The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-05-15

time. The snakes come out o. the
basket one by one an crawled over
that old heather like grapevines on
an arbor. When it was over they took
up a collection, an the fakir packed up
his pets, IN then Casey give me my
cue | ramped in immediate, boilin'
with rage | ripped through that ad.
mirin' circle like it was paper dolls
stead o. grown men, an ! give that
basket n everlastin' kick that disin-
tegrated it completely an spread them
serpents like a summer shower all
over the place.
What you dom here?' l says to
the fakir, takin' him by the neck. Git
out!' | says, an give him a shove to-
ward the door.
HE ran into a jam o. men fghtin'
for the doorway, an bounced back like
i~njia-rubber. Somebody hit him, /
reckon, which was a pity.
Twas one o. the most successful
riots ever attended. You could hear
the noise of 1t for miles. Presently, as
| stood watchin' it, a big cobra ONE
amblin' over my foot, an / kicked out
by instinct. Well, sir, that reptile rose
right up like a goal from the field, an
fell in the middle O. d company. fight
in in the doorway.
With that somebody yells, They're
droppin' from the roof
When the fightin' riot finally broke
through the door IN spilled out into
the veranda, a mob of officers came
pourin' in. Casey was goin' gingerly
from cot to cot lightin' the lamps. The
Hindu was squattin' on his hams,
wailin' like a Chinese gong, and your
Uncle Jarvey was dom the virtuous
hero act in the middle of the floor.
Then In ramps Chislett, old Blue
Nose, the major, an half a dozen 9th
ers, wantin' to know the reasons
Snake charmer, sir, says | to CHS
lett. Found him here amusin' the
boys
How'd he get in?' snaps Chislett.
Someone must "a brought him in,
sir | says. an old Blue Nose cut in
quick:
well, never mind how he got in,
he says. Get him out again
Right then a big king cobra come
out from under a cot an reared up,
with his hood spread, not two feet
from the colonel's leg. Say, old Blue
Nose jumped back like a yearlin'.
Look out there, sergeant, says
Chislett.
Il took a look like / hadn't seen the
beast before, an then, with the worst
yell had in me, / leaped for a cot.
Gather EN- up says Chislett to
the heather, an the little man rolls up
the whites of his eyes at him. He
was gatherin' 'em up the best he knew,
but they wouldn't stay gathered. They
oozed out of his clothes Eastern he
could shove 'em in.
Are they dangerous, sir?' I says,
like an innocent che-ild.
About then some one o. the boys
that didn't know any better hove In a
coffee basket, an the Hindu grabbed
1T like a godsend, an begins shown
in his pets. After he'd got all there
was in sight, he had to turn 'em out
again to see If he had lost any; an
"ANA AN 6Ob bAAOu6A COu1iln CIu ia
let out a wall, an begun talkin' Wild
like, in the language of Injia.
I'VE switched him into United
States after a bit, an learned the
pleasin' news that he was four snakes
short.
Find en- says Chistlet. short as
tacks.
The Hindu pokes around on his
belly under the cots, moanin' like a
bereaved parent, but he don't find any
loose serpents; an all of a sudden he
jumps up an trots over to old Blue
Nose an begins revilin' him in mighty
choice language, accusin him O. bring
In him in there and gettin' him into
all this trouble. He winds up by de-
mandin' five dollars for his lost
snakes.
well. | thought old Blue Nose
would have ~apoplexy. He turned
colors, an made sort o. suffo-
catin' noises in his throat; an then,
without sayin' a word. he hauls out
his wallet, digs up a flyer. an let's it
go at that.
11dIl u p a Dlack eye
next morning, but there wasn't a blue
devil in the outfit.
We'll, Casey an | were talkin' it
over that afternoon, when along
comes old Blue Nose, trottin' his wife
out to see some more sights.
Il had my back to him, IN | says
to Casey, | says:
Things like last night l says,
r rotten bad for discipline. There's
that bunch o. rockies. How're we
goin to beat EN- into shape If our
officers
About hen old Blue Nose sort o.
checks in his gait. an Casey an !
faces front an salutes. The old
geezer hangs on one foot for a second,
starin' at us hard. an then clamps his
mouth shut an goes on.