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Captain was also a formidable enemy to lizards, et hoc genus omne; but this morning his owner found him engaged with that venomous reptile known in the colony by the name of deaf-adder, and although compelled instantly to let it go, it was too late, for poor Captain stretched out his legs and expired on the spot, having been already bitten by the poisonous reptile.
Dave is still alive and well, and silent as ever; and if any one question is more intolerable and irritating to him than another, it is to be asked if he remembers the time he was bitten by deaf-adder. Dad And The Donovans. A sweltering summer's afternoon. A heat that curled and withered the very weeds. The corn-blades drooping, sulking still.
"L-l-look out, Dave," he stuttered; "y'-y' got a s-s-snake." Dave dropped the grass promptly. A deaf-adder crawled out of it. Joe killed it. Dave looked closely at his hand, which was all scratches and scars. He looked at it again; then he sat on the beam of the plough, pale and miserable-looking. "D-d-did it bite y', Dave?" No answer. Joe saw a chance to distinguish himself, and took it.
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