The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-17
ALLIGATOR AND CROCODILE.
A Tale of Antediluvian Times in Which
People are Now Interested.


When Nishnu aud Bramah were yet in their
infancy and the wonderful powers of Krishna
were unknown even To herself the sacred
monkeys held an election 10 decide which
should he chief OF the village Zantom. strife
arose and the inhabitants divided into factions.
one of these advocated the abolition of pen-
mucklc playing in the public streets while the
other contendcd that the old system should he
continued and attention paid to tips and winks
from the friends of the government, as for
mcrly. While they were iii the midst OF dis
SemtiOns Il crocodile aud an alligator presented
themselves az the OutCr walls of the town and
demanded entrance. The monkeys, frightened
Of the queer beings they now saw in all their
uglipesS for the first time consulted
with one another aud tain wOnld have
attempted to prevent the advance OF the ami
mails, but the alligator by skilinl flank move
mcnt, gained the center of the town, closely
followed by the slower crocodile. Having
taken positions from which they could not he
diSlOdgcd without rtlectimg great drstruc-
tiun of property they distcnded their jaws and
cougrat uluted each other on the success of
their adventure 10, said they, we have the
monkeys AT our mercy, so let US proclaim our
selves candidates for the .pInCipal office in
their gift and il was agreed. Now in the town
were three heITllCts ,-OnC Il lean monkey of
priesily aspect whose manners We're copied
from the apes of Albion, country prolific of
bad colds cticCting some of the expressed AS
pcratiOnS of the inhabitants in manner most
cNaspeTting 10 tOreignerS,unOthera venerable
body whose habit of circulating amongst the
dCnilens at such an early hour that he never
met with his competitors had prolonged his
life 10 n period never anticipated in his youth
and the third, a sprightly little fellow whose
clarion notes were always needed but whose
Independence alarmed the clans and caused
them to ally with the other heTaids. Two of
the heTilds were in need of cOcOanuts for their
sIIstcnauCe, aud 81 made ONCrtures to the ali-
gator and the crocodile, which we're accepted
Then, by the assistance of the morning herald,
the alligator grew great in the estimate Ot
the monkeys likewise the crocodile, whose
alliance with the Albion monkeys pro-
tOtype had done him good service. Make
our candidate chief, said they, and we
all shall live on the fat of the land, which was
the milk in the cOcOanut. The sprightly herald
announced his opposition TO the crocodile and
alligator ana tried tn get representative
monkey To become Il candidate, but every
monkey was afraid to oppose the dreaded sauri,
and the election came on aud the alligator
promised great things and the crocodile shed
tears when he told how the monkeys, who
gathered cOcOanuts had been dispOed Of their
property by former rulers. The contest was
brief hut bloody In one district no
less than three monkeys had their tails
pulled OF by playful friends, who said they
wanted a finger in the cOcOanut pie to be
baked after the election. Noses were counted
and il was seen that majority of the monkeys
bad supported the alligator. When the crocn-
ollie heard this he became very angry, and
struck several trees with his tail and declared
fraud had been practiced. Then he decided 10
contest the election and when last heard from
the matter was IN allegiance, while the monkeys,
tnnebllug with fear, waited the Termination 'nf
The prOccceing, for though they had elected
one they had really wanted t0 he ruled by
neither.