“No, but I found this lariat,” said Jerry in excited tones.
“Are you going to lasso the snakes?” asked Ned, wondering if Jerry had gone crazy.
“No, but you see this lariat is made of horse hair, and I think I can keep the snakes away with it.”
“How; by shaking it at ’em?”
“No. I read in some book that snakes hated horse hair, and would never cross even a small ring of it.”
“Well?”
“Well, if I run this lariat all around the auto the snakes will not cross it to come to us. Then we can stay here until they all disappear.”
“Good!” exclaimed Ned. “That’s the ticket!”
The reptiles that had climbed up the wheels had gone from sight. With the help of Ned and Bob, Jerry began to spread the horse-hair lariat in a circle about the car.