Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-06-13
WOOL TURNED WHITE
AWFUL EXPERIENCE or A NEGRO
6ESET BY ALLlGATORS,

He Spent the Greater Part of Twenty
four Hours ON stump Ia IA Deep
swamp-Ie Held "a Pig on His Back and
Was surrounded by Hungry Saurians.
On the edge of little take about ten or
twelve miles northwest OF Tallahassee,
there lives m OLD / negro whom ! See ana
with whom talk every time 20 iluntlhS
in that direction. At least have always
supposed ne was aged for though his wire
Is buXom young woman he IL wtlte
haired, though hale and hearty IN appear
ance The last time ! was out there
learned that he was quite young. only
about forty in fact, and that his snowy
locks had a history. After urging pre-
vailed on him to tell me the story.
IL seems that during the war this negro,
! Pen Aiken. had run of, and while hiding
mt in the woods s,(bsiSted rs best he could
on wild fruits, some game, Young corn and
an occasional chicken if he was so fortunate
as to find one far enough away from
plantation.
One day he happened to slip up on hall
grown pig and getting close enough,
| knocked it over, and ut once stuck il with
his knife and started of with it to his i'm
provised hut. While picking his way
! through the swamp and going from one
little mound to another, stepping on logs
| and stumps and cypress knees, he noticed
that one log he was Just in the act OF step
niny I'M VAS not n log mt all. but quite "A
vicious looking alligator
He had lived long enough among gators
to feel no particular uneasiness over this
one though he also knew that they are
p,aa, Ia have pround Ben stepped back
70 ,,,a Mound he was IN (which was only
sho,t ron mr. t,valva fee, sounre, and ron
nIm,,ad 70 ,,oit mi rho si,',rish creature
n,ovad On ant the Gator after awhile
n.n,,oa1 ;t.olf and i, co,nn.nv with four
mr. five others started toward Ben
MI ,a,,,.o ,,,,.l,,dad to ba,t . ratra,t
wban he fonnd mar bia little island was
entiraly snrronndeJ hv nIlipators and he
ther re,Iiynd that they hnd bp.u attracted
I've rho shout he wns car.viu, which lad
LEI, - trail of hIood behind him
AIIIcArol,s an rvtpy sIpr
Tho dorEv,,vas NOW thoro,,obIv FRIGHT.
a,od la .,.. th,. ,lli,,arorY crowdiuy
aronnd his little island. he knew that at
niybt they would come mn after him he
Ind M yvr,non eycpnt n knife und u club
he kna,v there ,one no chance of any ana
hearing his cries and it was now nearly
suudowp A half pro,vn allipntor came
rravlinp nm toward him and he br,,ipe, i,
witb , cInh h,,t /, ,,,vo hin, mr.. conuol.
tiop for INA k,ay hs could NOT kean ,h.t
mn ,hrou,-h tho niyht
There WA. one cypress knee or stnmn on
tho nound which rose .bout five feet or
more bnt he douhted his nniIity 70 cot
unon its smooth ton and even if he frot
there he di,n,t tbint hn could losn III,
place there long. Besides. il Was doubt fnl
even then if he would be ont of reach of
their laws Being the ouly chunce how
ever he tried il and fouud that hy closs
attention and sitting in n very cramnpd
position he could keen his rlace nnon tho
stunn
| Nipht cnne on and he beca,,s slaonv tta
dare MOI close his eyes He dd ecertbinu
possible to keen himself awake Finally
tcantivitv itself wouII he - bIrSsnd rslief
compared with this and he called Ioru ami
loud for helm hour after hnur Hal II
WAS of no nse bur he kent If nm
AT last the first gray strenk s of dawn
were seen and nrcseutly c,,ua the f,v
His little mornd was cov4rp,l with .lli,,1
tors and the swami .an,nnd .Iiva iii
them He tried to f,iuhten tham .,vav .n
that he couId mt least ,ret down and .trat.,L
his limbs. but they cravled ALI around
him. plarino nm Mt him onauiny ,hair h,,
rid mouths for the fenst thav kna,s ,v,s
coming
The hot RAYS of the SIM wore hoco,,ir,,
uneuduralle for ba h.d Le,t a., Ill
inc, for bal,, r,,tiI III, tL., I 49,.
seemed Darcl,ed
REsc1iEb A ctnrrrtvo ,n,nr
He had ali this time Rent the nia in bjs
arms and now in .It,,hilv .It.f.i,,,, h;,
position, it dropped to the "ronnd Ar
once an euormons ALLIGATOR frnn, ,,.'1.l, ..i,I,
rushed toward il II IVA. th,. ,r,,,',a "a
h.ttia .,,,l ,,,,r,.i;,',. - 7i''70 VI