Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-11-10
HE HAD BEEN THERE.
THE EXPERIENCE TURNED HIS
HAIR WHITE.
Torture suffered by Soldier VINO "S'
pltten by a Cobra -rhs serpent was
IN His Bsd-Herolo Treatment mat
Saved Has Life.

~ wonder what sort OF a sensation
II is TO be- bitten By a cobra anu
know that one must die IN haiI ah
hour or So" drawled out captain
Gordon. as he pulled lazily at MS
cheroot on the veranda OF the One
Hundred aud Ninth Huzzars' mess at
| Fyzabad. r
"Well,I know exactly how II feels.
chipped in BIngs-Bings, 1.-The stole
AZ he was called-wlth an earnest
ness that fairly took away Gordoa
breath.
Yes added the new speaker. Il
have been there. as they say, but
language cannot convey the full hor-
ror OF the feeling IL was years ago.
when fcst came out TO join, and we
were stationed at Burmah was
on special duty out in the jungle.
/ and where We we're located was the
snakes paradise Hardly day
passed that we did not kill one OF
more. either in or out OF the bunga'
/ low. IL was a continual cry Of
/ .Samp hal. sahib' 10 snake, sir), with
a regular clearing out OF all the ser
4 wants
Zone hot. swelteriug night Twas ~
I ing In a state half asleep and half heat
stupoe when suddenly became aware
/ that dark. Hat object, ia which
! cleaned two spots Of malignant light
was moving up along my right leg
Just between it and the mOuierie,
[ / could Just see it over my limb and
| the blood in my veins simply troze
with horror a. | realized that IL
must DO either a cobra or a karAlte.
4 The body Of the serpent vas oyt-
I IDENTIFY In the bed and the head eia'
i waited Just enough 20 watch my face.
7 A queer constructive sort Ot feeling
/ shot up aud down my scalp aud tho
hair stood out straight. | am sure
T There are no words IN which |
can convey the slightest idea Ot the
4 full measure % lOathsOne horror
/ which took possession OF no and
made me sick with tho intensity Of
4 its dreadiuluess when I recognized
/ that was shut up In that curtain
with. aud completely at the mercy
/ OF one OF those death. dealing hendA
4 dared not move d muscle to call
/ out meant death. for vera he aroused
either by fear or anger. no would
deal out death 20 the nearest living
object with the rapidIty Of lightning
Ny hand was laying beside my thigh
and already could feel his cold.
Shiny body moving over IL n my
blooa was frozen before this chilled
the marrow In my bones. could
see very little by the light Of tho
hickering lamp which hung IA ths
veranda opposite my door. beyond
that Hat. swaying head. set like q
fend's toy with those dsyilish CLEAN.
ing eyes
Il felt that could not stand II
much longer should become n
raving maniac II something did not
happen soon almost wished hg
would strike aud end tho dread ful
suspense. knew that he would
not voluntarily leave tho bed All!
night, aud would most probably coil
himself upon my chest aud remain
there. One year. two years. ten
years lay thus. with the brute
drawing his iuterminablo length
over my haud-yes, ton years. for
the next day | was ten years older
and my nair. which was black when
went to bed. was as gray as IL Is
now.
Then ] must have moved my
hand, Tor the hand struck without
warning and with such dovilish
rapidity that | saw nothing. only felt
the sharp. lance-liks thrust IN nv
thigh. With rush my blood. which
was standing still In my veins. I
think. went tearing through nv
body again. and before M Mortified
cry had ceased to ring through tho
bungalow, | was standing on the
floor clear OF the wrecked mouiarie.
''As | sprang from the bod where
he struck felt his body go hurting
over my head up against tho pillow
as ! threw up the arm he had been
lying on
Drown was calling from the next
room. Who Ia there Who Is there p
and the whole bungalow was soon in
a turmoil. Cold drops Of perspira.
ton rolled down my forehead. and
my face was like tho face Of dead
man, Brown said. whom I went into
his room. where he had n light
There could be no doubt about IL
now-his light had swept away tho
last vestige Of hope. All that ro.
matned TO do was TO make a futile
effort to stay the deadly poison.
Already could feel peculiar
twitching sensation where the limos
run from the nose down past the
corners Of the mouth; and there was
a dull. Juggling sort OF pain at nv
heart. feeling as though the blood
was being forced through Il atanin.
creased pressure. My head was dir.
zy, and my eyes hot and blurred
and IL was with the greatest dim.
Guilty that | could keep INV mind
from wandering. could hardly ar.
ticulate a word. and when ala
manage to speak | would say what
did not mean-using the WRONG
word. twas evident that tho moi.
son was beginning TO paralyze nv
brain. and alraadv I loiI a..