Show 5 CHILD ta 1 nt D Y WAL A COBRA 7 ud in DK n A 9 remarkable snake story that disproves the belief that the reptiles cannot distinguish one human being from another 2 mr oreilly Oric llly the snake expert who habitually keeps about mm him an army of venomous veno moua reptiles sufficient HUm clont to drive nil all iho spaniards out of 0 cuba if international law lid not forbid orald such a mode made 0 of warfare has haa often toll told me ill that a I 1 though may easily be ta tamed med by one understands their nature they cannot be made to show how any s sign ign ot of affection for or the lamer their I 1 intelligence n tel Is IB low he be maintains and their moral capacity absolutely ill they are fond of their food but they never seem to tile hand band that brings it ile he even doubts whether they ill als s one human being from a another n the follow ins story related us is it a i tact fact but upon what authority I 1 am un sands of persons in india fall victims to their terrible fanio fangs every year such Is J the tb cobra yet the jugglers Jugl cra do tack them and it Is 14 of f a cobra that this strange story Is told A thlu hild fl a mere boby baby had strayed some distance from the camp toward t the lie gungl Jun firl there under a tree lie found GL a covered basket containing a 0 tame cobra of unusual size but being the sun of a serpent hf he was not afraid and cuddling down beside it in ili the abade was soon born fast asleep while he slumbered a wild jungle nake another r cobra cabra came gilding out of the shadows in ili jajch of 0 trob frogs and at length in the course of 0 its ita sinuous quest it reachel reached the child ark an bruder intruder in it its deu domain nain the representative ot of a hated race and quite help leeks the horrible creature reared it its head spread its waly scaly hood and emitted a vindictive hiss at the sound of olda to side aide watching ike for a favorable opening then wrestle rl flabb ot of darting fangs too wilh tile eye to follow they aed swift f for r anil and gan ban to lo writhe in ili mortal te combat together hr lire like a snarl or 0 livi 4 tir jirld ld rude ann doubling and twisting and contracting straining and spaying with al ill I 1 lb of their india rubber savagely gely gripping lah muscles aten jaws they slid about in knoll knolk vanon palpitating tating colls coils on aloir by ill i infant slid and for a long IOB elm nill sc lir r a 1 able to rain gain the mastery 10 c I 1 cl equale ual were they matched in strength and in cunning nu bu bait 1 li hideous ot of dragons could be fiercer or toon rokin meanwhile the baby hl bad lb bm e nil ml and ill the little 4 earn camp was all astir th abi mother was waa frantic she know knew wll wall that children who nho stray on the berlent bori bor leni lent the f 0 jungle are rarely teen seen again anil sz 1 I I 1 1 lot att I 1 11 I 1 1 TI 4 1 1 i ij I 1 1 1 ajr I 1 1 l 1 I 1 f 1 0 I 1 1 11 11 ili I 1 I 1 jimr Z N I 1 I 1 4 0 X I 1 t I 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1 I sta stale e at least tin and thu th idea of taming suh reptiles hardly recommend itself to cobl people they ate ae as an venomous as the rattlesnake and krow grow to a length of six alx lx or seven feet their appearance Is repulsive in the extreme especially when allen they rear the lead in anger anew dis distending tending the mottled neck until it is as flat As aa your hand they have no warning raltie unfortunately but their hiss Is 14 calculated to unnerve the bravest thou it the little boy shrunk even in big dreams be he stirred uneasily and thrust out will hla his chubby hand striking the basket so sharply as to dislodge the comer cover which had not been pr properly 0 perly fastened then he lapsed back into in to the deep blumber of tired baby babyhood tie ad but the lax of the be blow on t the he basket led had thoroughly aroused the tame serpent althin she heard the threatening hiss and knew its meaning for or its language was wai her own it was as aa when a net native it ve servant pel vant overhears her untamed II 11 t fellow tribesmen plotting to murder tile the babe the t he has in harge charge suddenly the loose cover was flung oy off she too 00 oo had reared her head and hissing out her answer to the challenge enga wound her way to the unconscious babas feet where she faced the enemy nith ith dilated crest and flickering nickel ins tongue I 1 there ther wan a moments momon Ls pause as ae tile itaro two frightful reptiles veritable bast llsms in aspect and tike like that ea fah h elect seemed bcd the al rrolla reflection of C the other swayed in pass passionate onate anger aneer front from the mn men ran back and forth la jo what seemed a hopeless search C at last however the f father ether descried his boy still sleeping by the empty basket hla his baby tac fac up d I 1 in sect unconsciousness aoi and I 1 scarcely alwa r c c ly two yards alay aay aas as th ill art 1 l ing tangle of serpents lashing the oarth earth in the throes 0 of their flnoy struggle they were almost exhaust pi now As the poor juggler ran breathless c and aghast to the rescue or of hh I 1 child he h saw the grim colls coils loo loosening Fening before he be could reach the spot the ap tiles had dropped apart and of it stretched ati etched its iti limp length upon ibi 04 ground quivering in the agonies ri 0 I 1 death over its prostrate form the vie VIC tor reared her mangled neck tor oc triumphant lilaa ills then slowly fi hot her crippled body to in the babas ald A W II 11 chere her head dropped and her cog ii i elabed at the cost of her own ill ak a the tame taine cobra had won the tight fight inri M isavee saved her little playmate T it I 1 WALKER LOVELAND 1 I 1 IW all rights 1 |