The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-03-01
GIs AN I)PA,
StDrles for the Childreu-NumbcrT Three.

whole surface Of the earth covered with
snow and the snow still falling quite
rapidly, | was somewhat surprised and
the scene brought TO mind one of those
old Saiuda stories that ] used to hear so
often when W 5 Il boy. Iou children
know already thaI | was born and
raised not far from Saluda River
just above Tasty Creek, region f
country which must always remain
haunted ground to me, for it was there
thai | heard all these stories that | am
now writing for you, and some that
cannot wri,c being such as it would
not be proper to put into print. used
TO Ii ar some dreadful stories about the
snake, known rs the Coach whip from
it's resemblance to u whip used by
coachmcn. 1t was said to be very
dangerous snake, not on account Of lis
bite being poisonous or dt adiy, but be-
cause /, would coil itself around a muu
or round his lcg nnh whip him 10 death.
1t is said that one ut one time wrapped
itself around the leg of Il horse that Il
man was riding and began whipping
the horse furiouSly SO that the horse
was perfectly maddcncd and soon be-
came entirely uncomfortable. 1t WAS
the nature Of the snake MOI to stop lash
ing un il he animal was dead In this
c"sc the rid'r WAS hclpl, - and vas
entirely at loss what TO do. FOrtu-
natcly for him and for his horse after
racirg furiously for abou, an hour the
horse happened to come down with all
his might upon the reptile and it was
crushed to death. 1t is all story
about the Coach-whip whipping men
aud animals to death. 1t is true, how
ever, that it belongs to the family of
Constructors and kills its prey by chok-
ing or squeezing them to death and
thus swallowing them whole. In this
country there arc none large enough TO
swallow Il horse. The largest | ever
saw was about eight feet long, and he
was Il monster.
But | started out to t. II Il story about
snow storm and branched OF about
snakes.
Mr.. Cadle and his friends met, aa
usual, one Saturday afternoon at the
tavern at the cross roads, and after Il
few drinks round some OF them became
somewhat mellow and jolly and b, gan
to tease Jesse for a story, knowing that
he always had pretty good supply of
yarns 0 ! hand.
There had been Il light fall Of snow Il
few day before and this fact melted
Mr. Cadlc to tell his snow story, ono
present "rhis story is not part OF my
own experience" said the narrator,
but ii was told to me by man in
wh"su truth had full and complete
coniihcs &c. Indeed, my contdeucr in
him is 20 great that | don't believe he
over told IL lie in his life. He was
from North Carolina or Virginia or
some of those snowy regions north of
us, and where the climate is as change
able as Il woman's temper, and you all
know what woman's temper is, for
you arc all married men. Well, one
day this man, whose name was Peter
Wilkins or James Gulliues, | forgot
which, though | knew them both, sad
died his horse and took his gun, and
after telling his wife that he thought
he could kill wild turkey and bring
home for her to cook for Sunday dim
ncr The weather was not unplrasant,
-
thought, Of The heavy snowstorm that
was soon TO fall. There was IL little
haZ'ucss in the west and that was all,
nothing to make one uneasy. He rode
off into some woods no, far Off where he
knew some wild turkeys could be
found. But he had not been gone long
before a great change came over the
sky. The wind began to blow somc
but not heavily. The clouds grew thick
and heavy and the day dark and
gloomy. Soon II began To SHOW, and
such II snow. He had seen it snow
many timce, he saiG, but never Il snow
and fast he could not sce ten steps
ahead Of him, and after wandering
around for two or three hours trying TO
find tn" way home he gave it up aud
c'ncludcd he'd stop where he was all
night. Hc Tad no means of making q
fire as he could gather no wood But
as the weather was not very cold, hav-
ing hitchrd his horse to limb OF u low
tree, az he bought, nc wrapped him
self well up In his blanket and lay
down to sleep He slept soundly all
night, never had q better sleep In his
life he said, and when be walked in the
morning there was not q cloud to be
seen, the sky was clear ns u whistle
and the snow was all gOnc--not Il parti-
Gle anywhere lie found bimsclf in
thick woods surrounded by many small
trees. But where wns his horse? He
had tied him securely, as he thought,
to the limb Of small tree. He could
see him nowhere. After looking care.
iully all around be happened to look ND