The sun., 1896-09-13
877 and $40
Broadway.

fro. Presently left the work to Jock. ana
rs9 me 1oT the
took some time but at length got the light
Look at his face" Jock whispered to me az
| came bnck to him.
1t was a shocking sight under the hickering
| was swollen, too, as felt when took my place
to support him. His movements were letharEto
aided. ctnid have kept him moving so long.
49,. Give him more brandy" JOCK @ ., directed. .,.
There he hSS %ens dn si
really believe there is. ! thought he'd have
been deed before now Maybe he don't k mean sean
| dead half an Lour ago.
| II wish the doctor'd come"
mighty little good wishing.N
The weary tramp went on. Twice had to
rcplrnish the beacon torch, and once more we
finished tie bottle, As ] was fixing the
torch for the third time. heard shout down
ne S~ mnuses J Key and ehs doctor a@
rode into ,he circle OF the haring light.
about ali. He can't SPEAK" w
What have you given him, brandy? That's
| "A bottleful"
hight and you've kept him awake. That's
these Greasers. He'd have died before this. Il
he meant dying. Let's see the wound"
The IN Rs 10 the swo or
lea, so that It scarcely looked like human
Ms n circle nS
plainly evident tor its centre. The Mexican
seemed to feel no pain, even when the doctor
Hold the candle close, he said. 'It,,s
pecking at the little blue mark with his for
ccps: The fang's in the wound yet ! never
heard OF that happening before. Shake him
n bit; don't let him 60 drowsy."
His swollen limbs wabbled like jelly under
the treatment. 1t was horrid.
The doctor n little dig. then a little tug
with his forceps. Presently lie held up TO
h G @Ss in G dqsaa % shf It
Then he said In a hollow voice: DO -ou know
what II is? 1t is not fang at all; it's cac-
tus sWHhss,,, WSHhss,,,,
strangely perplexed little group Of men
eyes. under the stars that ,winkled out over
the snow topped edges OF the serras.
Look at IT, the doctor. said. You can
feeling its point with a anEer that we eertainiy
should not have yentured near IL had It been .
the woundY'' Jock asked ~ ~
Not thing else"
And you mean TO tell me that I've wasted
two hours of my time, to say nothing Of .
GreasCc that has nY9H.htinf the matter but
That's about what you've been doing" the
We'll, am darned." Jock turned with .
can. who was living in q comatose heap in my
arms but the first sight of his face checked
Shake him up: keep him waking" the doo-
tor cried.
gan again when we had succeeded in arousinH
some sign OF life, in Louie, that all that"
pointing at his dlstended features, lis the
There, There's not . init mite else in the wound"
All tie same" the doctor added quietly.
he'd have died II you hadn't kept him going"
Snake bite; shake him up there; don't let
Shake bite! Heavens and earth I thought
you said there was nothing in his foot beyond
Then the doctor went up to Jock and laid Q
slowly and distinctly: You mark me, Jock
Peters. we're in face Of bigger thing tonight
biggest % and um%test facts a'e Of q 6%men an ma,
ture. and one OF its biggest mysteries,the In
heard of something like this case before. al
though I've never seen It, nor ever thought
ops fs in ihS n In baf th G9Ss
was snake bite, although there was a snake.
The coolie saw the snake; it darted from be-
the start he gave @ thorn piereed his foot. just just
as 1t happened to the Greaser. And that man.
and died. This man wen save. You, jock.
moving, and counteractinG the poison by the
brandy: Look at the man; isn't he snake poi
bOneul'
.'By, all that's blue he looks It," Jock ad-
And all the hurt he's got the ply yslcal hurt.
all az m, omta,all the swelling the surchargias
you think that man would be; but for his NOR.
bid mental state, with all that brandy that
you've given him?"
You're right. dead: as dead as you or I
would be II We set TO drink the same Just now.
acting bntfAr
and listened to its beating as he spoke. You've
seen u strange thing tonight. gentlemen" he
added, rising again, and addressing US collec-
lively; such thing as neither You nor are
likeyeyer I, see again. And III tell You another
F Wa" ii md YOU dSa Of s mA wSsn
you come to tell II 10 the boys. There's a fash.
the way things happen and the thing that hap
pens IN a WAY they den, know they put aside
aasa n%s as Sa h"Psf% only pt
ms among gentleman, with a hand on tho pistol
pocket at the hip"
1t settling like q batter pudding" as Jim Kelly
It. Is henri W was beating % naturally aga again, D and Al
the doctor said we might ls1 s him 70 10 sleep.
he might S BE- after e S 50 % iSsSy night, s' but the S
doctor said he wOnld do right enough II we
h TIt for day o. two Amt SO he Sa
send him back to the plain again, where there
are are no rattlesnHSes:, N i Appeared later tina.
snakes for q long while, ever since he had had
| hanl in the killing Of one six feet long down
| In the republic NJ Mexico; though after q
couple of years on the ranch he had almost
| forgotten that there were such things man
| that IL nervous RbOu; snakes should never 20
| barefoot in the hills.
1T only shows what l told YOU" Jock
| Peters commented. "Strychnine Is the thing
for snake bite. because IL is such a nerve tonic,
| II q man could make believe he had not been
| bitten he need never die of snake bite. II ever
! I'm bitten | shall make believe II wasA cactus
| spine"
| This is a true story, although it's such
| mood one. liz ANY one InnhIA IL hA can -