. Philip of Texas; a story of sheep raising in Texas. greater part of the time in the building w^here I firstfound shelter. The hours were not wasted, for I hada strong desire to learn all I could about the countr\^in which we were to make our new home. 46 PHILIP OF TEXAS HOW TURKEYS KILL RATTLESNAKES One of the Mexicans was a most talkative kind of per-son, and seeing that I was a tenderfoot from the cottoncountry, who had never before ventured away fromhome, undertook to amuse me by telhng stories, some #t; V ii. of which I beheved to be true, while others appearedextremely doubtful. When he
. Philip of Texas; a story of sheep raising in Texas. greater part of the time in the building w^here I firstfound shelter. The hours were not wasted, for I hada strong desire to learn all I could about the countr\^in which we were to make our new home. 46 PHILIP OF TEXAS HOW TURKEYS KILL RATTLESNAKES One of the Mexicans was a most talkative kind of per-son, and seeing that I was a tenderfoot from the cottoncountry, who had never before ventured away fromhome, undertook to amuse me by telhng stories, some #t; V ii. of which I beheved to be true, while others appearedextremely doubtful. When he made the statement that wild turkeyskilled rattlesnakes, I set it down that he was drawingthe long bow for my especial benefit; but before I hadlived in Texas six months I saw it done, and truly interesting. DEER AND RATFLESNAKES 47 He said that he had seen, more than once, twelve orfifteen big gobblers dancing around in a circle, as ifthey were fighting. They gave no attention to himwhen he crept up quite near to them, and there sawin the midst of this circle a large rattlesnake, actuallystruggling for his life. The gobblers, one after the other, as if it had all beenarranged beforehand, would spring high into the air andcome down upon the snake, taking care not to get toonear his head, and would strike him with one of theirwings such a blow that the noise could be heard somedistance away. Near by, as if they had no interest inwhat was going on, a flock of turkey hens might befeeding. As I have sai
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