Show FROG AND cottonmouth sudden reprieve of a snakes snakes half swallowed dann dinner er in the ozarks early in tho the fall C S nichola nichols of chicago font to the ozark regions as the guest ot of the st francis club clab this Is the place to which col mose wet mora ot of nebraska takes col W J bryan ot of lincoln neb when the latter colonel wishes to pillow hia his head upon tho the bosom ot of mother nature and revivify bis his worn wom frame with the juices ot of earth the st francis preserve includes the st francis river a clear bold stream which contains red eyed a sunfish jackfish jack flah catfish and it includes also a wilder wilderness ot of morass u and under water swampland which Is great tor for ducks turtles and makes snake it was in the champ that mr nichola nichols had a queer bit of luck sitting or e quitting in the prow of a pirogue with a swart Miss missouri oArl guide paddling in the rear a way was forced through a tangle of water growth and trees four feet of muddy fluid wai under tho the craft the strokes ot the paddle were noiseless the silence was dense then queer sound came half halt a moan of pain halt hall a gurgle looked at the guide startled abe guide motioned with one band for stillness and forced the pirogue forward and to the right A jk bar dozen strokes brought them to the age ge of an opening perhaps twenty yards across on a large lily illy pad in its center a great cottonmouth moc moccasin in was ca led adf its eyre eyes cli closed d s 1 ed fro from m it hor bar attended As tended lips lins projected halt balt of the body of 0 a bullfrog bull tro c which was undergoing der going gning the slow process of being swallowed allowed sh alive from it too the moans came there A flaa us something baby liko in the terror of its voice aa As they looked tt struggled feebly and slipped half an inch down llie noxious gullet the guide shot the pirogue behind the with one dig of hie his paddle and smashed its vertebrae it squirmed violently relaxed its jaws and the frog tell fell upon the lily illy pad dad near it the snake rolled into the water ater the frog eat rat dazed for a minute the lower part oi of its back and its hind lega legs werd almost white it panted hard and the throbbing of its little heart could bo be seen then its wonderful vitality returned gathering its muscular thigh thighs undo its belly it leaped straight out a good six feet and struck the water bead 0 downward ward 11 aa As it sprung it uttered oue oile deep note of praise thanksgiving and gratitude nichols chOls that there was a triumphant boom in its basso lie ile wishes that he had d how to carry it camera in a je the time w retire from business depends not so much on your ago ge ai as your dollars Pre Pr ealden elden haa selected hie his aca bessor a but however brainy he may be it lt will be a sad da usa for mexico imai diaz dies taci A 1 t ti f S |