| Show A FELINE SNAKE killer an alabama ct that waa death on rattlesnakes may charm birds arab bits and dogs but cats the speaker was george stearnes St carnes a farmer efrom walker county who was telling inako stories while waiting for a train at the depot to prove hia assertions stearnes related the following incident iio owns a large blaek cat says tho st louis globe democrat which kills every snake and lizard it can find the jtb 0 day tie saw tho cat creeping through tho grass toward some kind of prey and watched it A few he discovered a largo rattlesnake coiled ready to strike and its aliko be eyes fixed on those of the cal the head 0 the snake was making the peculiar swaying motion which is the charm that brings birds and rabbits willing victims to abo mouth of the hideous reptiles says he saw at a glance abo snake was trying to charm the cat and as he was not much attached to the feline jie stood still to await results with its body close to tho ground and djs tail swaying back and forth theeart continued to creep slowly forward ijas eyes were fixed on those of alie snake as though the two were their powers of jesmor isaf slowly and cautiously tho cat crept closer and closed to the coiled reptile and if moally seemed for awhile that it had fallen a victim to the charming powers of the rattler when four feet of the stopped placed its apet in position foia spring andreina ined an instant the snake seemed surprised and changed its position slightly this was the opportunity the cal was waiting tor quick as lightning the feline leaped and caught the snake by the neck with teet hand claws and after rolling over and aver oh the ground for two minutes alio snake was dead the cat did not lU hoid until long after the snake ceased to and then as it walked away would occasionally look hack to seo if there was any suspicious movement |
