The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-21

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ra,tlesnake 10 shpw tlg New Yoftera that
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VII commit Suicide
4 rocky le,lfn vas soon found with q big
bull snake summing himself IN tho centre
- M" stage aIl. ready for the Rrewsnwc
drama ShanG dropped lightly to the lrdse
lpss thUu ten feet from tho rnttleNakn
Instantly u struck and alinuat ~ quickly
Shang flung " hack 10 q rocky CORNER With
tho atlct After the aiyth or seventh leap
Shang pinned tho snake 10 tbs lsiaa. the
furhed end u tho stick holding the writhing
blur al u point about half way between the
head and tail And then the last act ~ the
tragedy began.
Gradually The squirming stopped The
whirr ~ tho rattle died down. slowly
the serpent raised its head and covered liz
angry eyes with a nlmy sheet ~ membrane.
Then With slow deIiberatlon II turned back
the upper half of lie body and sank it, fangs
into IL own side.
4 minute or two passed before the notes
81 u robin overhead brought the silent on
lockers back 20 themselves And " was a
thoughtful crowd Of hunters that carried
the bag Of snakes down the hill toward
the waiting carriages.
Jim Pan banished their %gloominess with
some saRwah-sagwah. which is slgwah
raised 10 the Nth power, and more glasses
Of us" which IL twice co."
And while the Princess shyly poured,
jim told OF the pet RATHER that was his only
companion last summer when the Princess
and bis son, Pete Pan-who, oddly. has
grown up-were working In Bridgeport.
Bessie was the pet = name, and with tears
in his voice Jim related how Besise would
fasten her fangs in the window curtain and
let Jim Use her body for a razor strop; and
OF Bessie's thoughtfulness when Jim was
i'll. at which time Bessie used TO soak her
rattles in the drinking bucket every morn
ing 40 that the rattles would not make a
noise while Bessie moved about the house.
Perhaps it was the glamour Of the after
glow that made the hunters turn in their
carria &c seats 10 look at the hill where
to den was as they drove back to Kent
station; but it must have been the human
ness Of that last tragedy they had seen
among the rocks that drew all their eyes
toward one dark spot on the hills-now a
mass Of feathery green clouds Of FARMLAND,
shot and splashed with the gold of the
dying sun-to a black spot Of hemlocks
that hung like a funeral pail over a rocky
stage, where a few moments before a
worthy foe, savage and brave, didn't do
a thing but sting himself in the pants but
tons and croak