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BV A RAT
IT Is certain that the fctUIng of a
.monster,; rattlesnake a few - days
ago In Burleson county. iTex
wrought a, pleasing change in the
affairs of an ardent lover who was
" eagerly seeking to make a' favorable
. Impression upon the father of a pretty
' girl whose heart be bad already won.
It is a thrilling story and one that
- presents a feature that wilt doubtless
Interest scientists. Those who wit
nessed the whole affair are now pretty
well convinced that reptiles . possess
some mysterious power fhat enables
them under certain conditions to para
lyse the will power, of human beings as
easily as they charm birds and small
animals. In this instance the. monster
DICK TARNB RAISED HIS BIFLK. , ,
seems to have bad corcpMe control of
. its victim, and there Is no telling what
would hn ye happened If help bad not
arrived at an opportune moment. Tin'
rattler Is th? largt of Its species ever
.killed In Tosan. A puiiou of Us tail
and probably suveiul nuties -were de
stroyed In the battle tluit tnawl it Ufa
Twenty-six rattle were found. The
headless body was longer than a man
who etunda.full sJs feet. It was shot
by Richard Tarne under circumstances
well calculated to have unnerved the
arm of a veteran woodsman.
9 When first discovered, the monster
reptile was colled upon Miss Nellie
: Illghtower's lap. The young girl sat
8 if she was paralyzed or charmed by
jthe swaying bead of the horrible rat
tler, . tiat was darting its forked
tongue within a few inches Of ber face.
Colonel Hightower was tbe first to
discover bis daughter's peril. He hap
pened to be walking a -little in ad
vance of ft party of young people who
Siren strolling along the shores of a
lttle stream not far from a camp oe
: cupled by several families who were
injoyIng an outing. When the old gen
tleman saw the horrible reptile , ap
parently in the act of burying its fangs
tin tbe face of bis only daughter, he
ieank to bis knees In voiceless terror. .
The young girl was half reclining on
ja ledge of rock at . the water edgre
bout ten steps from ber father. Her
rm were hanging limp by ber i'.'e,
and she -appeared to be unaocscioHs,
fthoBh ker wide open eyes were rivet
!ed upon the Lead of tbe snake. ''"One
of tbe girls called ber name soft'., but
(sbe did not turn ber head. Tbey were
.afraid to make any noise, for It looked
as if the Infuriated monster was Jjtt
in the act of driving its poisonous
fangs Into its victim's tssh.
Men and women sank upon tte
pround in hopeless fright The agonized
father of the poor girl was about ta
ruth forward with no weapon but Lis
cane when Dick Tarne caught bis arm.
"If you disturb the thing, it will bite
your daughter before you can strike
It," be said.
"Then what U ta be done?" whis
pered., the trembling fat'.ier "Must I
sit here ar 1 s;e ray dac r t iiten to
death ty ti.at LiJeous j:ioi .: UrV
Dick thotmU t!at be cou! 1 oct the
snake's l.'-aJ c.T. V.'ov! 1 t: o 'l j n
tii'ii;an 1-e t : f r ! ' n to t . ' a
t-i;"et so cl-,i i V.t C.v .-r's f.u-eT
He was more tl.. i w :. ' .".a v.,
I f f "cni tin wr'L Vixt f
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Remarkable
Experience of a
Young
Tcxas Girl
ovaAaaaw
n
bad gone straight to tbe mark, and the
reptile's head was mangled. Colonel
Hightower was first to reach . his
daughter's aide, and, while supporting
her trembling body with one arm, be
rained blows with his cane upon the
squirming monster that bad attacked
his daughter and caused him so much
agony.' ..
Several moments passed before Miss
Nellie regained her self possession.
, "I have certainly been charmed or
hypnotized by a snake," -says Mis
Hightower, "and, although I was sure
ly Id a semiconscious state of mind
during at least a portion of the horrible
ordeal, I could not move band or foot
or command my voice. I could plainly
ee tbe hideous monster and feel the
rays . from its glittering black eyes
burning Into my brain, and I knew it
was drawing nearer and nearer my
face every movement, but I sat as one.
unaer me speii or some norrwie mgnt
mare, I could bear my heart beat and
feel the hot blood running through mv
veins, and often I irled. with all my
power to scream, but my voice died
In my throat' - -
According to this young girl's story,
she must have endured , one of the
most horrible, tortures that any mortal
ever Burvived,; She says that she bad
. lingered behind a small party of boys
.and girls with Whom she bad strayed
rSvm Ann-it i nA Tia Tlnr1tno m'mhnAw
nook near a pretty pool she aat down
on a ledge of rock for the purpose 'of
trying to catch a trout Bbe remem
bers that she noticed two little eyes
peeping from under a great bowlder
only a short distance away.; Supposing
that they belonged to some: harmless
little animal, she gave the matter only
a passing thought' She afterward re
called that' she was strangely' fasci
nated by the steady gaze of tbe glitter
ing little orbs.' - '
'The fatal moment came.' when shev
looked once too often and lingered a
moment too long. She was powerless
to break the charm f thosei glittering
black eyes. Slowly tne monster rep
tile began to crawl toward Its victim,
gliding over the rocks as noiselessly
as if it were moving across velvet
"1 was both asleep and awake," says
Miss iNellle. "I was Inclined to repose
and yet shuddering with horror. AH
I could do was to sit and die by inches
and pray for my friends to "come to my
rescue. I beard them coming, but I
could neither move nor shout A moun
tain oit horror was upon me, and the
tongue and breath of Satan were In
my face. Tlje rack of that rifle was
the sweetest music that ever fell upon
my ears.
Desperate Fight -
For Life In a Seine
Tangled la a big fishing seine after
the capsizing 'of their boat one mile
from shore. Charles Beck and bis son,
George Beck, two Evanston men, strug
gled for their lives for two hours in
Lake Michigan a few days ago. . Not
until the imperiled men had cut the
net, which was S00 feet long, In two
were tbey able to extricate themselves.
Then, thoroughly
exhausted with
their efforts to
keep afloat while
they were escap
ing from . the
death trap, they
battled again
with the waves
and, ' by aiding;
one another,
swam to the
beach in safety.
The Becks bad
gone out early in
the morning to
t4ke in the co'ne,
which they bad
set ol Crosse
Fold lighthouse.
They were en
gaged in hauling
in tbe netful of
fish when . a
squall arose.
Their boat a Cat
bottomed scow,
swung Into the
trough of tbe sea
and filed with
J
water. Vt'L'Ie they were t a ling out the
water with their bats the scow cap
Ehsed, throwing both its occupants into
the-lake. Immediately the arms and
I , :s of the men'
the s-'ine tul ret;
to swi:a.
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MISS T'lONIE :BOrEY,
No. 38 Parry Street, . :
A couple ok winter zo I
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than two months. After that
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the back and groin which I
never had before I doctored
and doctored for seventl
months but as the pains ln
creased Instead of growing
better I decided that fwu oot having the
right treatment. Reading la the papers
of the wonderful cufti performed yf
Tine ef Cardui I wrote to one of the
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and after seven weeks faithful use I was
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