Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-12-10

happened to tho Greaser. And that
man, too, tho Same as this man here,
swelled up, showed all the symp-
toms of snake poisoning and died.
This man well save. You, Jock,
have practically saved him by keep
ing him moving and counteracting
the poison by tho brandy. Look at
the man. Isn't he snake poisoned?"
by all that's blue he looks it, y"
Jock admitted.
And all the hurt he's gothic
physical hurts just the pin
prick of that thorn. The rests all
mental-all the swelling, tho sur
charging of tho vessels, mental.
Now, tell me, how do you thin
that man would be but for his NOR.
bid mental state, with all that brazil
dy that you've given himP"
Dead, l suppose.
You're right-dead AS dead as
you or 1 would DO if we set to drink
the Same just now. But he-he's
hardly drunk. He's sober. And he's
better now-heart acting better. "
He bent and listened to it's beating
as he spoke. You We seen q strange
thing tonight, gentlemen, he add
cd, rising again and addressing US
collectively. Such a thing as neither
you nor are likely to ever see again.
And I'll tell you another thing about
it, gentlemen. It's thing that you
won t find you get a deal of credenoe
for when you como to tell it to the
boys. There's fashion In this
world for men to believe they know
the way things happen, and the
thing that happens in way they
don't know they put aside as thing
that didn't happen. So of this" the
doctor added simply, Il should only
speak, as among gentlemen, with q
hand on the pistol pocket at the
hip"
After awhile the awful distortion
of Louie's face began to go down.
You can almost see it settling, like
a batter pudding" as Jim Kelly
said, and the fearful purple ting
died out of it. His heart was beat
ing naturally again, and the doctor
said we might lot him go to sleep.
In tho morning he was difficult to
rouse, as he might be after 80 heavy
night, but the doctor said he would
do right enough if we gave him rest
for day or two. And SO he did,
though his nerve was so shaken that
we had to send him back to the
plain again where there are no rat
tlesnakes. 1t appeared later that
Louie had cherished a morbid dread
of snakes for long while, ever since
he had had hand in the killing of
one six feet long down in the repub-
lilo of Mexico, though after couple
of years on the ranch he had almost
forgotten that there were such
things. a man that is nervous about
snakes should never go barefoot in
the hills.
1T only shows what l told you,"
Jock Peters commented. "Stryoh-
nine Is the thing for snake bite, be-
cause it Is suoh nerve tonic. If
Al'AiA SOiiNt ththc btllcNe Ilc Hdu lou
boon bitten, he need never die of
snake bite. If ever I'm bitten, I
shall make believe it was cactus
spine. "-Macmillan's Magazine.
Cowboys OF L Quay:
THE typical cowboy as he is seen
in newspaper cuts and depicted by
hum orists or sensational writer's
cannot now be found in Arizona"
said Il. +. Hughes of Tucson. 1T
would scarcely be credited that the
cowboys, rs rule, arc better edu-
Gated than eastern young men of
the same ago, and yet it is true.
Most of the cowboys of today are
from two classes. They are either
men who have broken down their
health studying in universities or
younger sons of wealthy English. /
know Il lawyer who had to resign
| from the bench on account of i'll
health who * now a cowboy. He
was nearly dead with consumption
and went west. At first he bought a
! ranch, but found what he required
was constant riding and no care. He
sold his ranch and hired out as
cowboy. There are graduates Of
leading universities punching cat
tie on the plains. A few of the OLD
time, rollick:ng, reckless mon are
left, but thoro is a larger proportion
of college bred men among cowboys
than among any calling know Of. ="
Washington Star.
In White Tie.