District 7 .	~ .

A4eUa 8. Mxœi




tried to get wider taie ~ovsr ihere ber ye~ng baby lay asleep. M~‘a. ~bwns was skeptical about the size œtd activities of the1~átl but aent ror several n~n to asareh tbe houes. They had given up thi search tien one chanced ‘to glance above the sick ionien‘ a bsd end there lay the reptile on a shelf. Th. bed was roped and moqed to another part ot the rocmi and preparations made to shoot biia. ~uilte imre piled high on the bed so that the noua.

of the gun would not frighten the baby. Then all was ready Mi‘s. ~vns asked tI~ àld man with the gun --

~ddy Luke ‚ San 70U iÇ~ the snake?“

“Yeeata, mistress, „ he repli.d. “]~ddy Luke, can you ~4 the snake?“ “Yess~mi, mistre as.“

“1~ddy Luke ‚ can you ~çi~ the snake?“

~!OSSUDt, mistress.“

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He took careful aim end fired. ~ huge r.ptil rolled to the tloor.

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1T~.r returned to the yard to Ieu‘~ work near the woodpile~ ~e zn~ts .s discoverad by œie ot the doge ~ barked until a lo~ e moved end the cond snake killed.

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~ $nall snakes were not feared *~ bksas .IJJ ~ and for several years ~ it was

cuatanar~‘ toe‘ women to carry a tiny green snake in their bo~ms. ¶Itis fad was discontinued when one of the women was severely inju~s4 tIU‘OUgh a bite on her chest.

Phil remembers ihen the stars feil in 1833. “Thy ca~ dom like rain, ! be

said. ~en aakeã why he tailed to keep scm, he replied that he was afraid to touch thea svsn after they basana black.