Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 286, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1914 — Power of Imagination. [ARTICLE]

Power of Imagination.

An Indianapolis woman who took her summer outing with friends In the woods carried with her a tear of snakes, whicfi - was quickened when a rattlesnake was killed m the neighborhood. After that, every unexplained sound was interpreted/ in terms of rattlesnakes. One day when v she had ventured out for a stroll alone, just as she plucked from her head that had covered her ears, she was greeted with the terrifying warning of a rattler, bo she thought, at least, and, turning, she fled homeward. The sound kept pace with her, adding to her panic. Evidently the .infuriated reptile was pursuing her, and hot until she rushed almost exhaust ad into the presence of her friends did she learn that the removal of the bonnet had left a dozen or so curl papers free to bob about and rustle on aer head.