So with this the Celt up and fired at the python.
The effect was curious.
The huge snake received the bullet in its sinuous folds, and a jet of blood marked the course of the ball.
Hissing savagely with pain, the python released the wood fawn, and without an instant’s warning charged directly at the man.
In an instant Frank saw that they had committed an indiscretion.
While to be sure they were protected by the steel screen of the wagon, yet it was easy to reckon the effect of the python’s attack.
That monster’s brown body came hurtling and hissing down the slope like an avalanche.
Swifter than a railroad train the enraged python charged upon its foe.
It would have required something more than an ordinary barrier to withstand such an attack.
Frank saw this and made quick action.