The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-03-09

ings were attributes betting ths oe
cAsion. He. manager came forward
and held up his hand.
Ladies and gents" he said. net me
introduce Lady Liza and her trained
snake straight from the jungle. HIS
name Is Ana, South American for Ana
conda. He eats EN- alive, but he's
under the spell Of the charmer. She'll
show what she can do with i'm" And
at the conclusion he lifted the lid Of
the long box and handed out the rep
tile.
The effect upon the audience was
electrical. The pythoB's beady eyes
sparkIed in the yellow light OF the
room, the air was hot sBd stufy.
The girl instiDctiveIy drew back At
the prOffered souvenir Of the jungle. II
was such heavy. tangled mass to
be handled. But its apparent apathy
encouraged her, and in q few moments
she and her partner had vDtansied
the mass and she was holding its long
body at full length across her chest.
First she wound II In festoons around
her arms. Then with admirable cour'
age she wrapped it around her waist.
| The eyes Of the creature might have
held q sinister expression could one
have interpreted II rightly. But the
| performance proceeded to the utmost
| satisfaction Of every one. Eager faces
| watched every move. Necks eraned
forward after the first impression o.
fear was found zroundless.
The air In the room was warm.
must have approached IN degree tina
Of the home of ANA" and thus server
to bring back the dormant life OF tn
tropics. No longer did the reptile
imagine himself stretching headfirs
from the inaninate limb Of moss
draped tree above the yellow swamp
He realized that a living. warm bod.
was within his coils, and Just now tn
girl was wrapping him around he
bare throat. The instinct Of hunge
welled forward. 1t had been a Ion
time since the last feed. and ANA
was Just beginning TO realize 1t.
Quick! Get i'm orr biurted tn
girl as she felt the reptile tightenin
around her neck.
Dave ran to her aid. He tugge
hard to no purpose: the python tigh
ened his grip and the girls face turne
purple. She could make no articulal
, sound. Her arms waved v!o'entl
beating the air.
, Help me. for Gods sake" shoutf
the salon "Open the window; he
, me get her out into the air; it's Il
. only way to make I'm let b"
! In a minute the window was op<
, and the girls body vas pressed o.
, into the cool night afr. As by mag
). the python stiffened into he arathet
state. and in another instant was q
coiled from the girls neck.
). Shortly after daylight the ne
a morning. twenty-four hours after q
docking Of the South American ve<s'
i. Professor Anderton was passiI
g through q deserted stretch Of paw
\ ment In Onion square. He noticed
% bundle that at first seemed merely
;, pack of newspapers Curiosity caus-
10 him to stop and prod the bundle wi
!, the end Of his cane The paper TO
and he saw the glittering tip Of Z
python's tail. A crowd collected. al
!, a policeman came. In a few mfnut
a the heavy club had ended the life
the denizen Of the tropics.
;. BY right of discovery the profe $
=, claimed the skin. and today he pcir
;. to 1t hanging upon his wall and say
:, That's the mystery. How a II
\ python found its way from the Jun,
Of a tropical country 10 bench
Union square-that's what I'd like
~ know"