New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-01
ADVENTURE WITH IN ALLIGATOR.
From The London Globe.

From The London Globe.
F7 gives the following particulars in "1he Civil
and Military Gazette of lahore. of an adventure
Mr. IT, Abbott. of indigo and racing fame, mot with
some years ago: II was in the rains. and We were
us that there 2 hugo alligator under the bHdgc OF
Inc river sending for a gun aud couple OF bullets
some twenty feel long. with his head just visible
above tie water. wcll-dtgcccd shot caught him
between the eyes aud the brute. mortally wounded
vas carried By the tide down toward the bungalow
which some quarter Of nile on huhhlhg 10
thc yat house. Abbott seized long rope lying there
and rapidly made spknOt in It. and declaring that
bis b1ors ard lust As he wss-in socks brooches and
sbir-ilmped into the river, giving me and q lot Of
,ei int Inc middle Of the stream, and was quietly
t Heau rater While we were all auxousIy watch,
ing when suddenly within two feet OF the s~mmcr
the bead Without the least hesitation Abbott hung
60 f sHs% the y qGs TO ana him iss s5
t,p Of my voice 10 drop it. Presently the .brucs
whole body ap2e9red and Ao9O~ calmly mo-
knot, which had now got tight round his own arm.
and to sove Il over TIC brpies head end no g.,
lowed down the bank when. just rs we were opposite
the bungalow, he pulled dead up brought his tail out
Nbbott swapping al him he fell Then came another
aght such as j never wish again 10 see, the pair
hauled away at the rope thinking 1t still attached
10 Abbott. when UNEXPECTEDLY we saw him come up
a few
A Rainut peOR jumped In and dragged his master up
the sinpc He was bleeding awfully, and was grew
some dcht Shirt in ribbons. and chesl torn ali
over both hands badly MANNED and the right foot
completely crushed He came 10 al once ana Oly
said The ropes safe over his nose and 50 was,
sIue enough for the natives 10 whom had thrown
tbe rone were now bsly engaged I'm hauling the dc-
tnct sauI1an on shore. ! never saw man IN sIch
mess: and TO add 10 the horror, down To me edge
of The river lust a. dragged up her half-hlta hus
band rushed his young wife, wringng her HANDS ara
naturally half out OF her wits with terror "hIe
she was standing him, and the servants WI III ",
rying him TO the house, he started singing hoo IrN
brought her warrior. dead nice time oi ~ w., w
had out in a jungle, with applications 20 us ~
severed arteries and with patient VINO W9lI @ S
IN irving 20 get out OF bed 10 see how tle VI
the alligator was getting We tried 10 MR. -. "
but the whole country was under water ana 'ncS ~
fused 10 bulge from home: 50 we put nm ~, Int
shampony and took him IN TO the doctor az Mohurp
pore, taking from 10 O'Clock til Z 'he mex ~ I,it
10 do the twenty miles Nothing but III, hRn SIb
and total inability 10 give IN Kept h nm ~, loss of
that journey. lie ought 10 have dlad iron, 10 res
blood for the wounds burst out every uls H. ,rcre
bad iolt over the breaks In the roah' anu b'es and
legion And then the poison from me p, ~ seftle
danger OF loc1aw would have been suiheen, :" uacb
any nervous fellow Luckily. he has not 20, S,n
Thing rs nerves In his composition hence s"PFV'N
bis escaDe