GIGANTIC DIAMOND BACK RATTLESNAKE

1 V V V i 1L I it in CSbutfe Jldi3 Selizeir c opynTHTto in OR iGitMi V IHUFFLING down the long slope the drooping pony swerved a little snorted and then halted trembling Startled out of his unpleasant rumi nations his lips tensing over his teeth in a savage snarl Nevins swayed in the saddle caught himself crouched and swung his heavy pistols to an alert poise Ten feet in front of thepony and squarely in the center of the trail a gigantic diamond back rattler swayed and warned Nevinss snarl deepened he dug a spur into the ponys left flank and pulled sharply upon the left rein. The pony lunged forward swerved to the left and came to its haunches as the reins suddenly tightened. Then the heavy revolver in Nevins right hand roared spite fully there was a sudden threshing in the dust of the trail and the huge rattler shud dered into a sinuous twisting heap its head neatly severed Mans size declared Nevins his snarl relaxing Git along yuh durn fool Scared of a rattler Relieved deflating its lungs with a tre mendous heave the pony gingerly returned to the trail. In thirty seconds it.