Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-04-17
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BY K. n. PEPPER. ,

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Suteek A Collusion bet.geen a. Alsgaitt. and
B.s Raser;Saaik Triumph Of The Water snaik el
"Thcir is an iland on river lying, H''a" 7''
Which runs into Gautimaly, warm country,
Lying near the Tropicks; covered with sand !:
Here and their asymptum offs Willow, ." -
Hanging fitsumberagious Inns & branches
Oyer the clear strcme meandering far below.
This was the Home of the now silent Alegaiter,
When not in his other element confined: "s.'
Hear heswood set upon his egs sleep afansH
|. With ey obserYant of .ais and other passing{J
Objecks: whileit kept gniug on SO
Ferelcss of daingor was the hapy AlegGiter
But a lasJ! in an evil hour he was fourcedto "
Wake! that dremc of Bills was too sweet for him.
morning the son arose with unusooHl splendel
Which allso did our Alegaiter, coming from the
water,
His scais a-finging Of the rails of the son back
To the fountain head which they originly sprung
But having had nothing to eat for some time: he
Was slePy and gaP'd, in a! !shOrttime, widely.
Unfonlding soon welthlo perl-white teth,
The rails of the son soon shut his sinister ey 20,
Because of their mutooal splenier and warmth
Tho Evil Our (whitc Il l seI) was now come
Evidently good chans for q water -Snaik
OF the large Specie, which soon appeared
Into the horison, noar the bank where repo se'd
Calmly in slePe the Alegaiter before spoken Of
About 60 foot was his Length not the 'gaiter)
And he was aperiently we'll proportional snaik
When ho was all ashore he gIared upon e. '''
The ilHrrd with APPROVAL, but was soor. '.'i' ri
Astonishcd with the view 6 lost to wonder from
WATs.) B. -4 .. rr.. .-.. .-1N .u
{ hn he Nnn IN Sae fhot ;FarN
Being material Eenen'' of hisn, he worked hisself
Into fury, also nj position.
Before the Alegaiter we'll could ope
His cys lin othor words, pirceve his duinger,l
The Snnik had cnvellop'd his body just l9
Times with 'foalds voloominus and vnat' (from
MILroN.) .,. .-........
And had tore OF several Scails in the Infusion
Besides squOsing him awfully onto his stomic.
just then, by fortunate turn in his affairs,
He ccazed into his mouth the careless tale
ofthe unrefecting water Snaik! Groan desperate!
He. finding that his tale was fust sd ueezed ' 81
Terrible, while they rolled over the iIand. ''..
1t was well-conducktcd Affair no noise . 81
Disturbed the harmony of the Soon, ecsept ''
OnCt WHEN a Willow was SNAPPED into by tho roal-
Each of ofthecombatencs hadn'ta mint for holer-
.g ing. ..t .raM.s asl f. .a
So the eonfick was materially tremendous j
But soon b. great fource, the tale WAS bit COM
Plctely off; but the eggzertiOn was too much T.
For hiS delicate CONSTRUCTION; he felt COM
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Onto mis- chest, and generally over his body
When he ex ressd his brething, it was with CRATE
Difficulty that he felt inspir'd Again olct moro.
Ofcoprse this State must suffer u arevolootion.
SO tho Alsgaiter give yell, and egspiro'I.
Tho water Snaik reaIed hissclf off, and sur vayd,
For say 10 minits, the condition Of
His TO then wondering what made his tale hurt,
lie Eloly went off, .or to cool.'