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Show A IKIEIiy I'OUM'C AN AH.IOATOB'S H0I1T WITH A FEROCIOUS JIOSAIICIIOKTIIK Jl'SQLK. A small party "were on a trip through tlieSundcrbunds. It was a hot, sultry day. Opposite where thej-were one huge alligatorstretch-lng alligatorstretch-lng out iUscalylengthon the sands, lay fust asleep. They had observed It for some time, when ono of tho party, touchlug lib friend's haud, pointed to.thojungle. Slowly issuing from tho close brushwood was seen an Immensu tiger. ti-ger. Softly and with silent steps It advanced,' raised up ono foot, poised pois-ed It Fomo tlmii lit the air, then quietly lowering It, raised the other, crouching till its belly nearly touched touch-ed the ground. In UiU way it advanced, ad-vanced, exactly asa cat when stealing steal-ing upon n mouse. Having come to within its bounding distance icrosr, lifted its tail, and then, lashing it on tho ground, leaped. Tho next second It was on the alligator's back and holding on by the npe of the neck. Tho monster of the deep, thus rudely shaken rroih Ills midday slumber, opened his terrific Jaws and tried to seize the tiger In vain. It then employed its saw-liko tall and lashed tho sides of the forest denizen, but still the tiger held on. The contest thus kept onsome time. At length the efforts of the alligator became weaker and weaker, till at last they ceased altogether. Still the tiger held on. After some time he let go lib hold, got off the brute's back and seizing It by tho body, dragged it some dbtancc, on tho shore and there sat" over it exactly as a cat does a mouse. i'ora while it sat thus, then, rising, ris-ing, dragged it into thejunglo. Hut the strangest part u ct behind. About an hour after Uib wltal should be seen but tho poor alligator crawling towards tho water, much lacerated but not killed; a nroof that that the tiger does not kill simply because ho b Hungry- londan GUI. |