| Show PRESS AGENTS SNAKE STORY sinuous snarl of seething serpents and its result we are all here I 1 believe the cons clen alous press agent glanced inquiring ly at the group ot reporters then we may as well begin be fore I 1 am through gentlemen you will see that the urgency of my re quest for representatives of the press was by no means unwarranted even a press agent has some conscience and in this case gentlemen I 1 feel that my duty to the public outweighs my dut to my employers while it Is true that the public an of the death of inbae the most vicious violent and venom ous reptile in the collection of mme medusa the soother of sinuous serpents will undoubtedly keep thousands away from her dally exhibitions in the side show of the ring brothers circus yet yet gen tiemen in view of the remarkable manner in which this writhing reptile met its death it would seem unjust to posterity to withhold the details at tending this snake dead eha interrupted an impatient reporter how d it bap pena a case of jealousy ex the press agent for years sinbad or the only original bin as he was better known on account of vicious temper reigned in anchal ledged supremacy over all of mme medusa s snake chests all went well until the advent of cleopatra the most regal of all wriggling in dia two days ago there was bad blood between her and the only inal right from the start but mme medusa hoped in time to reconcile the two to a life of harmonious happiness with this end in view mme me dusa placed the two on the floo of her tent early this morning for a time everything was lovely then without any warning the only origin al thrust out his fang and whispered H h h hah which Is an awful thing for any snake to call another eiselt snapped back I 1 cleo at the same instant two black streaks flashed through the air and a moment later a sinuous snarl of siss ing serpents was seething round the floor clop clop their jaws snapped almost simultaneously at what in the general tangle each mistook for the tip of its rivals tail mme medusa stepped forward to separate the struggling serpents but suddenly sprang back terror strict en by the strange sight she saw in the mix up of the occasion each snake had mistaken its own tall for that ol 01 its rival and was consequently viciously devour ing itself around and around coll within coll each Int ernat ly looped its loop A sudden click brought mme medusa to her senses she rushed to ard the fast disappearing reptiles but alas too late poor old sinbad the only original sin had already breathed his last he had swallowed himself so rapid ly that he came to the back ot bis head with a suddenness that snapped the neck cleopatra was rescued just as her back teeth were about to pass in through the front of her mouth mme medusa seized her firmly with both hands and by dint ot hard work succeeded in drawing her out of her self but it was a close call ond later and cleopatra would have swallowed herself entirely how many eimess was the snake colled round in heavens I 1 don t know mme medusa became dizzy after extracting the thirteenth loop and lost all count but you can figure it out for your self easily enough the problem s simply this it a twelve foot snake takes its tall in its teeth and eats its way gouid to the back of its neck how mala times will the tip of its tall pass any given toothy but all that of course Is a mere detail new york sun |
