The Butler weekly times., 1890-01-01
THRILLING ADVENTURE.

Il Man Has LiyrIF fine in Putting "a
Moose Over an AiIieator's Nose.
1he following are the particulars of
an adventure Fl. 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
iewarreh factory watts. when the
lamadar told u that there was huge
alligator the bridge OF the r;ver
Sending for d gun aaj Il couple Of bull
lets. We went to the bridge and. sure
enough, about twenty yards of, there
was an enormous 'rhurral.' some
twenty feet long. with his head just
visible abayc the water ! wcll-tii-
rected shot caught him bc'wecn the
ed, plunged into ceaD water. rolling
over and over and was carried bT the
tide down toward the bungalow,
which was a quarter OF Il mile off.
Running to the vat-house Abbott
seized long rope lying there and
rapidly made a slip knot in it, aad, de-
claring that he was not going to lose
so lovely a skin. kicked off hi, boots,
and just as he was-in socks, brceches
and shirt-jumped into the river. Civ
! ing 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 trcadinC water while
we We're 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 Il regular rough-and-
tumble cnsued.
"Presently the brute's whole body
| appeared. Abbott calmly mounted
him, evidently trying tue 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 Thin
! the alligator started swimming and
we followed down the bank, when.
! just as we were opposite the bunga-
low. he pulled dead up. brought his
/ tail out Of the water. and with a fear
+ full side sweep Capsized Abbott, snap
ping at him a. he fell. Then came
| 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 Il
few yards from the bank, evidently
almost senseless, y Rajpoot pcon
| jumped in and dragged his master up
the slope. He was bleeding aWfully
/ and was a grcWsome signt-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.
g! never saw a man in such Il mess,
and. to add to the horror, down to the
edge OF the river. just as we had
dragged up her half-kiIled 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 dead 4 nice time we
had out in a Jungle, with no appliances
to tie the severed arteries. and with Il
patient who would insist on trying to
get out OF bed to sec how the sl1inning
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 a shampony and took him
to a doctor at Mozufferpore, taking
from ten on Tuesday till seven the
next morning to do the twenty miles.