The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-05-05

OF them were barefooted, while the youpe
men were deeked out in jeans and hickory
shiH-, and from the back pocket Of each
the handle OF gIn protruded Before the
second Al! hands around had been called
two young men fun Of whisky and fyh,
came dashing up on their horses, whoopin,
IKE COW boys IN a border town and fr,nu
on their pistols just 10 emphasize rhei,
presence
Don't be afeared. said Susan r.as.
surlngiy: old man Crirchteldll tend then,
fellers' And ne did. As soon a, tb.l,
guns cracked the old man appeared with
winchester IN hand. He strobe m N
where the horsernen had refined their ste.d,.
and with his gun dead on one Of to. men
said:
Drop that pot, Dan. or Dodll d-oo
you! Not er burned bir mo- tibet bizn.ss 1,
goin on here ternight'
he man was ugly and seemed deter.
mined 70 have trouble He aouri,hed IN.
weapon just once and was pulling il down
On Critchh.id y hen the old mans gun few
upward, knocking the pistol from III,
hors-man's hand, and the next instant b.
was pulled from the saddle Before hi.
companion had a chance TO show his met
tie Crltehfeld had dragged him to the
ground also. Then Dave and Jake Cri,ch.
held came forward, and in five minutes tn.
would Be bad men were securely tied to a
giant oak, where they could view the f..-
INVITES, and were admonished TO keep their
mouths shut or they would b. gagged.
during the little frscas not a dancer los.
q step, except couple Of the girls vho,a
bare toes got beneath my boots, and when
the dance ended the couples wandered of.
some INTO the house, others down 70 the
edge OF the bluff, which rose 30 feet from
shaped hollow that opened out to the
eastward
" bile several couples were chatting
there an incident occurred that had all the
incidents Q. the dramatic in it. One Of tn.
Rris, barefoOted beauty stood night On
the very edge Of the precipics. her back
turned TO the fearful abyss Sue was Rayly
cbatt ng when she excla! med: I'm s,sndin
on somethin. | blieve lisa suakei n.
bitin me" She didn't seem much alarmed
although death dealing reptile wa, .ink.
ing its fanzs into her ankle, and On. s,.n
backward meant destruction on the iavyed
rocks below. A man reached forward mil. /
ID the girl toward him. and We all saw III. /
head and about seven inches Of tn. BODY NJ
a copperhead snake protruding from tn.
1ry leaves where the girl had stood. III.
reptile was quickly killed and the girl tax.
70 TO the house. About two inches at,1y.
he left ankle blood vas trickliny from two
little wounds where the snake. faDgs had
'Thet pizen must b@ sucked out
aid Old Critcbfeld 'Boy., KIT one Nv
nem bad shooters we tied to the trees cot
bar Wen make him do it
Nav ye don't said a strappinQ Young
elbow. 1het's my gal III do it myselfj
nd down On his knees lie went. like a man
topping TO drink from a brook. He t1ok
b. wounded foot, and without seoopd,,
clay bezan 70 draw the venom into his
1outh. Two or three times be stoupe,d To
pit out the bland aud poison and 70 rinse
u mouth with whisky before be gr, un.
he girl. pale and passive, with the stoic-
IN VI an Ind an, stOod the ordeal. and
hen 1t was over both shs and her pre-
river took long drafts from the whisky
asks, while Mother CritcbieId poured on
1e wounds some preparation which il cDn-
dered infallible in cases II copuerhsad
ties. The limb Was tightly handag.d. and
- minutes most Of the party were again
aDeinz "a II nothing bad bapp~ned."