Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-06-23

TOO lear, the unknown Dot cleuIfS hOt-
tile intruder; and TO my surprise the
snake turned and made o. toward the
window. Stories trotued lightly after.
obviously interested IL It's method OF
locomotion. Then she made long
arm and p!cyfully dropped paw upon
rs tail lhe snake wrigg-ed free in a
moment, and coil!ay its whole length,
some three and Lalf feet, fronted this
new antagonist.
The luGacity 0. the cat agtOAshed
me from TIE first. have no reason 70
believe sbe had ever seen d snake be
fore, yet by d sort of Instinct she see med
10 know exactly whet she was doing.
As the dryad raised its head, with gilt
terin9 eyes and forked tongue. Stofiles
erourhed with both front paws in the
air. sparrinR as had seen her do some
times with large moth. Tho fret
round passed SO swiftly that mortal eye
could hardly see with distinctness what
happened. The snake made dart and
the cat, all claws. two rapid bloOHs az its
advancing head The first missed, put
the second l could SEE came home, "a
the brute, shaking It's neck and head,
withdrew further into the rug. But
Stoffles crept after il, with an air Of at
tractive arelessness which wHs Instant
" rewarded 4 fuII two feet Of the
dryad's body Strengthened IKE T. blaclr
arrow, and seeDed To strike right into
the furry hde OF its antagonist
seemed, l say, 10 SLOW going human
cree; but the latter shrank, literally
feN back, collapsing with such sudden
ness that she seemed 20 have turned
herself inside out, and become tire mere
skin oi q cat, As the serpent recovered
itself, she pounced on It IKE lightning,
driginu at least half q dozen claws we'll
home, and then, apparently realizing
that sbe had not good enough hold
sprang lightly Into the air from of the
body. alighting abouta yard off. There
followed q minute of sparring In the
air; the snake seemingly half afraid to
strike, the cat waiting on It's every
movement. .., ..... ~.
Now the poisonous snake when pro
7oked 10 an irritable animal, and the
next attack OF the dryad. rnaddened by
the scratchiugs of pnss and its own uh-
successful exertions, was so furious,
and SO close 10 nyaef, that shuddered
for the result. could not have left my
position on the eofa without almost
treadinR upon Stoffics, whose brlstling
back uns not yard from my feet. At
Last, I tbought-Gs the blue dryad, for
one secopd coiled cLO7e hs "a black SILK
cable, Eprau9 out the next as straight
and sharp an the piston-rod OF an en-.
aine--this lump OF feline vanity and
conccit is done for. and II could not
help thinkiuP-it will probably be my
turn nexti Little did appreciate the
rcaources of Stofliea, who, Without "A
change In her yigiIant pose, withouta
wink II her fierce green eyes, 4pTnpg
backward and upward on 70 the top OF
me, and tnfre confronted the enemy
calmly az ever, sittiug, II you phase
upon my feetl
Trembling all over with fright,
could not. bot observe that she was
trembling TOO with rage, The Last
act rapidly approached, and no nlore
strategic catastrophe wus ever acen.
For annkr, " everybody knows, natur-
ally rrurs lts head when fhfrhtinR. In
that position, thpugh one may hgt 1t
with u stics. II is extremely diiltult.
ns this battle bad shown, 10 get hold Of
Now as the drgad, curied 20 n capih1 g.
quivcriug .aT6 ihlstlti ~ avnrccd for thr
,ant tlmc TO y're ciarge. II was bopnd
TO ptrike er<c -. the es.a- ~ the sofn 90
which ffry, n 4 re crcc rhead Of F3tniIlca.
which vaniafeH witha jhp2ling celerity
that would have dislocated the cdllnr-
bone ~ any other animal In creation.
From such an cXertiOn the make re-
coaered Itself with -an -obylons effort,
quick beyond question, but no. nearly
quick enough Before ! could well see
that u had missed ite aim, StoGiee bad
launched out Ike spring released, ard,
burying eight or ten claws In the back
Of It's cnemy's head. pinned II down
against the stiR cushion Of the sofa.
The tnil 81 the agonizcd reptile flung
wildly IN tho air and tapped on the
nIched back OF the imycrturbhble
tlRrcBs The whlgkcrcd muzzle OF
6tofilca dropped quietly. 0nd her teeth
met once, twice, thrice, Ike the needle
uud hook OF Il sowing unOnhinc, In the
neck Of the blue dryad: and when, aft-
or much dcliberation, she let IT. go, the
beast fell into n limp tangle on the floor.
From the gland Of the beWt, ms
aftcT7~nrd learned, they extracted
enough poison 10 be tho death of 20
full-grown human beings Tightly
clagpcd between tn minute teeth was
found u few hong hairs, late the proper
" Of Stofflcs.-From Animal Eplso,ie'
and Studies IN Scnsation.'