The Yellow Snake
| By Edgar Wallace | |
| Publisher | Harlequin Romance #456 |
| Release Month | 1959 (US) |
| Harlequin Romance Series # | |
| Preceded by | Smoke Over Sikanaska |
| Followed by | Physical Fitness For All The Family |
- Author: Edgar Wallace
- Publisher: Harlequin Romance #456
- Year: 1959
Book Description
He put the box on the table and frowned at it. Painted neatly on the top in red letters were the words:
CLIFFORD LYNNE, ESQ.
(to await arrival)
As his hand went out to slip back the lid, a cold shiver ran down the girl's spine. She had an unaccountable premonition of some terrible danger, she knew not what.
"What the devil is this?" demanded the amazing stranger.
THe lid was off; there was nothing to be seen but a mass of fleecy cotton-wool...but it was moving in weird undulations. Then suddenly from the white fleece poked up a spade-shaped head and two black, bead-like eyes that glittered malignantly.
In a fraction of a second the head was followed by a long, sinuous body that swayed for a moment, then, whipping back, darted the ugly head forward.
The snake had misjudged the distance - and missed! It lay across the table, its head dangling, the tail still concealed in the cotton-wool. Only for an infinitesimal space of time it sprawled thus.
Whilst the terrified company stood paralysed to silence by the horror of it, the black thing slid greasily to the floor. Up went the head again, swayed for a while and then again was flung back to strike...
