Show Marauding Snake Killed in Death hI Fight g ht ith Clam ST. ST PAUL Aug t. 1 I A T A A clam modestly silent still ruled a rock garden pool a. a as a hero today after winning a death struggle with a marauding garter snake The battle was fought in a pool poolin in the rock garden at the home of Mr and Mrs George orge F. F Short Short- ridge here The snake Mrs rc re related Jated found the pool a rich source of or food and visited it daily dally to feed upon the fish which inhabit it Yesterday it made its last visit isit Slipping silently into the pool the snake darted for the tender morsel revealed within an open clam The clam snapped shut with grim finality The sn snake whipped the waters of ot the pool into inu a froth In its futile efforts to escape the death grip but hours after the encounter encounter ter had not been released So today a clam was a big frog in a little tittle pool pool |