The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-11-15
THRILLING ADVENTURE.


a Man Has a Lively time In Putting .
Moose Over an Alligator's Nose.
The following are the particulars Of
an adventure H. Abbott, of indigo and
racing fame, met with SONS years ago,
says the Naval and Military Gazette:
at was in the rains, and we were up
Tewarreh factory watts. when the
jamadar told US that there was a huge
alligator under the bridge of the river.
Sending for a gun and couple of bull
let's. we went to the bridge and. sure
enough. about twenty yards off, there
was an enormous 'ghurral,' some
twenty feet long. with his head just
visible abave the water. A well-di-
rected shot caught him between the
eyes, and the brute, mortally wound
ed, plunged into deep water. rolling
over and over and was carried by the
tide down toward the bungalow,
which was a quarter of a mile off.
Running to the vat-house Abbott
seized long rope lying there and
rapidly made slip knot in it, and, de-
claring that he was not going to lose
80 lovely skin. kicked off his boots,
and just as he was-in socks, breaches
and shirt-jumped into the river. CIV
lng me and a lot Of natives the other
end of the rope to hold. He got well
into the middle of the stream and was
quietly tire ding water while
we were anxiously watching. when
sud denly within two feet of the swim
mer the alligator plunged straight up
out of the water snout foremost, as
alligators generally do when hit in the
head. Without the least hesitation
Abbott flung both arms right around
the snout. and regular rOugh-and.
tumble ensued.
Presently the brute's whole body
appeared. Abbott calmly mounted
him, evidently trying the while to dis
engage the slip-knot, which had now
got tight round his own arm. and to
shove it over the brute's head. TIL n
the alligator started swimming and
we followed down the bank, when,
just as we were opposite the bunga-
low, he pulled dead up, brough. his
tail out Of the water. and with fear
full side sweep capsizod Abbott. snap
ping at him as he fell. Then came
another fight such as l never wish
again to see. the pair eventually dis
appearing beneath the water. We
hauled away at the rope, thinking it
was still attached to Abbott, when
unexpectedly we saw him come up a
few yards from the bank, evidently
almost senseless. A Rajpoot peon
jumped in and dragged his master up
the slope. lie was bleeding awfully
and was a grewsome sight-shirt
in ribbons, arms and chest torn
all over. both hands badly MANNED.
and the right foot completely crushed.
He came to at once, and only said:
The ropes safe over his nose And
so it was, sure enough. for the natives
to whom had thrown the rope were
now busily engaged in hauling the de-
funct saurian on shore.
81 never saw man in such mess,
and, to add to the horror, down to the
edge of the river. just as we had
dragged up her half-killed husband.
rushed his young wife, wringing her
hands, and naturally half out of her
wits with terror While she was
standing over him and the servants
were carrying him to the house he
started singing, Home they brought
her warrior dad A nice time we
had out in ii jungle. with no appliances
to tie the severed arteries. and with
patient who would insist on trying to
get out of bed to see how the SHINING
of the alligator was getting on We
tried to hire kahars. but the whole
country was under water. and they
refused to bulge from home; so we
put him into shampony and took him
to a doctor at Mozufferpore, taking
from ten on Tuesday till seven the
next morning to do the twenty miles.