Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-02-28

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posterous to think of for an instant.
For several minutes the alligator
plunged to and fro, up and down,
without going very far either way.
but be grew tired of this and in
the widest fit Of rage tore like mad
dow1 the canal to its entire length,
thensturned and come back again
at ths5same rate, thus giving Uncle
Bill3a ride $50 acres long in the
spaceof only few minutes.
Tie old man swerved many times
FROM side to side and the blood
chilled in his veins. But hard and
fast he held on to the child and
that much deeper pinloned his
knees in the monsters ribs. Not
withdrawing his strong will, Uncle
Billy felt himself growing weaker,
and feeling his strength wouldn't
last under so great a strain until
lelpnr-ived LIE began SO ne desper-
ate thinking as to wha: was best
for him to do. The place had been
cleared up years before and kept
free from all underground, so there
was not tree or twig Of any kind
which he might swing up by. 1t
was ;a,time for rapid thought, and
it came to him suddenly that there
wasone thing only to be done
throw the child over the bank as
far{as he could and trust to it's
falling on soft place and then
going it alone with the alligator.
But the monster did not keep
quiet while Uncle Billy was plan
ming his escape. 1t plunged on as
desperately as ever,as though there
was no limit to its strength or
bound to its fpry. The old man
glanced aronnd as we'll as he could,
but no one was in sight. He sum-
moued what strength be had, aim
ed as steadi1y;.as he possibly could,
breathed prayer for the child's
safteySand then threw her ashore,
fullEs10 feet from the edge of the
canal. Feeling relieved that she
the horrible death
which had threatened them both,
he b eathed more easily and once
again put on his thinking cap,
which helped him almost imme-
diately-
He drew out his little penknife
and plunged it in rapid succession
in the feshy part of the alligator's
throat. The little blade was sharp
and did good work. The alligator
snapped his jaws, plunged dived,
lashed his tail, turned, twisted and
wiggled more than ever. but all the
time Uncle Billy used the knife
right dexterously, and by the time
the loss of blood had it's effect upon
the alligator and Uncle Billy saw
him about to sink, he made for the
bank and climbed up, how he does
not himself know. He tottered a few
steps and fell and when help arri-
we'd the old man was found lying
on his back, looking quite dead,
and on his breast, sobbing as
though her heart would burst, was
little Garry, who was wild with
grief, because she thought Uncle
Billy was dead.
But he had only tainted from ex-
citement and exhaustion and was
not seriously hurt, either by the
alligator or it's fall when the old
man threw it ashore, and for this
no one is morn thankful than
Uncle Billy. By evening the old
man declared himeelf in fine trim
for his birthday dinner, and all
The guests at his banquet say the
old man did it justice.
Uncle Billy says that he has "rid''
dogs, shoats, calves, goats, oxen
and wild Texas pony, but not
one of them or all of them together
can hold a light to that alligator,
That if be is any "judge" he has
"jos rid cyclone" And we were
inclined to think he had when we
saw floating in the bloody canal
this morning the terrible monster
with which Uncle Billy battled so
long, bravely, and victoriously yes
terday morning.
Linseed oil is sure remedy for
both hard and soft corns. If they
are indurated and very painful the
relief it gives in short time is