Ona time 1 wae huntin' In
Africa. T h ’ nativaa o f •
village told mo about a
crocodile that had carried
away many of their people.
When they told me about
th’ little black youngatera
that had been grabbed by
that awful beast I made up
my mind to get him.
Off I started, with a
native to show me where
Mr. Crocodile lived. We’d
juat stepped ashore from
th* dugout canoe, when
over th ton of a log, a
huge croeodile rared up.
hie big red mouth Riled
with long, sharp teeth.
W ell a’r, I waa so flab
bergasted, and 1 gripped
th* gun ao hard, that it
want off In th* air. Over
th* log Jumped th* croco
dile, and up a tre t went
th* native and I like a cou
ple jo !- monkeys. Th* tree
was a small one. Th’ cro
codile squinted up at ua for
a minute, and then strike
me pink i f he didn’t start
chewin’ on th ’ trunk of th ’
tree.
In no time a t a ll th* tree
commenced to quiver, and
then over ft went
TV
mlnuto th’ tree hit th’
■round th ’ native took to
nia hoela and ahlnnod up
another tree. I waa Jlghtln*
mad
T h ’ crocodile waa
headin’ right for me, foam
drlppln’ from hia J awe.
W ith •
piece of broken
limb from th* tree I waited
fo r him. When be waa
«quart in front of me, hia
ugly Jawa wide open. I
rammed th’ piece of limb
into hie mouth and Jumped
to one tide.
Weil a’r, that piece of
limb propped old croco
dile'* mouth open ao he
couldn’t bite. W ith th* u -
tive behind proddln* him
with hi* apear, I rode on
th* back o f th* crocodile
right into th’ village. You
bet th ’ nativea made abort
work of that man-eater.
When th' native that had
been with me told th’ king
what I had done, th’ old
boy offered to make me
king of th’ tribe. I squirm
ed out of that fix by U llin*
him that I waa boa'n of a
bunch o f ahell-baclu on
board of a ship, ao I could
not take th’ Job.
TH'
TO [
v a ,
< X \'»
W O ”T
'T H
B '- O O K t iH
TH K T IL
v t,
F tX
z te
swae .',
tVo«Ln Cocos P unting Co, S t . Loots. Mo.
ir iv s o n e
started
CRIMEAN
F \S H A ftB
C u B M B fJ .,
A r t i H T tr iW V t
S B ? , t P o u ty
S N tA n v -
T r if f 'i h e
cXCEuuEN T,
S u J ilA f A E R .5 -
A n o SOfAB OF ‘EfA
CAN A t T O A u e f
TA u k -
" ’t A u x "
v.’ r iA T
O F F tS H .
can
M ASSACRE- •
-o u t Q eeu-
1
4b
T a l k ;
S A a o tN E
C A N , **
H o -H o -H o