Show I 1 i I 1 I 1 4 V 4 1 1 1 7 4 t 1 I 0 jf ar I 1 P it t 1 fail AN ALLIGATOR supply toll a uror wa is b rooe a wine 1 1 I 0 collel tol il lel it Is i not mot of often ter tl it it one hear bears of an alligator as a a pet in tact nono none hf hiis h I 1 ever been hearal of 0 so o tamo tame thit it be approached by a human b in ing without 03 02 or fame some disposition to tight there 14 however at an 04 nan who hirer jot A dozen pic valles jackson Jack soa ville on the st SL john river wha ha has what might be billed oiled on an alligator farm ana lie ile own owns a tract of about twelve or thirteen acres and la in one part Is I 1 a low marshy place which in wet weather Is I 1 filled with ater A deep deer Con connetta neota it with th thi liver i ono day the owner ot of ih farm while walking cuvir tho swamp heard a crabbing round ta in taj tb marsh grams and looking over toward the center taw saw a buye alligator morla mollus a ar and mud alae the 14 time union he stood bill allt end watched vat cheil the sa a uriar and duco erea that it was throwing up a mound mouna 0 ol 01 mud and era crass after a timo time the br hap ap bad had as turned a shape cot not that of a hut but uch such as tha aro pc aured as a living la in the 1 al Heator I lying on top tol no fanner farmer came to tho conci comet is oa on that he she wa was laying her agy L and not cot wishing to gistarb her latt left TL neit day ha vis 1 tol to the paco arala and air fair that tho the mound had bad been firmly bodei all around while tho th old gator faster lay sunning herself on an a otoe 1 bach lach day he visited the place and carried food to the old one la im the of fish and moat and as tho the time wont on bo be cot got eo co tame that at a certain hour ibo she was on the lookout for him and came crawling up to bo be fed one morn morning loff he be wae was tart led 4 by a loud bellowing in im tho the direction of tho the I 1 und nd hastening hae over found thine things 1 li i a high state ol 01 it chere ayin in tho the water waa was the mother surrounded by numerous oumer ou lit lo 10 1111 gators tome some ot of which chimbel pon her back and 11 then bid wd 63 61 log to enjoy the fun furt immensely at the tight ot of her friende tt a briet brie t alg busm b beamed in her ayea eye at a it art atar ir 1 in ans a it few carcases caresses aho sho st altot 03 02 toward oward I 1 the river followed by bor every spring u ar ir that ibo owner pt of the place watched for the old cator ff alor which hoa has never cover failed ta 1 bow show u up P and land each year build acca a now mound una ralso raise her young |