The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-18

our whiskcrs an MS we uumulcd m wont
inter camp We lndGcd that our thirst wouiG
pc Just lipc about sunup, 50 NC H cur
sowheliy an hRrdiack an laid down D.,
sleep whilst q tautHl2u' Hide OF grccii
frog soi on u suac iu midslream an So
ger tbc moon IN "a voice thai sounded llk,
W., wakcd up niout midnicht when The
moon WAS full an wr srpiucd o.swinciu'
between earth ap hr3vcu iE" Nlahonrt's
tru,b. We seemed trr hr wrapped u =
big cable the size Of our lair an' 'a-hnucin'
FROM the tree AN O swlugIu an a-swiuCiu'
whilst right In trout Of our face WIS grim
a-wavlu' before our eyes ms friendly - you
please. Course twas . snake ihct he'd ~
lGuchcd. but with our we'll known presenre
u niud We just looked friendly mn didn't
Pretty soou when q seen We was avute
aud hadn't no lnteut ~ hugtin' II, tho snake
Jet US down ter the ground and come down
beside ". Then Il started or through ~,
woods sorter looSiu' back an H-hccloni
with its tail fer US ter foiler When II z,
stretched out. We seen mat II was abpp,
thirty feet long an had horn onto tho
end Of rs tall rs long as tho horn otCcn
q Texas longllorn When We got oft on
the prairie we was ioinpd 10y about dozen
others. our ono had the goshwhoppin'cst
horn Of any % EN- They was also piedod
HE this other fellcr's little one. they had
brandy co'orcd backs. OF Tom gin bellies
With absinthc green striprs around EN-, an
rggnog splotchrs fore an aft; and they had
cu had hig sldepocbcts in which they car
ried hir buttlCs lnnClCd First aid ter the
thirsty: 10 was touchin an beau
Whom We got ont from amongst the trees
they all took their tails Inter their MOUTHS
an want rollin' uNay like big wboels an
We a-tolorlu', 49, an by we como 10 4
holH Ia The ground That looked like on
old inluiif shaft. gu' this seemed ter lie
what they WINS e.lookip' Tor, fer our own
one hrpug his horn around with kerswish
an' sent II kcrsack Inter the ground, tnen
II" hung himself hcad down IN the hole.
The ntlogs Ald down him an tailed on
i'm they had mndr a llYln rope hont
thousand feet loGc down which ! sid ter
the botiom when ! slEnaled my arrival
hv hnlnncrln on thr hrad of the bottom
loose I'm his hon mn clnmh down. then
the next snake follered mn 50 on til they
was an with me II was quite dark down
/ there. SO q snake with rcd whiskers LED
corridor an finally come 10 room that
was just ono blaze o. llcht from heaps o
opais and diamonds m things. an Won bet
. ter hclleve VIC 0lled our pockets. Ar then
I we went hack. clumh up. an we pullen Y 9
/ snakes horn out o the ground and biddin
ern all goodbye pulled out fer camp.
/ An that's all we've rot ter say about
| the matter, except that when We woke ny
In the mornin' we had o,ir pockets e
Gull a. hutalo ch'ps and there was
threatenin' sort o taste IN our mont
some mlscreant had nrshed tho ~
our iur an II was enntr. Howe
iips had stnpnef n-craGf'n' ~ o'p
was llmher II 70 have tpr shnsr r--r'
truth a. this wonderful exn~r'encn W = iNr
po,rder horn which accrniee ~ honore3
placed an'onrst o-- freesrres Y wfs pla II.
rs our fhnrsgr9s ~ rfhAefs n1il tesf
ovten gro snaft't si'naen unt viN hA
showed 70 oseh r+'N fgneiaer sl''sc ~
Hgne th~tr rnru''s nr sis glalia7. 2
cts, thirteen mnrtnf : '-l