Show NIGHT IN RATTLESNAKE DEN Traveler Falls Asleep In Abode of Poisonous Reptiles St PaulJohn C Uusby athlete scientist and writer has written to a friend of his in this city of a terrifying terri-fying experience he had wlillo stormbound storm-bound In a small hut near Holy Cross in Dubuquo county Mr Busby tells his story as follows I left Farley Iowa on a walking tour to Buena Vista 20 miles away I had covered half the distance without with-out incident when there came up a thunderstorm which compelled me to look about for shelter Some little distance from the road I espied an old cabin and made for It I reached It Just as the storm broke and finding It sheltered from tho rain entered and lying down upon the floor fell asleep The night was far spent when I was awakened by the warning note of a rattlesnake Soon I heard others and I knew that if I mado tho slightest slight-est noise tho reptiles would bo upon me so I lay breathless as still as death itself Presently a felt tho slimy body of a snake pass across my chest It mado tho cold chills chase themselves up and down my spine and I thought that surely I would bo bitten By an almost superhuman effort however I managed to control the muscles of my body until tho snake had wriggled Its way into tho ground Then with a terrific bound I literally leaped from the floor out of the opening of tho cabin there being no door to It So overcome was I by my experience experi-ence that I almost fell In a faint but tho beating of tho rain soon revived mo With returning strength my curiosity was aroused and going once more to tho door of the hut I sprung my electric light and looked Inside Tho place was literally alive with I snakes |