The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-08-12
PLUCK, ROMANCE
AND ADVENTURE.
RoA CLEARS A SHIP.


\ = Yankee brigantine Daisy.
1o~ got loose. and As n result
two watchmen In South Brooklyn are
mourning the loss OF two faithful flea
beaten ours. Ever since Captain Dick.
son Gagged the boa in his coal locker.
the snake has been trying TO smash
the door. He would coil up as far
from the door s he could get ana then
leap forward with all the force Of his
twenty feet OF steel muscled energy.
The door was reinforced. but some
time after midnight he battered il so
that it swung only on the upper hinge.
Then the sn: e glided out through the
space at the bottom.
Toward i-3O o'clock TON" Walsh,
one OF the watchmen. heard his dog
screaming in agony. Walshs dog is
one Of the flea ridden ''yaller" vai!e-
~. but he has been a faithful compan-
Ion for nearly nine years ana Walsh
thought a great deal Of him. He
rushed TO the dogs rescue. and to his
horror saw huge snake wrapped
closely around him. His ardor abated
somewhat. but he hunted up a COM
panion, and armed with crowbars they
advanced OH the boa. The snake a5an-
dcned its prey and placed himself in
posture OF defense. The men were
on the brink OF the wharf, while the
snake and the dog were close TO q
shed some twenty feet from them.
Suddenly the snake shot straight for
ward at Walsh. The man was Oh the
alert and as the boa leaped forward.
he fell on his face without delay. The
boa missing his mark, went more than
twO-thirds Of his length over the edge
OF the pier, and then got a purchase
with his tail IN craC in the flooring.
Before he could utilize his hold TO get
back the two crowbars were brought
down sharply on the iail and the snake
plunged overheard. The two men saw
him swing away in the darkness, his
head two or three fees above the wa
ter. but did not care TO follow him.
About two hours later slight com
lotion YVES heard at the end OF the
next pier. The watchman there.
James ElsOn, whistled for his dog, but
no dog appeared He went to the end
Of the pier where he knew the dog
had been, and found only a Shiny trail
and some deep scratches that had been
made, apparently by the claws Of his
dog. He did not know what had be-
come OF the cur. uhtil later in the
morning when he compared notes with
Walsh. and the fate OF the cur became
apparent.
About s o'clock Captain Dickson
and joy he found hat the door OF the
locker was partly open. He did not
wait to make further investigation, but
jumped into the forward rigging and
went aloft. He stayed there for
awhile and then cautiously slid down
a stay to the roof of the coal locker.
Peering cautiously through a small
peephole, he saw the boa curled up
on the coal, asleep, and with a much
increased girth amidships. marking the
last resting place of Elson's dog. The
captain thought it good chance.
since the snake was asleep from its
gorging. to capture him, but as he ap-
preached the door, he heard, or thought
he heard. the snake move. He then
slipped aloft once more, gave the snake
another chance to get quiet, and. de-
scending, braced and nailed up the
door until nothing less than artillery
could dislodSe it. Next day the snake
was sound asleep after its feast. In
anticipation OF this he borrowed a
shotgun and the fate Of the snake was
sealed