Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-16
Snakes In Africa.

/ groun., Il made sifal.ht u- 10
b Il no. Who, dropping his hu lil
OF Hiontr, mAio for uH Doe
ciivliy cl1se by. Auaimnr fuu um
mir No. looked quickly tc1iu um
only 10 ilnd hia lursu.r ci8ao al hil
ntcH. TIE dtfcUut tufIfe him waf
very Flrcp. one, Boo punf nt fact, n
man untor ordinary cifrums,auc. @
would carefully pick hia H1y down,
lui the eXiguncirH Of tir q ilu's siIua-
] ton did nor leave much margin Tor
rrc1nroiiefinr. VIII q vel which
could nuly have Issued nom thn luu n
on a savage, lac siaried down the hill,
olOscly iUil1wuu b. the auakr. Jack
uid not time him but be- brlieyos tlo
~ % ttat the wofll'f record ly several
lrngths. The Scaiclmau followed,
hnt a natural regard Tor his neck ma Iu
hiH riogfess much m o. mI 60 o..
B1siics, as uu Iui 10, iu rriaUrg ilr
iucldcnI "hu hnd moo sch vera Jan.
p1rnnt engagement 90 atcp 90 you
uaygur" The Zulu hat .out nll cat-
if1l 10 his movements nnd ilrw down
tue drcliyity nc express apaul, tho
snake maliug prod giOua l0uudH De-.
hind MIN. When the distance between
the boy and thu snake was not
more tunn three fec, lhu former
caught his toe 90 the root NJ n
ties aud fell full lengthcu the rrouut,
c'utchius some tufts VI grass o. prf-
vent rolling. Toe anakUb imtuius
Wa owl ioutly uncOni,D iblsaH ,tIr 10
bounded clear over tho PROSTATE Zulu
hud continued the paUc 10 the bottom
ui tho hili. Jack hnsienri 90 iDin the
boy thinking the snake might fe,uru
10 attack him, but ~ hau auaudaurI
the hunt Tue scot was bent ON nav.
ing tho anRke, huwDver, and told tue
naive 10 cut two stout stlckp, armed
with which they roceriei 10 hunt IN
their inrmer puuurr, whom they dis,
covered iu "A durryvd trunk VI a tree
aud nj once dosnatcnri.
A low weeks alter this We were Ia
another part Of Zulnianl Aud Joined d
trader on q twn dhy' hunt, leaving
Jock, nt his request, 20 take charge OF
the wagon AMI aalUri HE bliau cal AMI
other specimens. On our return we
discovered that ~ usual our IA bland
friend had boon having an adventure.
10 appeared tnst alter We
lut him, the night being
very tul,ty, Jack spread his
blankets on thu ground anu slbpt with
The azure canopy u heaven alO vr b m.
Ihutu 10 no more delightful feeling
than that Of waking up under "a star
lit summer aky iu Africa, with the
reircshing night breeze s1tly tanning
your ohtek; but on this special 1oos.
elJu a. Jack woke no wins conscious OF
thrilling sensation about his neck,
which took all tho romance out OF the
situation.
Feeling cautiously 10 ASCERTAIN the
cause, no va hofrIiiud 10 find his
hngera csme IN contact with the mois.
body Of a snake
Tue position must have been fear.
fully trying 10 the netyes. lie dare
not shout 10 tho wagon boys who were
sleeping within ten yards VI him, still
less could no venture 10 roll away. The
least movement on his part would
cause his acli-iuvi,cu visitor " fastun
IT. fangs la his nocx. 81 taoru he lay
hoping nraiufi hope that ono VI the
snoring Illua would wake up aud dit
cover Ms plight
To make thu situation SIN moro
ini0lufablo, hr't his nose began 10
Itch consumeliy, then tho Uckllng
tunsntl0n spread 10 every Individual
inch 20 his anatomy, uutiI hn FosmuI
% be one vast, fubiAuiial i,ch, uni he
could NOS venture % scratch W move
In nay way. Ho hAl mo- mraua of
knowing Ia which direction The su.kt'-
head lay, OF how faI Il had cUiloi sol
aLguni hil<~
Slowly aud YEARLY the miuutts
dragged Oh until JOCK began 10 thius
that eternity hal surely arrived al
tnni the sun never Intended lighting
up this globe aFnin. Thea tho gray
light M tho vast gave him some q M
iorh but not muUh, Tor ho waHroW
tortured with the iuar jnHt his com.
panl)u would wake and ieihups give
MIN u bito OF W., Ist by way VI rs.
'nlulrr mat they llI uas3e4 tun uight |
ur that the ZIu. In getting |
~ would disturb tho sHahe AMI anger |
him.
Juck's head Wa fortunately turned |
.1warls the WAGON uud aa the sun |
'1Fo, ono % tho wagon boys rit up nu1 /
.nVncd. A. tins monrnt hn caught
no So tcliuun'a eye; toe e1prls,iIn u !
I muat have been alarming, for the
'hWu was suddenly attauglrl aud no |
approached jock softly. Thp Zuiu
neutrality-suspicious. siluat ON and,
cunning 10 thu wagon, procured q
pAue. The suake'B hcau wau resting,
luckily Tor our nero, on the blnuEe.,
while ils body was partly on the SCOTS
.htsi aud neck. Wiil ono SWIM
olgp the boy swept tho snakes head
NJ ino blanket with tns spade anu in.
family duuapiatud %.
IL was mons.s0ua pul adder, Que
Z south Airoa'a dcadlicst sorpents,
nd its bi,o would have proved fatal VA |
ali an hour.
Jock yiowei the body OF his latn
atmcr long sui meiitltlyoly Rad then
MD Holpmuiy' "Aweel, mon, ia a.
.oVo slosp WI tho doll"
j, W. EuuNDs.