck-without warning, and
| with such devilish rapiditY that 1 saw
| nothing, only felt the sharp, ldnCe-like
! thrust in my thigh. With a rush my
! blood, which had been standing still in
my veins, l think, went tearing through
! my body again, and before my Mortified
| cry had ceased to ring through the bung-
| allow, | was standing on the floor clear of
/ the wrecked D1nniprin
! from the bed when he struck, felt his
| body 60 hurtling over my head up against
| the pillow, as l threw up the arm he had
| been lying on.
| Brown Bangle Brown as he was
called then, because he used to wear a
silver bangle on his left wrist that some
| girl had given him-was calling from the
next room. Who is there2 who is thereH
and the whole bungalow was soon in a
! turmoil Cold drops of perspiration rolled
! down my forehead, and my face was like
the face of a dead man, Brown said, when
| went into his room, where he had
light.
'e' Have you seen a ghost3' he asked.
"Worse than that, l replied, 1 have
been bitten by cobra
Nonsense, man. he calculated, you
have been dreaming but his face was
aShy pale now, too.
| Here are the marks of his fangs,' l
said, as l barred my thigh; and there, sure
! enough, were two tiny punctures and a
! drop of blood oozing from one
There could be no doubt aboutit now
! his light had swept away the last vestige
! of hope All that remained to do was to
make futile effort 10 stay the deadly
poison. Already | could feel a peculiar
! twitchtng sensation where the lines run
! from the nose down past the corners of
the mouth, and there was a dull tugging
sort of pain in my heart; feeling as
| though the blood were being forced
! through 1t at an increased pressure. My
head was dizzy and my eyes hot and
| blurred. 1t was with the greatest diff
| Gully that | could keep my mind from
wandering. | could hardly articuate a
| word, and when l did manage to speak,
| | would say what did not mean-using
the wrong word. 1t was evident that the
! poison was beginning to paralyze nv
| BRAIN and already felt an almost un-
| conquerable desire TO lie down and sleep
by this time Brown and the others
were thoroughly awake to the serious
ness of the case and had started in to do
all in their power TO save me. Brown
was sort of amateur surgeon and always
| carried small apothecary establishment
| with him. | saw him whip out a lancet
and look at me III a questioning way
nodded, and in an instant he had the
/ piece surrounding the bite out and his
! lips applied TO the gaping wound.
Here, gentlemen, is the scar" and
Bings displayed an ugly looking cicatrice
! that bore uumiStakable testimony to the
heroic course of treatment Brown had
adopted.
young Balston brought me a peg. in
! desperation, that would have made one of
those Bengalie Baboos, who punish a bot
tie of bazaar brandy at a single sitting,
| yell with anguish He admitted TO me
| afterward that Baloo, the bearer, had
| told him to give me a strong dose of rod
| pepper and whisky, for it had cured a
| brother of his once He had tasted it
! himself, and it was simply liquid fire di-
| luted with whisky, but 10 me it was only
| as water.
Giving me a dose of permanganate of
! potassium, Brown placed me in the hands
| of two Sepoy orderlies, with strict orders
! TO keep me going, swearing that he would
! shoot the first man that let me stop-for
| to rest for an instant meant certain
| death
Now, lads, let's kill the devil he
! said, when he had done all he could to
save me; we shall find him coiled up in
| the bed waiting for another victim
Grabbing the lamp and stout stick /
! rushed into my room, followed rather eau
| tiously by the others l flashed the light
on the bed, holding the stick poised alott
for quick, strong blow, but there was
Ma