Show A terrible Ke vense in hayti and martinique the venom of the terrible serpent indigenous to those islands the formidable fer da lance has been often employed by the negroes in disposing of their enemies A horrible but well authenticated instance cf negro ingenuity and malevolence is told in martinique A huge negro recently imported from the guinea coast had been whipped by the order of his master one of the great planter princes of the island while it was under french anle the victim made no complaint but meditated revenge by long search ha found the lair of a pair of serpents in the garden adjacent to the house watching his opportunity he killed one and dragged its body to the house through a window that was always open and into the bedroom of the beautiful daughter of the planter he dragged it to tha bed the coverings and coiled the reptile on the sheet when this was done he carried the dead snake ciway and cast it into an adjacent stream As night approached the serpents mate followed the trail crept through tho open window and to the bed of the planter s daughter the latter half awake made a motion to brush away the intruder instantly the fangs were buried in her neck and in a few hours ehe was a corpse st louis post dis patch |