| Show I e < j 11 1 THE MALAYS SNAKE I Ono ht morning In June wo anchored ei 8 IHllio From the roaithenil I watched the fish In Ibo drilling gulf weed not no I filing a tar Lucknt hanging Cause 1 mo till Iud swell struck the ship I-ud my bond struck the bucket and dashjd the tile All over my white duck suit The slop ohOlIo cask containing clothing which the seamen ire allowed to purchase it any tlnie tolng empty I could hope for no ollltanco from that Lie urter sod 00 them was no alternative left mo except that of wearing my 14tnr daubed suit until I could wish rinse end dr10 labor nt which to loll tho truth I was never very olpcrt the clothed In the washtub As salary of roy shipmates would have don under similar elroumtoeI n fact after tho meaner of mankind nt Jarge1 bestowed n number of wrathful blow and a number of forolbla expletives upon the poor line Let as If that was to blame find should bo punished for the accident which was the result ef my own Carelessness When I mil relieved from the timttbcad I descended t the deck In no very plcnsnnt frame of mind and rolling up my shirtsleeves shirt-sleeves made my way directlyto tho tub In which I had left 1117 clothes A Mnlnja innn of 80 with n long for and mass and mail twinkling black cyan rut upon the windlass bit watching mID such 0 peculiar monnr that I stop p thinking he wished t my something tm tmI turned aside hit Leads however nt our glances met and looked to leeward lie and 1 were not on very good tom ai I had Interfered on the previous tiny to prevent Mm from poundlngoitr little cabin bays head with I a crowbar Ilohad were I eternal Aurally to ma from that moment end 11 doubted net that ho would Peak t IDJor me before wo quitted tbo hlp Ion I The cabin boy entertained the time opln IonLk out for him ho had mid Cheek I a viper and ma7 try to polHOn yon with some of thueo curious liquids locked up In his ohuit Never leer I Lad answered I shall J keep a sharp lookout I could not help shuddering however Ml thought of the singular nnd horrlbln curiosities In mon chest Ho bad been a Juggler In hit native conn try and the trunk atalnod among other Wage Teml bleached skulls n number 1 Of poldemod arrows and a largo bottle Ili which 0 three or four small spotted aor pent 1nlL pentAye Aye eye JIBS n singular follow this Chock I now inutturod an 1 mod on toward tbs tub What could have bon tiaiDeacIrjtfcf that curious look ho gave toll Them J was 0 treachersomlivillebous rparblo In that eye cf him which I did nol fone1 1 fone1S laying I stooped over the tub nnd was about to thrust niyaruift In It when I O prevented by tho voice of tlo captain 1490 16 was you Was I tttlti tcdl U I wntng 1 that cro watotf bo crlml GId 1 Caught van Jost k Check and another arid the yawl and rdonoyte tho a fresh ole and doLt honl I day about HI There 1 woo no UI 01 m1 attempting to explain that I wamptiltwater UUII hud Used for my ablutions Tile ranks were empty a nd the skipper Iv1 evidently btan waiting t net upon somebody And I was the unhappy f low picked nut t row along shorts In the hot tun to all out n spring 1 bad Rome work tn act 0 bom to go with roe but the lanky Malay Jumped o I the offer Wo searched alone share for n good I while and jcfc had plo no Ironic water I pouring Into the bay The tuason was against UL At last we came near getting aground thanks t the swell that was rising when 4 as I had the boat hook lu hand and my mate his car the Malay sitting on the t thwart doing nothing the latter began whistling between his teeth Now31 Is all very well for a man totnle i bill ease wbn he con but when fie I wont bo satisfied with that but whistles over II tauntingly It provokes a man S I turned < l round going t talk to 11 Mm like a father when vtblshl I Actual i thlng long and horrible darted by the side f of say Lord and my mato tllnihlMj back Well r bol action of mine Lad savcA my good tor noting life for tbo Malay lirul I whis tied tho snake oat of thy Covert and I stood In Ui Mm of motion I ln As Irwin my 1Romintas stumbling aft cued him to lonbH balance and fall Luckwnril Into I the boat Noror bull I target the Wild horrible I cry that burst from big llpfl UB ho quietly I lifted him head from the bilge In which It I I bad been Subsumed He teased his firm wildly about started I t hit 1 that old n moment utter full wrltb lug tn strong onullon Why confound you what In I the matter with yout exclHlinud my mate hub drew back a r of terror bursting from his 11 bck cry trr hllng frm hl llpn There lay the unfortunate Malay with rrotnidinB tongue burututf obI and livid oountvtiance railing over and over and vainly striving to disengage from tilt nock u deadly snake which hud called about It and was now darting with forked tongue It venomous poison Into his Heads Tile etruptjlitof unfortunntu man weru of brlof duratlou and whllo and ivy comjjanloii bucked uud ouudrd tho I hcko I ouude rlon t pieces the cUuth rattle mounded lu tbo victims throit and w 1th ono farowtil gp Lu rolled over ou his buck and expired 101 MY I mot Tom quid cow throw Lis hands 10011111 my neck i I You have tiedlory narrow escape mid boo ond I sky 1 I plat the high ud lrooln If I for saying you an lie ties done So ought I Tom old 1 1 certain ly was lucky that my turning round to Jaw tho beggar was the means ot paring me from the doom bo lured on litmelf The big snake was brought aboard and every one had his term nt I when It was tosoil over the side otter which the ro main 01 tile Malay weru cooId to the dp Nowa 10 the usual hnnrw York |
