The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-22

the i5-ycar.old daughter OF John higEi
She vas bitten slx times hfR hige1'
The mother. has always feared anakes'
but she proved herself a heroine pl
SELLING the reptile which coiiel about
her daughters leg and trying 10 pun
Il OF. Miss Mamie and her mother
stood Al the front gate at dusk the other
evening chatting with a ne!ghbor. Two
or three Of the younger generation Of
the Higgs family play nolsiiy anoal
the yard. The gate Is a rlckaiy picket
affair. which closes by means OF
chain and weight. Mamie had her righi
foot on the chain. and was swinging u
back and forth. The neighbor on nc
other side Of the fence said good night
and vent away. Mrs Hlgg1 had turned
10 rourlmand one Of the children leav-
Ing Mamie al the gate suddenly ue
young girl screamed.
"Oh. mammal Take Il on Al the
snmo time Mamie rushed toward the
home.
Then Mra. Higgs saw what she had
not before had time 70 Observe An
object something like thick whip
thong was dangling from beneath Ma
mics skirts Only six Inches Of Il vas
visible. and as the half cuzcd girl ned
dlagonally across the street toward tho
open gate OF nolghbor's yard u Tapped
atou, her lcft shoe. coillng and uncoh-
ing like the tsnnclc Of a devil fish
With each frightened leap she took The
Elri uttered a scream that was heard
from end to cad Of the short street
Close behind came Mr HISS. tryine
In vain 10 catch her fleeing daughter
From the nearby house the ucighbor.
came pouring cut like ants from a nest
Mamie had run through the gate o.
"Bni" Booihs yard and was turnini
she corner OF the house when her moth
or caught her. Holding the girl viii
oae hand Mrs niggu reached down an'
rrasned the snake with the other. 1h'
reptile was gr'pped 10 tightly about a.
rlilo Tex that Mrs. lliggs could no
move Il. The Girl was siamping ans
ucrcamins and begging the neighbour
10 take the snake on. crying that II va
killing her. Finally she broke ava.
from her mother and started 10 Iul
gain. she had taken only few step
when the thick. ugly reptile loosencd q
coils aud fell 10 the ground. hcior
anybody had time 10 kill Il. The snak
had crawled away under the fioop q
the house. Then Mamie icll to IA
around inscnfihle and wna carried Owe
10 the little brown house and pat
bed. Or. OReuly was sent Tor. Lon
before be- arrived the girls legs belo
the knee had swollen TO the slze I
rtove-plpcs and she was suffering teri
q NV Dr.. ORcllly administered Nhisk
enough TO have made On old top'
drunk. but Il had no apparent cne
IN the girl.
ON her les, below the knee. io'
email punciurcn were found. They wei
Ia palrs. which meant that the snail
lad bitten her twice They we're woun'
,yhleh rcsomhl,d the prlckinga Of
iypodcrmlc syringe. Lotions were o.
mlnlstred and the swelling was gra
uany reduced, although the giris Sc
cral condition aid not seem to impFo'
DR.. O'Reliy found next morning N
the right lex was siill badly swolle
lie made close examination 81
found that the gls had been Bit
worse. n possible In the right than
Che left lex. There were four bi'
along the calf Of the les and 4 "
evident from the young woman's ca
dlslon that tho poison had thorough
pcFmeaied her system. She sulei
continually from npasms and twit'
inn Of The muscles. fcilcvSd BY an iE'