Show HIS SAD EXPERIENCE He Actually Felt Ashamed to IVastei Such Good Wlilslcy Several gentlemen were seated in tn reading room of a downtown hotel tha other day says the New York World engaged en-gaged In a somewhat animated discussion concerning the merits of whisky as an antidoto for snake bites when an old California miner who had been an interested inter-ested listener to the conversation lounged loung-ed over among the debaters and chipped in Youll excuse me partners for puttln in my oar1 he said but Ive had a littla experience in that line and can tell you something authentic I dont like to saj anything to injure the reputation o whisky whis-ky but when it comes to curia snakebites snake-bites an such things it aint to be trusU ed You eee Ive been through the mill an know all about it Somethin like twentyfive years ago X was miniii up in Billy Choup mountains in Californy where there were more rattlers rat-tlers to the square inch than a man ever saw in the worst case of the jams There were snakes everywhere holes in the ground under every bush la oun cabins an even in our bunks In fact we had to be on the watch for em every minute Well one mornln I had kinder overslept an in my hurry to dress I rammed one of my feet into my boot without first lookm Inside of it an tha next minute a big rattler was pumpln plzen into my foot at the rate o forty knots a second Of course I got the boot off in a jiffy but by the time 2d shook Mr Snake out an smashed his ugly mug with it my foot was blggern a ham air the swellin was mania up my leg ta beat all creation It looked mighty skeerish for ma I can tell you an as there wasnt a doctoc within thirty miles of camp an no other remedy to be had the boys began to fill me up with whisky The Lord only knows how much o the blamed stuff they poured into me but I just absorbed it like a sponge for an hour or more and all that time the swellin kep rlsin and risln an I kep gettin more an more stupid an helpless That whisky didnt seem to da no more good than that much water an it was good licker too with lots o snap and grit in it I actually felt ashamed o myself for causin such a waste o good whisky No sir with a long drawn sigh I havent a bit o faith in it ion curin snake bites Whisky has its good pints but it aint worth shucks fop iHshtin snake plzen There was sllenca for a moment during which his listeners exchanged acute glances of interest But my friend ventured one of that group presently you have broken off your story at such a critical point that we are now eager to learn hoW you escaped es-caped death What antidote did you finally use to counteract the poison o The old man shook his bead meurarulla and heaved a sigh which echoed the meat profound sadness We had nothln to camp bofc whisky he said after a paose an Hat failed 3 lingered along during the dljr la owcrful agony an just aa the screed owls rt coyotes were beglnnin toJgna ujj fu their usual evaia omcsot ftttoi ea4 |