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Show HOG SAVED QIRL FROM DEATH. i FouQht and Killed Snake Which Was ' Colled to Strike. Mnttlc Dodeon Is a ltcil Hock jdrl nBt?U 12, nnd on Thursday hIio wns sent to tbo spring houso for a imiii of milk. Slio pot tlio linn nntl on her way homo set It In tho grass to plclt Fomo berries. When she turned again sho fnw a rattli'sna'to hlx feet nuav, drinking tho milk The snako miw lie, too. and colletl as If to Btrllto. The little girl wtiB paralysed with fear nnd had not the power even to call for help. She nlmply clnped her hai'tls and gazed at tho reptllo In helpless terror. A fat hog, sauntering mound In search of food, came In sight, nnd In a moment made for the snake, nnd Mattlc, now at n safe distance, watch ed the buttle with wonder. The m nf more than once bit the hog, but each time the beast received the bite In the Jnw where the great lajeis of fit mnde the poison harmless. When th f.nnki had exhausted the tenoni It decided to retreat, but the hog tl'en took the Innings .lumping on liN cntcnsH he pinned it to the eirth, nnd with his teeth tore It to pieces nntl nte It Mnttlc carried home the milk and told her story to sjmpathetlc ears New York Wot Id. |