Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-11-01
THE BEST snake STORY.

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How the Grsassr's Life Was Thought
To Be Saved
BY Heroic Tr5a sment It Trans
PRED There was No Snake With
IN Striking DistanceOt the Patient.
The beauty Of the best snake story in
the world is thaJ there was really no
/ snake in it. which is more ,nan can be
said even of the Garden Of Eden.
Ii had been very hOJ that summer on
the ranch. Men work in The helds IN
California with ,le Thermometer az lIO
degrees. while they fell down OF neat
ap0plexy in the streets OF New YORK ana
/ Chicago al 80 degrees. That Is me
MAXIM they preach to the stranger IN
the West ana it has truth in IL, Dut IL
is q mistake 10 suppose that even IN
California men work in the fields in
comfort IN such a temperature, and that
summer the thermometer has gone very
near us degrees. 50 we are gra'eIui
enough -O get away in the nils LOT
spell. with wagon and a tent, ana me
usual outfit of pots and pans, three Oh
MS. white men. with Louie, the Mexican
whom we called in the yernacular the
gra1ser. 10 mind Jle horses ana make
himself generally useful Our pro-
canine VAS 10 tsn be rivers, shoot deer
and u0ss-b.y a grizziy bear, discover
gold mine and 30 back 10 the iaucn WIEN
q prospective fortune.
We had just pitched cur tent. Down
ON the plain for weeks before we nao
been sleeping out on our yerandas, OuJ
the air of The hills had a nip in lJ by
contrast. DC WAS laje in the afternoon,
bg there was still plenty OF sunshine.
j followed Louie round shoulder OF
tlg n.u. gOing 90 fstcn water al lltue
scream um0ling from somewhere
among the snowy peaks that tapped the
zone Of hrs on the great mountain ABOVE
us. These mountains had, al some Tune
or other. sent down a little avalanche
of small rocks thai lay heaped on our
left as we walked. The scene was the
mos. peaceful Imaginable.
THE DREADED RATHER.
In am instant a succession of small IN
c.dents seut the peace TO limbo. louie
dropnti his paunikin with a linking
clauer. cryiug "S3nca Maria IN voice
of terror. At The same moment l heard
the dread rattle Of q snake, and saw us
length CLEAN under Loues le9L anu
vanish among the rOci.-.
"S3ucjl Mar.a, he exclaimed, ana toI-
tered back into my arms, his dark lace
Iyij with fear.
~What is it. Louie? Did the snake
strike you?'
I'm the foot" he said, yes
"Let us go back 10 camp. Quick; lean
on me-
'T'm o dead man Nevertheless, ne
came with me. leaning on my shoulder
and making lame walk Of l..
Down i'm the plain We had no rattle
snakes. For miles about the ranch
there was no rocks for them, and though
there were plenty of ground squirrel
holes we never saw snakes about them.
The thought of such things did not en-
ter our heads. and Louie. weary OF his
b7ors had kicked them off, with the
long spurs. and come with me IN MS
stocking feet on this quest for water.
A word explained TO the boys what
had happened.
"Suychnine's the best said Jack
Peters. who was OuT authority on the
question of snake bites, which he had
studied i'm Australia, but we haven I
cot fl. So we must do what we can with
this. But it's poor chance, he added,
ina whisper. as. 20 save time, ne knock
al The neck oS a bottle of brandy.
I Drink il, Louie he said. Never
mind cutting your lip. Get 1t down;
| that's the chief thing
/ The Mexiclu's teeth. chartered as We
I forced .u ,he neck of the bottle, but he
/ drank a great gu,p without winking.
The liquor. or pickle either to scOrch
the throat of a Mexican has yet to be
found.
| Jim Kelly. the Irishman, was saddEng
I the freshes, of our horses 10 ride at best
speed ,0 Lindsay, eleven miles away IN
+ the haze of the plains. for the doctor.
/ I'm minute ne was pounding away
among The hills. Fix up a light as
/ high as YOU can put it, if it's dark be-
fore We get back he shouted as he
wcD-
DOSED WITH BRANDY.
We pulled the sock OFF the Mexican's
/ f0cr. Already it was swelling fast.
with a purpiiSh -inge round tiny blue
/ blue spot from which the smallest I'M
| aginable drop of blood had welled.
ANY good cauyerizing it?" 1 suggest
Ell.
NO, mag" said Jock shortly. GO
I on with the brandy and keep him NOV
ing. That's his only chance
The MeXic3n's face was dreadful to
see. He called. in his terror, on every
saint In the church, but he declared he
/ suffered no pain. Jock, improving the
+ occasion. began relating in low voice
90 me anecdotes of all the snike bites
|Ee had known "One boy I've seen did
recover" be said. "and that was from
/ the bite of q brown snake, and brown
snakes rs bad. they say, as rather
an Australian brown snake, that is; a
RATHER can't be worse. But this boy
/ was stupid an his life after; not as
luuick-wtted as the average, which is
not much 20 say. Ana at times just at
the time of year at which he'd been bit
ten. the wound got red again and swell
led and he was stupIer than ever.
/ Louie had on q sock; the raJLer'd have
had To- so through that; he might have
/ spent a bit of his poison there; that gives
Louie sor. of a chance. Does IL hurt
YOU now. LOuie?'
NO. boss. no; not hurt
The swelling was spreading; going up