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"Better shoot at them again," I thought, when I shuddered, for something dark appeared behind one; there was a snap, and it disappeared, while almost at the same moment the other, which must have been nearly twenty yards away, was suddenly struck down beneath the water by something which puzzled me at first, but which the next minute I knew to be an alligator's tail.
They'll not come on shore while the fire burns brightly. As long as they keep in the water, they're welcome to make all the noise they like." Never having heard the sound of the alligator's voice before, I had no idea that it could give forth such fearful roars.
There was one loud splash in the water, as the alligator's powerful tail dashed it into foam; and one awful roar of agony, which was cut suddenly short and stifled as the monster dived to the bottom with its prey; then all was silent as the grave, and a few ripples on the surface were all that remained to tell of the battle that had been fought there.
These were as hard as steel, and bulged out at the thighs. Along its back, was a ridge of horns, like spines, and higher than an alligator's. Against such a tough hide, when the hunters shot their darts and hurled their javelins, these weapons fell down to the ground, like harmless pins. On this monster's head, were big ears, half way between those of a jackass and an elephant.
"I'd take eight shillings to kill the nerve." "Would you use them as an apparatus to execute it?" "Then I'd take twelve or thirteen shillings to fill it," he continued. I was interested in the uniqueness of his methods. "Would you purpose to powder the shillings or use them whole I would have thought an alligator's or shark's tooth would scarcely require that quantity of material?"
"She went to the sea-shore to gather mosses, and never returned," replied the Signor. "It is supposed she slipped into the water and was drowned, or that she was seized by an alligator." "O horrid!" exclaimed Alfred. "Poor Floracita! What a bright, beaming little beauty she was! But an alligator's mouth was a better fate than slavery."
There was one loud splash in the water, as the alligator's powerful tail dashed it into foam; and one awful roar of agony, which was cut suddenly short and stifled as the monster dived to the bottom with its prey; then all was silent as the grave, and a few ripples on the surface were all that remained to tell of the battle that had been fought there.
"Too late," said Alligator, making off to the parlor. "I suppose the party's broken up for to-night," said Owl. All moved away by common consent. Hortense let Andy out of the back door and locked it after him. Taking Highboy, who was still shaking, by the hand, she led him up the stairs. "That Alligator's a dreadful person," said Highboy. "I'm sure I'll not sleep at all."
This he fastened to a long rope, the part nearest the bait being of an open texture which the alligator's teeth could not bite through. The bait was allowed to float off into the river, while the end of the rope was secured to the trunk of a tree. Jumbo was then sent to bark along the bank of the river, in order to attract the monster.
Round his neck he wore a necklace of alligator's teeth, while his hair was so dressed as to form a long tail behind, and his beard was twisted into two curious horns, which stuck out from his chin. Round his loins was the skin of a wild beast, and at his side a broad short sword in a sheath; a sort of cross-bow hung at his back, with a quiver full of small arrows.
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