Show Woman Battles Snakes Ft Lupton Colo Colo Mrs II H. H. H Slant erback wife wire of a ran rancher her near here killed rattlesnakes rattlesnakes with a club ii iia InA In Iq A two-hour two battle for her life lire and that of her year 3 old child Mrs back said she was riding on horseback horseback horse horse- back through a pasture on her husbands husband's husbands husband's husbands husband's hus hus- bands band's ranch and amI was carrying her child Dismounting to open a gate she heard the warning rattle and located lo to- sated a snake nearby She picked up upa a stick and killed It Immediately a second snake appeared then a third then they came by twos threes fours and finally by the dozen she said In Ina Ina Ina a few minutes she was hemmed in b by r scores of angry serpents while her he clung to the horse nearby Frantically Frantically Fran welding the club she disposed dispose d of the snakes as they came within reach The horse was not surrounded surround ed pd and It t stood calmly through th the e battle Mrs 1 was not bit ten Two ranchers went to the scene e and verified Mrs story Photographs also have been taken n as s evidence of the adventure |