The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-16

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solder Rad rse feru9tten the knife
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q rreae1erT was chIl within lin.
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drag Bzg Head out here 10 the tr4lL-
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Tie word fairly rasDed from the II
dams throat Holding up both hands.
pains outward, Pretty supplizatsd the
scldler
he saw-on the palm Of the left hand
1.-TWO pin prieks. about an inch apart
Even while Be stared. tx0 tiny drops
of biood started. A rztfIesnake bite,
As Damer hesitated. The Indian com
meDeed. with al inhnman enarl. 10 bite
chunks d flesh from the wound. A
few gee0ndE. and the poison would be
swiftly traFersing its way to the IN
dams heart.
Here
Damer whipped ont bis knife and |
spun Il. hiit first. 70 Pretty.
A swift snatch at the blade, q cir |
cular sweep of the steel, the swishlng 1
sound of parting flesh, and half Of l
Pretty's palm lay on the burning sand. |
Pity filed the soldiers heart as be
stared, ox-eyed and dumb, AT the 1
bleeding hand, the glare Of
horror in the Indians eyes, and the
dead body at their feet.
A rustling Of dry scales over drier
fwlgg acted as A shock. Damer was
alert once more; his pistol arm brought
the Colts to the front. AZ be s4w four
feet Of slnuous, twisting body. the
grating tail and cold, emotionless eyes
of death inearnate, glide out from un-
der the dead mans body, and coil as
Tough to strike again. He blew of
Us head, and turned to the Indian.
Already hideOus gray mottling was
through the brOnzed skin.
The trailers eyes were twitching. while
great sobs burst from his lips as he
struggled for breath. Too late-nO
chance for life. As the deadly poison
swiftly sought his heart and the cold
lamp Of fear burst out on his brow,
more swiftly did the thought come to
Pretty Of revenge.
Damer had partly turned away, sick
" the dreadful sight, when, with
loiseless spring Pretty was upcn him.
They tumbled to the ground. Damers
yun had been knocked from his hand.
Is the Indian struck, again and again,
With his knife, the soldier knew be
vas struggling for life, the Indian for
double death. With the trained mus
les Of clean frontier life, Daner t,
Iyadcd the knife thrusts. twice, thrice:
hen he felt the cold steel CRATE against
lis ribs-a glancing blow. But the /,
Iext onel There must be no next.
With a frantic effort he managed TO
eize the hand which held the knife, /
nd sought for Pretty's throat He
new that his only hope for life lay
D the quickness Of the poison's work
'ould he hold out against the last
renzy Of death? v
Over the dead body OF Big Head they 4
oiled, over the bloody headless body g
I the rattlesnake. Pretty was beat g
ig him In the face with the mangled b
and. 4
Covered with blood and slowly weak fl
ming from his wound, the tenslty Of +
he soldiers grasp relaxed. With a t
ldden jerk, Pretty tore his arm free /
nd drew back for the full stroke. As a
e glared In Damers face, the soldier F
osed his eyes. f
There was sudden gasp, a mighty o
pheayal Of the body, and Damer was g
'ssed aside. b
Pretty was dead. AS Damer arose y
I'd looked down at the tragedy, far 81
7, in the blue sky, the buzzards could fC
2 seen coming to their feast-Outing. v
Force OF Habit. -
A telephone inspector had occasion to =
sit a country house to repair the in !.
rnment, which had been out Of order. =