Alligators have a quick sense of smell. All of a sudden two more scaly heads rose above the surface, and another couple of huge brutes appeared out of the thick saw grass on the opposite bank.
But number one had no idea of being balked of his prey. The oily water began to swirl in front of his great blunt head. He came plowing upstream like a torpedo boat, and almost instantly the huge jaws opened like a barn door, and the tasty morsel disappeared between two rows of gigantic yellow fangs. Then with amazing suddenness the monster vanished.
"Got him!" hissed Arnold in tense excitement.
"Is it a slaping powder ye've given him?" asked Terry eagerly.
"Sleeping powder! You'll soon see." Arnold shook with laughter.
Minutes passed. Nothing happened. Arnold began to look uneasy.
"Your medicine ain't acting, Arnold my bhoy," grinned Terry.
"It's bound to before long," replied Arnold, creeping out to the very end of the log and peering down into the brown bayou.
Suddenly the water boiled violently, and out of the unseen depths the big alligator came flying as if he had been shot from a gun.
"Look out!" yelled Terry.