Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-12-13
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- head 70 bite him. Having the pr--
now securely the hunter drew IL fort.
from the emil. whirh had never moved
in the slightest But on drawing out
the snake what was OReiiiy's horror
% discover that the coil was not one
snake but two. and the second aad
larger reptile. now for tire Hrss rirue
showing is head. sa. harric,ily
getting ready - strike.
strike II did. and IL was only the
multitude % the w@esistalxs in which
il lAy that sAwesl the naturaIlst'x hand
from the deadly venom In his long
training a. a snake hunter quic<ness
- thought and action grows ta be
second nature with Mr.. VReilIv
leap backward carried him out of
range The next thing was 10 capture.
= possible. the second snake. for the
hunter had M thought Of Letting sny
chances escape him Hosfinx his
w-tthinx captive in his left L,ni. and
gripping his stick firmly with the
right. he pressed il over the aeci< %
the second reptile But this was
powerful coPp-rhead I, easily glid-d
a. IL II
savaxeiy. sad made straight for its
prosecutor Then changing its mind.
II swerved and Eiided away In the m
derbrush- More than ever determined
not - lose this specimen OR-iliy fol-
lowed. trsmptn- down the weeds and
calling at the top OF his -oie--
''Lasher, Lasher. Help, Copper
heads, Come in here quic<:
\ crash IN the underbrush told tn.
scientist that help was coming. but il
would be too late for the "a pture of
the cnpperhead A few Yards Off was
refuge for the snake A large rock
rested partly over another and smaller
one, leaning against it at al angle of
fortv-hve degrees % the ground. thus
leaving an opening behind the smaller
rock Into this opening tn snake
dartet its h-ad- Al the sight OF his
quarry thus escaping. the pgrsuer grew
RECKLESS Dropping his stick IA. threw
himself down upon the <rouasi. reached
forward with his unoccupjesI hand and
grabbed the fugitive By the tail Bar
he had not calculated on the shape of
the rurS crevice and in a moment. 10
his dismav be saw the dar head Of the
enemr twist up from another opening
between the rocks and slowly near his
face
once twice. aud a third tins th-
savsg- reptile struck at his FACE. AMI
the last tim. Mr. OReiliy thought
that ne felt a drop OF venonl dang
from the fzn-s "a hts cheek Bot the
snake couldn't reach any further
still il was an alarming position. ft
let e. the snake would b..
apon him before he could get 10 his
feet His position WAS not o1ly pain
full. but very firing ant he felt that
he couli uot hold out taug- The cap
tive IN his left haaf was Nrithiu- AMI
winding about his Arm. and vurst af
AL. Lasher had evidently mf<~@d his
direction. a. - Judge bv the sounds.
he was crashing und@rnrash con-
siderable distance away The hunter.
now n captive himself. shouted - him
again. and after what x~esne,l a long
time the Young man burst through Ia.
bushes and ran N tho prostrass
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of terror he hasi al bat sous.h-sf ~.
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hand
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