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Show 'QATOR ON THE RAMPAQE. Edifying Story That Is Vouched for by the Georgia Ananias, "Yes," said tho flshorman, "tho man j had fished all tho foronoon, an' hadn't got a nibble, so ho took another swal-ler swal-ler out tho Jug, pulled off his boots, an' lay down on tho river bank an' wont to sleep. As soon as ho went to snorln good, a alligator that had been wntchln him all tho mornln' crawled up an' swallorcd his boots, likewise the Jug, with 'bout half a gallon in it, I reckon. Tho cork camo out, and, of courso, tho 'gator got tho full benefit' o' tho whisky, which so turned its bond that It lashed tho water with Its tall till tho rlvor was a foamln' mass, nfter which it crawled up on tho bank ngln an' mado desp'rlt efforts to climb ! trees an' turn doublo Bomersnults, an' do all mannor of imposslblo things!" 'Why didn't It swallow tho flshor-man, flshor-man, Instead of his boot?" somo. ono asked. " 'Gators, gentlemen," said the story-toller, story-toller, "can't stand ovcr'thjng. They must draw Uio lino somo'rB." Atlanta Atlan-ta Constitution. |