Show TARANTULA A VICTIM WINS DEATH FIGHT HAS INC experience KEPT WALKING FOR HOURS Is first filled with whisky veno insect crawls aiom bunch of bananas and sinks fangs into flesh chicago bitten by a tarantula christopher stark an evanston gro aery clerk an all night battle with death and won a complete vie tory after one of the most nerve racking exper ances that can befall a human being stark Is resting at his hollow eed exhausted and on th verge of nervous pi i aidor his friends who aided him in s battle with death and who sh rod ft ath him his mental torture go about accustomed duties pale and trembling stark was bitten by the tarantula the other afternoon i at three clock ass sted by his employer john wes whose store is in evanston and b the driver of a commission house wagon stark was unloading crates of fruit and bunches of ba nanas from the wagon all were in good spirits and were laughing and joking when stark lifted an unusually large bunch and swung it over his left shoulder As he started toward the store the driver of ahe wagon saw something on stark s eft upper arm that made him turn pale A large dark hairy spider its legs thrice as long as its body fiehn was moving slowly down the bare don t move stark there s a taran tula on your arm exclaimed the driver A scarcely perceptible tremart of beark s arm seemed to warn the j tar which stopped dead still stark was in a most painful tion on his shoulder rested ahe big bunch ot bananas in such a way as to iraln his left wrist he could not the bananas nor could he move the traction of an inch for fear of being bitten and his companions were at a loss what to do A moment later the tarantula began crawling ever so slowly toward the forearm it s crawling off said We er just hold still and you 11 be all tight but the tarantula was taking his time it was a full minute before he reached stark s elbow and commenced ta drag his lithe tentacles toward the wrist beads of perspiration appeared on ane clerk s forehead and he could scarcely suppress a groan so terrible was the strain again the tarantula stopped this time he seemed content never to move again the strain had become absolutely unbearable and with a weak cry stark dropped the bananas from his shoulder and pushed his right hand swiftly over his left forearm but the tarantula was too quick tor him it flashed out its fangs and left a bright red streak all the way down the arm from near the elbow to the wrist I 1 dropping to the sidewalk the insect scurried off toward a cellar windol but two strawberry crates were sent hurtling after it by elcher and the driver one of the crates pinned a hairy leg to the walk and then the grocer crushed the tarantula with his foot athen the grocer and the driver turned back to stark they found him leaning again t the wagon pale and frightened hurry man get into the drug store it means death it you don t counteract the poison cried west belcher then and the driver seized stark and hustled him along between them to a drug tore there s one thing to do said the druggist as he ran behind a coun ter and seized a bottle whisky is the only thing that can save him give him plenty of it then walk him around and don t ie him rest for an instant keep it up all t nes lessary sary until he ceases to be drowse he broke ou the head of the hot tie ft ath a smash against a sea e and v THE TARANTULA FLASHED OUT ITS FANGS poured out halt a tumbler of whisky here drink this and some more as soon as you are able he said stark gulped down the liquor which burned like flame two minutes later when he was ushered more he de burred but his companions forced him to drink it in 15 minutes stark was drunk and almost frantic then his comrades hurried him out of the store and be gan to walk him up and down the alley in the rear of the grocery store they had a hard time to keep him on his feet and 0 o prevent him from breaking away from them he was soon seized by delirium and began raving about the tarantula occasionally he would scream at the top of his voice soon a crowd of men women and boys collected and explanations were in order for hours the trio walked up and down the alley watched by an inter ested horror stricken and throng occasionally stark was take takei i back to the drug store and given more wills ky A physician who was called ap proved of the treatment at ten clock at night stark still vas being dragged along feeble and protesting by this time his arm waa red and swollen and the long streak had turned black again he wa taken into the drug store and a physician treated the wound his arm was then bound up and stark was walked to his home throughout the night frienda watched at his side and forced him to walk the floor fighting off sleep that meant dath the next day the physician who at tended stark pronounced him out ot danger bu said that he would be compelled to rest tor several days |