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Show JUOf THC PUCE foil O.AKC3. Wticrs Ther 14. Smi.l Ihllk A. I'rslrl. ll.I( . l.leer "Talking about Afcak, hud J. A I'nckett, "you sImxiM bnre been with nw Hi other Uy. I wan in the ranpi south of town looking after snuio iiiiu Ing peoperty recently az-iinred In that region. I Wt cniuptsd about eighteen inllea from the city, aikI near me was n lavnliar mountain knomn to the oil timers there as tho Illaek Itetige II Is the form of n Irtr-eJion, with the beets pointing sou) I, nnd Ronseejiieully the rooks wiUiIn tin Arch a "p-n lu tlie rAys of tho sun on every dAy of the year "Not only tliat, bnt tlw men who know the pkseo eay that those rocks draw beat from beiwalli ami are wann At nil (lines, no nutter how ool I It la About them However thAt lunjr be, It Is a (net thAt the nook nsooiywn, and mi warm tlist snow nlmyA molts nml runs off, no matter bow great the tall "Tills you will readily "eo would make It it tplendkl resort for rattle-snakem, rattle-snakem, niel tliey do roiigrogalo them In groat niintneM. The afternoon I wa tlwra It elearex! "It, and the sun shone so btlglit that ray guide advised nvMltutln Illaek llwign In order to see tho greatest curiosity of Ita kind In tin west It Is needless to any we wore not disappointed When wo stood upi tho suimnlt of one heel uf tin lwre alio and looked ilown Into that little nook It presented! sight such oa once seen Is never forgotten. "Tho sunslilne lirnl been Just warm enough to nroiiso them front tlielr tor-r, tor-r, nml lu every direction ooukl li seen snakes eJuajrlahl bnAking In the lint hot rays of tlie season. It was for all tin world like n prairie do town, save that them went snakes for dogs nnd tin twinkling netlrlty of tltoao lit tie animals wm wonting. "In n few moments I was nrtncl with n twig tlistt would liavu created consternation at a Dtmnybrook fair, and was wreaking vengeance for all my family upon the torpid honstars bo-fire bo-fire ino. In almost every Instance tliey luvl not cniwlnl far from tlatlr lioles under tlw rooks, and n great many took tlw alarm, escaping before I could secure an opportunity nt tlielr shining backs. "Thus It was tliat I only bagged a tew hundred, and was obliged to content con-tent myself with that I ilare not giro tlie elect iiumtier, as yon might think It rtrfttehed, but It was n Htty f sir ' lionr's stMrt conaldertng the season. Tlw great inlsULe made was lu nut tAking n sliotgnn, when the carnage cshiI I have len truly frlghtfuL" llutte IitlerMouutaln. |