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Show Loved His Pet Alligator. ; where Henrr waa aleepia' Ellia aaid he rekcaerl be d reatore tha poor aaima). to bia home. cW he put aim in tha water near hif arTeetionata maeter aad cut bint iiwae, aayia' he had ao right to kep him tied, and he hadn't been under no obligationa to feed 4 him, either. ! 'What eicuae he giro for not hoi-leria' hoi-leria' to wake np Heury whea the ali-gator ali-gator erep' up oa him and at him I aever did hear. "Chicago Newa. ; ' "Henry Anderson," aaid tha lean Florida hunter, "bad an alligator that he thought a heap of, 'long of the animal ani-mal 'a eating a feller that fell out of a launrh oorein1 from Tavarea.to bid tn (tenry'a place for taxes. They might have thought Henry had ehot " him, if the alligator hadn't et him. There waa two Yeilera in the launch, one a half-breed half-breed Seminole, and they teatifled that they aeea the alligator eat tha man. A ny way, be waan 't aeen no more, though aome people aaid the two boatmen boat-men waa apeadin' a good deal of moaey anwnd for aurh feller aa they waa and it seemed queer that the man had stored hia porketbook with them or that the alligator hadn't et it. - "The alligator aeed to ewim around in the lake la front of Henrv'e house and when one of old man rlllis' piga strayed on to Henry 'a laad and Henrv had hawg meat, he always give tha alligator al-ligator aome. The time Henry got Elba' El-ba' dog the alligator had all of that. Henry and Ellia waa neighbora, yon underataad. The alligator a same waa General Oainea. That 'a what Henry called him. Heary aure did like that alligator. It was beautiful to see Henry Ivin ' aslee,p under a tree oa the bank and the alligator lyia' asleep out in tha water a happy and interestin pair. "Henry 'a wife waa jealoua of the at ligator. She aaid that if Henry would put in more time ia the sweet pertater patch he wouldn't have to depend oa aa alligator to save the place from be-in' be-in' sold for tazea. Bnt Henrv aaid a labor eavib' device was jest "as sensible sensi-ble in Florida agriculture as in Minnesota, Min-nesota, or any other1 ef them states that boasted of labor-saving devices. "There's a sort of prejudice agin fences ia Florida. Takea time to build 'eai, and time ia money. Kvervbodv's pigs runs sn everyhodv'a laad lind that's where the moat enterpnsia' farmers far-mers wins out, for the msn with the most hawgs naturally gits tha most ase of hia neighbor 'a land. Bat old maa Ellia waa different. He had some newfangled new-fangled fuaev notions that went agin the old peaceful order of things and h tried to git some feneea bnilt aaid ho preferred to heep hia pigs at home. tnt the other fellows refused to stand their share of the exponas of buildia' a lias fence and he gave ia. Henry i ens of tha moat noble ' ia de-aouaeia' de-aouaeia' seek Yankee notions aa build-in' build-in' a fence) and still ha asserted his right again trsspaasia of Ellia' hawg and at 'em for damages when he took em ia the act, or eves aa Ellia' land some people said. "Ellis waa talking with Taekahoe raiding oa day about bow he wished Henrv had been sold out and ia nl- wsvs -seemed queer that the alligator bad et that straager that waa emia' to sell out Henrv. "Aa alligator.' aaid he. 'weat hardly aver eat humans, ao far aa I can learn. Bnt hat powerful food of boa;.' "May be." aaid Taekahoe Rpaldiag. 'this oa aortar sensed tha hawg ia a feller that waa eoaaia' to tan. a poor maa oat of boas aad bom got the hawg flavor like. Bnt. br gosh. Henry better look out kisself. He's been eat-in' eat-in' a lot of hawg meat lately aad hia clothe i nil streaked with pork gravy, aad him oing out ea his leading stsge and. sharin' pork with hia pet alligator alliga-tor everv tim h gita oaa ef your pijts. (tit a little asr aork gravy oa hia clothes aad that alligator will turn oa bim. Aa alligator ia powerful treach ' Gin era 1 Gains disappeared from i I front of Henry Is plac sons after the I aad it was removed that Ellia aad hi ' bova kad captured him ia a aet after a terrible struggle, and bad kits ia a pen nnd waa atama' of him. Then Henry foamd a eaaa of whisky ia th road b twee bim aad KiliaC After that he seed to aleep aswader thaa ever aader the tree bv the lak. Also, more of Kills' pigs eoa oa t Heary'a hand, fat oaee that mad lots of gravv. Folk ssid th rsptiv slhgator was dving of hunger aad it waa a sea me to kill him thst wav. ' "Ibca e afternoon, about th time Henrv w.-s 'customed to take hie sleep, oM maa I. Ilia and kia boya came p ia ieeir sa.il. at witk tb alligator tie,i sad ail, aad whea they wss opposite |