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Show : ; A IH-fen.ler of Illark.nakaa. The reporter as advised not to kill a b'.ack.-D..ke under any cir. urt.sianre. An honcsl. reliable man explained this: "Only a few days ago I saw a black racer whizzing around In a cir- . cle. his flaming eyes ditndcd; his ' tention seemed riveted oa ometh.ri ; I cot far away. I advanced, and to my ( ' astonishment I large raiti-saake colled up In brittle array. The tila. k- , I snake continued his circuits, getting a little nrare- his victim each tm.e. ! Aft'-r ten or flit, en minutes the rattl . . 1 snake diopped his head on the ground. I ! Almost Instantaneously the bi n k- ! snake pounc. d upon his victim. After j I securely fastening his tee'.h in the j j back of the rattlesnake's had he be-l be-l gan bis dead'y coiling. Within live j I minutes the rattlesnake w.-.s dead: so don't kill a biacksnake." The tolor ! came into the eld genfeman s face as ; I be was relating the above, says the , ! Lebanon I Ky ) Enterprise, and he. said: "Boys, blacksnakes are game. I but they won't hurt you. for I had one for a P't for year, and be au n,y old woman woke one ni,!ht and found the snake in bed she ramed an awful fua and killed IL" |