Arizona republican., 1894-10-02


 when he struck I felt his body go 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 silver bangle on his left wrist that some girl had given him-was calling from the next room Who is there? who is thcre?' and the whole bungalow was soon in turmoil Cold drops of precipitation rolled down my forehead, and my face was like the face of a dead man, Brown said, when 1 went into his room where he had light.
 (" Have you seen ghost?' he asked.
 Worse than that I replied. I have been bitten by cobra
 Nonsense, man. he ejaculated, you have been dreaming but his face was ashy pale now, too.
 Here are the marks of his fangs,' I said, as barred my thigh; and there, sure enough, were too tiny punctures and drop of blood oozing from one.
 "There could be no doubt about it now-his light had swept away the last vestige of hope. All that remained to do was to make futile effort to stay the deadly poison. Already I could feel peculiar twitching sensa- tion where the lines run from the lose down past the corners of the mouth. and there was dull, tugging sort of pain in my heart, a feeling as though the blood was being forced through it at an increased pressure. My head was dizzy and my eyes hot and blurred, and it was with the great est difficulty that I could keep my mind from wandering. 1 could hardly articulate a word, and when I did manage to speak I would say what did not mean-using the wrong word. It was evident that the poison was be- ginning to paralyze my brain, and al- ready felt an almost unconquerable desire to lie down and go to 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 a small apotnecary establishment with him. I saw him whip out lance and look at me in 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 cica- trice that bore unmistakable testimo- ny to the heroic course of treatment Brown had adopted.
 Young Balsbon brought me a peg, in desperation, that would have made one of those Bengalie Baboos who pun ish bottle of bazaar brandy, at a single sitting, yell with anguish. He admitted to me af.erward that Baloo, the bearer, had told him to give me a strong dose of red pepper and whisky, for it had cured brother of his once. He had tasted it himself and it was simply liquid fire diluted with whisky, but to me it was only as water
 Giving me q dose of permanganate of potassium, Brown placed me in the hands of two Sepoy orIeries, with strict orders to keep me going. swear ing that he would shoot the first man that let me stop-for to rest for an in- stant 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
 "At these words a sudden fury took possession of me and 1 said: Let me be in at the death--I VI Ill kill him be- fore die myself
 Grabbing the lamp and stout stick rushed into my room, followed rather cautiously by the others. I flashed the light on the bed, holding the stick poised aloft for a quick, strong blow, but there was no object there to vent my fury upon. Then I remembered that 1 had thrown him up over my head when jumped from the bed. Telling Brown to throw. the pillow over with a quick movement, I held the lamp in my left hand and stood ready to give his cobraship his quietus with a powerful blow
 "Quicl1 as flash the pillow was jerked to the other end of the bed and there was a rush of dark brown body, with the devilish eyes gleaming like two baleful sparks. The stick dropped from my nerveless grasp and I tumbled to the floor in heap. It was only a rat!
 'The precipitation broke out all over my body and l was as limp as rag. The nerves, strung up to the tension that they had been, suddenly gave way and I could only sob out hysteri cally: Let him go-don't kill him. pleaseI'