Show SNAKES OF BOYHOOD SOME EXTINCT THAT HAD FiA nELOUS attributes the gerrib duac 1 acer and II 11 e thou ami of icelin cje get tl hoop that kaw of fut lew saw of clam snake the blue racer was an ophidian cal to the I 1 air of the email boy to 1 on en 1 like the quills cf the fretful i e could exceed tl e bieu fieu lih malignity of tini snake wl oso pow era ot locomotion w ere in credibly swift ai petite for boy ans forever on edge by relieving 1 itself of all wend 14 the balet containing hia EH all store 0 barrice or 1 is fishik tackle and can of bait tl att boy wai able to aoi 1 it wis tl e cur rent belief that when tho blue ricer came up with his prey he swiftly in the unlucky wight in 1 is coils crabl e 1 tl e life out of 1 im ami then dm onic 1 j im at 1 13 leisure ao far ae and the mortuary records plow 10 boy was ciar cut oil in the bloom of his youth I 1 y a blue but disasters of tl bin 1 were only avoided by the remarkable of foot dis 1 on eccli ilia terror agno 1 im sui strength nud to 1 is feet and the bauo w is ip continently eft in ho sinde the blue acer ao cording to i cloud of who 1 lie thereto ans a snake rai agn from 11 to 10 feet long the av ici gah being about lo 10 feet ite was ng in ho extreme and its eyes with a and hungry bigl t As it feire 1 its ugly hen 1 ton or ane feet above the keilch of the trembling ins youngsters 1 is underside v as to be ot a bright blue color an 1 from this fact rod 1 is swift movements 1 received 1 is apt an I 1 dis name blue racers area sc irce as hens iw cut 11 e bost ira 1 most grew some an I 1 he most snake to boyhood wis he fearful hoop blakc now appely extinct tl is scourge of the forest w tl bote noire of the continual ly in coital terror of enco 11 it as 1 e wan alered through the pleasant woods or angle 1 m tl of li f ivonne i the 1 aop emko goinn 1 the dir Lome of tl foiest like an avenging ud like the blue racer w is always on tl e lookout for boys II 11 e hoop ei ale I 1 uni bely from all other opi i lia when in mo tion it was tl habit of thil ei ake to insert the en 1 of its tail in its mouth and ben ling ita body into n perfect cir cle silently ni rt vh credible through moods the tail tern mated in a 1 orny pike harder than etcel in which vi as cd a baing of ie most enoi ions de scrip don and voc betide 1 object that camo striking dist aco of this fearful aha virus in tl e tail vas far more tobio ahan tl e enoia of alo the tooth of the synonymous instant d all no boy wis eich stung by one of ilia alution his ani goo 1 luck al v ays enable 1 linn to circumvent the machir mac hir actions the enemy but it re quiren ceaseless Mg ilance on his part indeed but few loys ever baw buo ouo of taco although e were veil tl air ceist cx at rare intervals bamo bomo youth faoro n h ex eyesight and a dmd tion bould get a glimpse of a hoop snake rolling its way along a distant path another curious that used to interest youthful students of 1 agy ogy tie glia gl ia As far as its hibits were known the glass snake seemed to exist for he sole purpose of affording fan for tl wl w hen they 1 one of them lilt it tt e back with a baick on his snakes bip broke into a thousand thou pieces anore or 1 according to the proficiency of tho boy and 1 is brittle anatomy flew in all di yet this proceeding while it interested the youthful eapen menters greatly he or only for as goon left to iteld 11 e parts all united and alo sn ko vas whole as before this invariably 1 appelo 1 but although boy a leave watched for hours to seo the mysterious process the reptile never got togeal cr until they 1 a 1 departed glass enches are not nearly common now nor they so brittle as bey used to be 0 ie f ct serpent history 1 however e same in spite of the dicta of scientists as any of today cm tell tl e ail of EI ako will after it is killi 1 until the sun down there isn t a boy in country but to ie a lock ribbed tact in natural 1 astory 1 men tell us eliat this i fotion ley please 0 o call it afar distant time when our ancestors tl e eun which at 01 niico was depleted with chicago |