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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 652, 1 November 1909, Page 5

" ' [C ° Py ' im : . Crocodile. 'WBBLmf naMmiiiuM iDwrrosE \W " Talking of interestin'' expert.' t .K it; • ' ences," said Colonel Bunfcer, "I don't think I ever told you of m,y adventure •* . with the crocodile. . Of course, fishing ' ; , o . , .. "■■ in all sorts of queer waters; like I have J JOSfl Wv <*.- O°Jo»vfl done, I've had many adventureß with . ' ' crocodiles; but this one,happened to colonel william bunker, k.r.d. "bo serious. Egad, Sir! ,][ loathe ex--Egad, siri ■■ - aggeration, but it vjraa daslted serious. i; > ; V; ; . . Presenoe of mind saved mo." ■ •, s The Colonel sipped his tea quietly for. a moment, stroked his resolute mouakrfje, \ whistled himself a gentle stave; aiid resumed:; - " One finds one's adventures as one can,. ; wid.'.'the .true adventnrer is always'a; Giiililrof . When you : have. atL impulse, act on' it; .and you'll be pretty sure ;to "Come' across sometWiig^iute'sfeia'.: I was going back to Melbourne by train from;' my; friend '.Threlfil-Hardinge's station at Woollaringahalja, 5 .' ■ when.the guard cams,through., 'Anybody for, Waitabit?' he asked,-.'- I'M; an, .impulse.;-Tea,? <I said a ; s i 'I'shall drop off at Waitabit,' -I.had-my. golf-sticks with me, arid Ihad. thore ?were good';;'j ■' rough'links at Waitabit.- Elthorne had a place there.,;. 'Member,Elthorrie? •;; Ah. I '.v. "When'-we pulled rip at Waitabit, it. was eleven o'clock, and-^ihicliirScjap "of#."a .^wilibLl ' only one yokel on the/station. Directed me to the hotel: v >Baid I my traps. >'I never knew a darker night.- Darknessllike penetratin' r poze. ;. SbmellOw■.,P got "OfftheBeen walking across what seemed to be a- paddock- for iton;:minutes. when' I knocked my, foot, against a |.: ■ tent-peg. I put down my hand and-'felt for the stay; Thought it would be a good idea to wake thv' '• 'Occupant and get:my bearin's, I shouted; 1 but, nobody;mpTed;' _S,o.';l"felttoy crawled in under'the flap.' I hadn't a match, and it was even darker in : thereV'than-Jbutside.' No one .spoke,'but I heard someone breathe,- Then the rattle-of a chain, . You may not know .it, but ; the : -rattlin'' : ; ; of a .chain in a ; dark place is' about' the ugliest sound 'on dearth,' I' crept about, 1 ■ aiid;presmtly ; !"V ; .on that made:me;think a lot soon. : j 'l . "I had touched a crocodile's living liidc:■ liOTmistakin' it*: 1 1 knew;; jEren as I tou'ched;lit, the boast turned, and I guessed institaictiTely that'itwas- wnjing;at':miß.:;- > leave, but .trijped; ahd;'M.'* .. headlong.' Before I could rise,.something shot'roughly, under me, like.ttie lip of ayepoon.v- v ;[ got;to , 'my:- ;, / : ,feet, and bumped my head., 'I was in a gaping-jaw. . Sort- o'--. There was no getting out. : ' Implanted my ieet firmly, and .straightened 'up with, my ; Not too \- : soon. The upper jaw was just closing down.- 'Egad, Sir! ■ A-ticklish: place!' I> braced'myself,;with; one ' foot on each side wedged, against his teeth:, ; -I could feel the beastly : tongue flickerin' .abo.tit, ; V.' l ' fishy . smell annoyed' me. ... It was between lis, two;" The lizard tried hard to, .shut.- his jaws,. but >he ; ■ was reckoning without me.-Every bone in my body ached under, the strain., He gasped-and shook-me,- but Ir . stood firm. 'Thenhe tried' a new, dodge.. I felt the top jawi .1 .bj^d'rip md got .ahead "j"; :of the move,./'' There we-were.-haTin'iit.out.inHhe dark,, ■ If-1-slackened,-I was :done,and goodneWonly .-i- - knew how long I could hold out, I shouted my best,' - : -"; _ 1 ''Afterwhat-seemed.to be about,four years, I hekrd an answering cry,;and saw a;glimmer. of ; light..; .. Then the circus men came - t in with a lantern,.'; 'One of-.'em got a ;big.-prop imbehind;my:ba6k,Vv ; I stooped;'*' , a fraction, and the.prop took thejstrain. i\id'so;I -got clear, ' What you call-. . that the brute was; twenty-one feet long, and fastened by.'a chkiu to a large' stake, ji'ffi'waitpstar 'item; The. Majestic Monster 'of the Noisome Nile, th?y;called.him.*l\l was a bit,done,, but the circus chaps< knew ' . what's T,"hat. I drank a pot, of Suratura,. and reaohed my hotel, a mile ;away, feeling fair. to good; -'Slept ■ like a top, and.got up.in the mornin'-as'fit as a trivet. . '' ; . • • '"Brandy? No, sir. • In^emergencieslltrust-to the:stimulants you'ie.'.'proved,.'7 When.l'm' 1 -f^ged^ : ; or overdone, Snratura.for me,- ev^;.;timel'/ one night up at Bhamo; >; , i' What'B <, J that? ' One? : Egad, sir! bed for me." ' .'. '; ; '; ;' The Colonel .'went out of the .smoking-room, but returned a moment later. , "By , ; > the way," he said, '.' You want to make it in just the right way., Heat, your pot well, > put in the leaf, and the water freshly boiling, to a hair. ; I know, something about N ','tbti. ■ Years.before i came On Suratura,.rd tried almost all of 'em, and .got pretty tired. , But Suraturals ,different from-ttie„others,.You.can't .tire,, I was maroonec([. j ;on 'Lake Tchad once, and lived eleven days' just by chewing it. There are a . thousand ; •., 1 advertised of less, allKe^ani J %en;^§fe, , ii. differehtJ!'; •: Which were the last words on that occasion of Colonel William Bunker, K.R.D,, oi thQ Indidn Army, retired.

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