Show boi arith death mrs divine a widow of cornwall N Y went to church sunday leaving her two little girls nora and janny aged respectively six and four years alone in the house hou se half an conr later mrs benton the wife ofa neighboring farmer saw tho children sitting on the grass under an apple tree striking every few moments at something on the ground after each stroke they screamed with laughter mrs bensons bentons Ben tons curiosity was aroused and she crossed the road to see what was amusing them As she approached them nora cried gleefully big worm wit us she had hardly ceased when half the length cf a great copperhead snake darted out of the hole in the direction of the children two switches descended smartly upon it and tha ugly head was quickly pulled back mrs benton called to her husband who was watching her and rushing forward she dragged the little girls away from the hole mr benton arrived just aa the snake looked out again to see what had become of them the farmers stick fell upon his head and he went back no more his body was very nearly four feet long mrs divine fainted when she saw tho snake and heard tho atory but the children wept and refused to be comforted because their play muto was dead hartford post |