The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-30
THOUGHT THEY WE'RE SNAKES.
Amusing story of "a Young Mans
Struggle with "a Pepper Bag and
His NVifc's BELT.

Amusing story OF Young Mans
Struggle with "a Pepper Bag and
His Wife's BeIt.
Sylvana, April 29.-An amusing story Of
domestic life has just leaked out on a
young married man who lives near syl-
vania, and who is troubled at night with
cold feet. Not very long ago. at the sug-
geston Of one Of his friends he fixed up a
little bag of pepper to put underneath the
cover at the foot of the bed, to keep his
feet warm through the night. To prevent
all the pepper from getting into one end
of the bag, he wrapped around It, ia the
middle and at the two ends, three India
rubber bands. He heated the long slim bag
by the fire, and putting his feet against it,
he slept beautifully through the night. 1t
acted like charm. When he got up the
next morning, the bag Of pepper was left
in the bed for use the following night.
1t happened that this young married
man was very much afraid Of snakes, and
he had always had a presentment that
he wonld sometime In his life, find one In
his bed. He had read horrible stories OF
big, long serpents being cOled up under
the cover Of other peoples beds, and he
knew in the very nature Of things that his
time would be sure to come.
The night after that, on which the pep
per bag had been used with such good re-
suits was a very cold one, and about II
o'clock ne jumped hurriedly into bed, en-
tirely forgetful Of his new foot-warming
c6ntrivance. He pulled the cover around
him, and Strengthened himself out. But
suddenly, as his feet went slowly down
to the foot of the bed, one of them touch
ed the cold pieces of rubber that were
around the bag of pepper and his large
toe became fastened underneath the band
that was on the end of the bag. The rub
Der felt cold, and sticky, and snaky-and
his hair stood on end!
He uttered one wild shrek, and freeing
his toe with desperate iunge, he leaped
out into the middle Of the room. The yell,
the kick, and the knocking over OF chairs
filed his half-awakened wife with terror
for she thought he was insane. The
room was In total darkness, and she could
not see where he was; so Ia terrible alarm
she asked him what was the matter.
"A snake, a snake-in the bed" he Yell
ed; Jump out quicki"
In another second she had leaped out
and was standing on the top of the clothes
basket. The husband himself had clam
bered up on the top OF a marble table,
and was standing there, shlvering from
cold and fright.
In the excitement he entirely forgot
where he had put the box OF matches, and
TO get down from the table and look for
felt sure the snake by this time was coiled
up somewhere on the floor
But II was getting cold and something
had to be done--so locating the fireplace
IN his mind as best he could. he left him
self down gently from the table aud rush.
ed towards the mantelpiece 20 feel for the
matches When he first leaped from the
bed however. he had overturned chair
on which were some articles OF apparel
belonging 10 his wife. Among these was
a belt with a stcei buckle on the end. ana
when he Jumped down from the table this
was the first thing that be- touched One
Of the prongs stuck his foot and the same
unfortunate toe ln some way became fas-
tened IN the buckle
He yelled 10 his wife that tho snake
had bitten him ana that be- felt like be
was going 20 dc The now thoroughly
frightened woman began 10 call Tor help.
10 the meanwhile the man was kifalnn
Justify 20 loosen he foot from tho f1fu
grasp that held d.. bui IN doing This he
only Hrpf wrapping che long bolt around
hiH lex. and De- thought Ihcu fhHf ihr Hnr-
penf had commenced che operation ~
aqurokiuH BIN ~ death. lin hH1 1fion
read VI such things, and he grew sick