![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He slid down from the ledge, still sucking. “Don’t waste time by killing the snake!” he remembered. It was not a large one, he noted, even at the moment when he raised his hand to his lips and sucked hard at the base of the index finger, where a little drop of blood was oozing out. Automatically he jerked back his right hand turning his head, he saw the snake, coiled and menacing. Just as he pulled himself up to the rock ledge, he heard a sudden rattle, and felt a prick of fangs. We shall inform you of developments, as long as it is possible. Keep tuned to this station, which is the only one now in operation in northern California. Its functions, including burials at sea, are now concentrated at the Berkeley Center. The West Oakland Hospitalization Center has been abandoned. Here is an announcement which has just come in from the Bay Area Emergency Council. God save the people of the United States. Federal officers, including those of the Armed Forces, will put themselves under the orders of the governors of the various states or of any other functioning local authority. ![]() and the government of the United States of America is herewith suspended, except in the District of Columbia, as of the emergency. ![]()
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