Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 332
s, andOld Rattlersbackbonewas snappedoff at theneck. All that remained to Glittershield was to swallowhis enemy. First he rubbed his lips all over the body,from the head to the tail, till it was slippery withslime. Then he opened his mouth very wide, with ahuge snaky yawn, and face to face he began… … He Seized Old Rattler by His Throat. 802 A Book of Natural History peared, and tlie tail wriggled desparingly, for the tailof the snake folk can not die till sundown, and when itwent at last the fifteen rattles and the button werekeeping up an angry buzz. And all night long theKing of Snakes, twice…
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