Show DECOYS RATTLER WITH MILK Reptile Discovered Coiled Up on a Sleeping Ranchmans Breast i Denver ColAfter a hard days midI ling mid-I In search of several head of cattle the foreman of our ranch and myself I had stopped at the Circle S ranch for I the night Tho ranch house was pretty well filled but we were content con-tent to bunk w > n the kitchen floor rather than on tho open prairie I where the rattlesnakes were numerous numer-ous In that section of the country Accordingly about nine oclock wo turned In and I soon was blissfully dreaming of fording a stream and hearing the hiss and sizzle of the I water about tho horses legs J The hissing seemed rather realistic and slowly I became consclpus of the I fact that the hissing was not part of I my drefim but was emanating from a large rattler which by the moonllghl streaming through the window full j upon me I could discern through my I halfclosed eye rolled on my chest I his wicked Hat head swinging mo I notonoual rout side to side i Thull heard stories In plenty about j this sort of uu oecurronce and knew i I better than to try to dislodge the reptile rep-tile aa the slightest move on my part would anger him Into striking and a i lulu In the face from one of these f poisonous pests meant death ho I could only lie perfectly motionless and await developments How long I lay this way with the snakes bendy I 1 eyes swinging not eight Inches from my face I only can surmise hut It 1 > seemed to my agonized senses an age Hut after a time the strain was lirok Icml I by u Might sound In the the dlree tlon of where the foreman lay but I dared not even open my ayes wIde enough to discern Ms movements lest the action slight as It might be should provoke UIH reptile Into striking strik-ing j t A moment later 1 heard u sintith j eyed exclamation which told me that I the foreman was aware of m > pte dlcament Knowing thai any movu on my part might leimlnate fatally j he quietly rose to his hands and knees I und stealthily crawled 1 from the room 1 j I lotiirnlng shortly with a saucer ot milk which he placed on the floor and land I silently withdrew Then I teallzed his plan which watt j Hi attract the snake from Its present uncertain position thus giving him a chance lo put an end to Its existence exist-ence The snakes movement became be-came slower and slow until presently It ceased altogether and I could feel its body slowly uncoil and slip to tho floor Not knowing how far the reptile I rep-tile had progressed I could only I await some signal from my companion compan-ion which came presently when I heard tho crack of a whip and knew that the foremuns old trick of snai I ping off a snakes head with his long quirt had resulted successfully |