The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-02-04
THE WHITE BLACK SNAKE.
when Andy Saw It, Url Knew How to Eek.
plain the Wonder.

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plain the Wonder.
The first afternoon was at the Bruin
Hollow tavern Uri Wattels, the landlord,
told mo bear story. 1t was tho story of
a bloody hand to hand fight he had had
with two big black BEARS both of them
uglier than roaring lions and each bent
on chawing Uri up. His description of
the fight was hair raising, as he was COM
PEELED to skin the bears almost alive be-
fore he vanquished them. The fight lasted
more than hour.
Its blessin, +" said Uri, "that no livn
thing was nigh to see that fight. No eye
could "a gazed on it an ever got over It, 1t
was a fight that even the luokn at was
enough to scare any Twin thing most to
death. "
Landlord Wattels had just finished his
narrowing narrative, when Il strapping
mountaineer, whose most striking feature
was nose very knotty, very much swollen
and very red, came in, looking as If he was
scared.
ANDY" said the landlord, what ailin
of yous"
"Uri, replied the mountainoer, 81 seen
a black snakes ghost. u
The landlord looked at the man over
his spectaclGs u moment, and then, with
out Il word, walked behind his bar, poured
u big tumblcr full of rum, sat it on the bar
and said sternly:
| "Here, Andy, you shirt that
Andy "shirued" tho rum without muir
muir
"Set DOWN. said Uri.
Andy sat down on tho bench, and he and
the landlord looked at one another in ST
lonCe for at least two minutes. Then Uri
said:
"Don't see it now, do your
"No-o-o!' replied Andy. II didn't see
it here Uri l seen it on P'ison run. 1t
wasn't no flesh an blood serpent, but n
! spook. 1t was as big black snake as l
ever see, but it was as white as peeled hem
/ lockl You ought to see it glare at me, Uri
out o. red eyes, too, by jinglesr'
The landlord poured out another glass
of rum.
"Shrt that, Andyr' said he.
Andy "shrted' it without delay Then
the two gazed at one another again min
ute or two. Presently the landlord said:
"Do you sec it glarin now, Andy?"
ono, said Andy. at didn't foller me- II
"Sure you don't see it," said Uri.
"Sure rs kin be-" replied Andy.
The landlord looked solemnly at the
floor and shook his head slowly now and
then. Andy sat without a word ten min.
utes or more, casting wstful glances to-
ward the bottle and the tumbler on the
bar. Uri made no further movement in
their direction, and Andy went out.
81 knowed it,, said the landlord by and
by, talking to himself
Cease of the rams?" 1 ventured to in.
quire.
II was hopin So" replied Uri, "but il
amt. He seen the white black snake all
right. But it wasn't no spook. l was
afeard somethin like that'd happen, an il
happened"
l looked at Uri for several minutes with
out speaking. He stood at the bar, with a
worried expression on his face.
"How could there be white black
snake?' l asked
"You heerd me tell you bout that ter
rifyin bar fight O. mine, didn't your"
eyes"
"You've herd O. folks hair turnir
white in a single night from bein scared
haven't youi"
GOTTEN"
''Well, that black snake happened to b.
by an seen me an them bars 1ghtin, al
it turned white in single minute"
And l bought the rum.-Ed Mott il
New York Sunday journal.