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Show HIS HAND IN PYTHON'S JAW Keeper of the Philadelphia Zoo Lives to Tell of Awful Aw-ful Experience and How He Escaped. Vow men enulfl 1 i.at if van t llflllng Klngli hittiil il in ehjhl . n f t tl in Knliirl Hm ii kc.i i it the (SooliKlial garden nr till ellv liai. utiiinll at nm-pllaheil nm-pllaheil thin rent 'I he atnry nr hla hlond-eiirdllug hlond-eiirdllug etniRKli whin Hie aniiki hnil hla hniiil nml wrlt Tlnnlt In the grip nf Ita hldciiua Jawa would probably nrvir have been told In print hut rnr the priaence of a niwapupir repuriir at the honpltal when the keeper itppllfd to havo hla wnunda dreaai d Onl rin prenenee of mind nnd a aupcrh m rve i nahl il llm keeper tn frill the annke Yi t no mortu I Ik thla hiltnlil. hern that It wiib nnlj w llh the great. t illltlmltj he wiih lliihleul In sit., lh ihtilla nr Ills IlKht with a Rtnnt reptile .Uil. h In luei' txdlBlMl) rnr thes. inlimna ti i I illnwa 1 hud alien. I. d in ihi wunta nr thla great python rnr ao Inng that familiarity made me ( nrt-i ua V. Ilv. du k la the pthnn a mol The milhnil ir r.e.lliiK hir 1 1 In lime the dnk hefoie Ih. Biinki (n until ill In ini In i Inr nmin i .Und hmd hi lh. dlr. II hi nr the Mill II, ii " Hie , ul. w , i ,., ,, ivlhiill m r. il lh. dill il III. Ir ,r. i I hnv I. I th. ink h in li Im . tin, s l this it in, I niv r lh mm tin i nn daiiRrr In It On tin din whin Her pin irot me r wna KaihiK tl u k fi n si I t . si I n, iibiiiiI I hii,iurl tn !.. in, i, r i fn itnii nr n eeron I and nr thnt eame In- "In t the iiMloti ltl, her hliw JawB rile-li rile-li nihil l i tin i filleet extent awung her hind will llghtnli k rupUllt) nt th durk Thi Ilisi Inllin iti.in I hnil nf tin aeriwul a in Hon waa tin reeling in my hand and wrlat il a huncli d nedl like pnlnta Pi. n lug me i urn Not nil had the anal Ihwb ilnel on the duck but on my hand Inn I r It th ennrmniia strength nf the rep-tile rep-tile druwlng m Irrrnlstlhlj u ward the open ilo.rwnj of Hie duaa iao In which fthe Uvea To withdraw in) hum! Horn the anuki a mouth wiim an ImpoBBihtllts v pMtinn haa alx rnwa nr teeth, four on the upprr Jnw nnd twn nn the I. wer lu inih row llure are twinty teeth My hand hub h. Id hi Hie grin nr i pair nt vl... Ilk. tuw iirnnd with l.'i Inch long tirth m ehiim im in fill b Nnr nm thla nil 'Ilia n thin a teeth are bent hivvnrrl en thnt tn pull m hnil I frnm tin annki s tn mth wnuhl he like ilriwlug It nvir i mnB nf bnt needlea I mlht hnve Rot th. hint nit h main fnne but Iheri Wu lid have bet it Utile left but thi Inn. s It u nn us. ailing for hi. wn- I in. In tb BimkehouBc, in it III In Hn ilKgeBt r. pill. Ill th. room Hoi w ih j it n thing tn niv ravor Tin i)thii Inil ., hliig tn which she ill ut li I ik r -i i. to make the in si ,r li r b r until lliest Bnakea kill iilmiN h list , k ,h Ir t. eth m BOine iillMiia in r t! loll an' the rent nn I Hn i i Ulna i il. klj irnund the lentil le-ntil iiiiBiiim ih ion wlih Iheir now erful fold. -With a lame n mat who la l hie re,, Ki,,g K nir l lt " r nslril.tllg nreieBB, It I. . .ill f r the make n irln th brain li oi a ti with Ita tall In nrd.r to get n i urchasc for the work of tunning Had l.adj b n able tn wind part nf her length nrnuril aome BUiloiurt rbj.t ahe could prnbabl, have ha ih l me Into the ine an I c nif hil me ti bath I hi I rnryot ill) knife th it mninlng if T had hail It with me I Bhr ul 1 hair mt l.nrlj a head elf nml ended Ihe atruKrle at the irjft of a valuable pxh.n Hut to nn horror I fnind no knlie th. re wh n 1 r It In n puikit with nu iliBiigng"rl hind McHiiwhll. although ml) a t . w bu ndB hill vlupBid iilnn the in th r th. annke itoaid on nu the iiwb wire ul reily h.glntiliiK In work trtlag to draw down thi thrnnt mv hand an 1 nrm rhen was onlj one chan - for me Although Al-though th lain w ia Inien 1 managed lnwls to pull th. p)thnns hmd tiwarl the op. n door of the glass sae It w ,b neceBsarv to iln thla alniil) u it alone b -eiiuse of the d inaer of dragging the lleh from mi hand but btratin the pthou wo il 1 hnve resemul a audib u tug lll-tlliill ri feeling her tire) wB e-(iillnii e-(iillnii she would have repll. il to a quick wi.ncli with a count.r-pull with the vet. I iw .v.a nxesi on mine and mt hand tingling ting-ling with the pain of alx rows of belli teeth rutting Ilk. (Ishhooks Into the Ileal!, I (Olitlnued aentl) to draw the Mat head tOAiird the door The annke Inih.d fnacl. tinted flhe iniuta no tealKtiiui but tol-lowed tol-lowed the moiement nf nil haul ta though wondering what I w is nt Inch bv Inih J drew her on star . I ilnrltte t i breath leit the Jawa aho il I Btnrt t arlnd In whh h ua I nigh aa well hnve severed mv hand and inn th re and then ror all thr good th i wiulii havi Inen to tne limn Inehi inm the open iloirim two liiiheasiie I, i Still the Iwld, il ea link rl Into mine and the Jawa hell the haul nrtiili II if an Inch alow I) I ilt.w th. head throuuh the doorwn), .autlnitsl) 1 iraiKl It on groping meiinnhlh) for thi gl , a door with my nth.r hand tnl c)es tlx.d in the un-hllnklng un-hllnklng )ellow nrlia of tin iitlinn ' Vt last 1 had her tie. k in. ill at the Jamb or the door The next hi. t th. hrnw partition w ia slammed vl t isl) mi thi aiitikea nnk pinning her in.ht with h r bnl) In and her head must i the ise I pressed on the dnor with nil mi forte the P)thon alowlt opei il hri Ivwa na the trap In which I bail her got I Ita work 1 drew nut m I le( ling h n I, Then 1 opened tin dnor nnd illoivr I 'I idt' to draw 111 her head Atnr thai m no was to get to the hnapltnl is quit kh as pni.lhle Thi doilora till in I input II n will not be neeesaari unlrj-B hi ml I .Ibou-Ing .Ibou-Ing i-ela In I should la bun. lh it came nut nt the struggle a wi II is I .11 1 " I.nli wilt never have nmtlirr chance tn swallow me I shall ke n mi ejps il wn)a on her during feedlns, tltn nfl rt la experl.me '-rhllidclphla S ,rth meri |