Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

     The most justifiable act of this kind of which we have heard, is the following. A Kentuckian belonging to a surveying party, under an officer of U. S. Engineers, swimming in St. Johns’ River, was seized by a large alligator and taken under the water. In a short time the Kentuckian and the alligator rose to the surface, the latter having the right leg of the former in his mouth, and the former having his thumbs in the eyes of his antagonist. The officer immediately gave orders to his party, who were in a boat a few yards from the combatants, to go to the relief of their comrade, but the Kentuckian peremptorily forbade any interference, saying, “give the fellow fair play.” It is needless to add that the gouger obtained a complete victory. Having taken out one of the eyes of his adversary, the latter, in order to save his other eye, relinquished his hold upon the Kentuckian’s leg who returned to the shore in triumph.-N. Y. Courier.