Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-09-09
ELEPHANT HU n TIN 6 .
REMARKABLE ADVENTURES.

a WOIU enlutV - it niue tIIb lIbhH'
in CevIon, has iust appeared m London.
1t is from The pen OF MIR. ). w Baker,
and il abounds with details Of thrilling ad.
ventures. Alluding to an encoun,er with
a rogue elephant, one Of the most iero-
cious of The species, he was finally ohII-
ged TO throw away his heavy gun, and
take 10 his heels
IL had about three feet start Of him. and
| saw with delight that the ground was as
level and as smooth as lawn; there was
no fear Of tripping up, and away ! went
at the fastest pace that ever ! ran before
or since. Taking look behind me 10
see how the chase went on, saw the bull
let mark on his forehead, winch was GOV.
cred with blood; his trunk was stretched
to It's full length 10 catch me. and was
now within two feet OF my back; he was
gaining on me, although | was running al
a tremendous pace. could not screw an
inch more speed out Of my legs, and |
kept on, with the brute gaining on me at
every stride. He was within a foot OF
me, and had not heard a shot fred, and
not a soul had come 10 the rescue. The
sudden thought struck me ihaI my oLo'l-
er could not possibly overtakc the elephant
at the pace at which we were Going, and
suddenly doubled short to NV IefI INTO The
open plain, and back towards the guns.
The rogue overshot me. met my broth
er close 10 ms 'a'' :,
bU' oL al NE adventures ,"'1''" "y VI,
naAe'' "'e Io1o " ms - ~ r'o ', ";,',
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"s' P'''"' " '''O'' " o. ~ ',, .'' '9
Le',o" 60 ',J'7'I' gI,5I.n,. aa5 - .nn,
'''' d '',,o ~ w. -, L'L shn, f,o or
p"uy Wv lyan;ra'Lo ,l ,I .,ory IN nj. own Ian.
,"a'5 | .
~ h.1 ono b,rrd still loaded and |
yo. nnsh;rg m,. woy ,bronoh the ,anured
Tr,ss ,ov,rIs the .no, where the five ele-
7h.r,s Law ,ooe,har when sudGenIy
heard Wallace Shrek out. Look out. sir /!
Look Out an eicphanl's coming
turned ropnd IN = moment and close
nos, Wallace rrom the very snot where
tlo lac, dead elenhant Law. came the es.
.cncp and incarnation Of = rogue elephant
- r,I c,,r,s Ills rnnL was thrown
Ihioh in the air his ears were cooked. his
IDII stood hioh above his back as ST # as a
noler and SCREAMING exactly like the
whistle of railway engine. he rLshed up
nm mo ,hronoh The h,gh grass with We
/ Ioci,v thaIW.s pprlecllv wonderful. His
.yos aashed .s bo c,n,o nm md he had
s;ngIaI mo on, as his victim
! Laro oc,or hoa, N L,noorous nosi.
mons, bn, never felt 50 totally devoid of
bn,o did ~ ,,.,s ,,.,apc. The iang.
led Grass rendered rc,re,r ,mpo,,jbIe. |
InaJ nnIv ono b,rrpl loaded and ,h,t was
ose,sss as the pnrai,ed ,rnnk protected
|hi. C.rabe,d f.l, ,,,s.lr damned. the
fan, d,or,I,,s u,o, r,.L ,broroh mons
minds - sncb homeless rosiI,ons flew
r,rnnoL mine and rosolyrJ ,o vail for
him I'm ne was close unon me before |
GrnL hnr;n, bo, no ,o;ob, Iower his
'..,L, and sv1o.o Lis forchead
H. do noca or . horse
- c,II snooJ. - Cew mnmen,s as the
'u'' a. ~, -, o,I Iaf Lecoro him
90 .,as w oIoso W. WV nnon mo nts,iII bis trunk
.o ?I d? o'pso so 1F0" I,1 '"Ii o a",G.a One 50,
""' 'o'''u '''O "I"'' ~, NV 'I'O. ao ho
co'lu lHo'e' I"u a. ''' ~ "oIoo '. rI rsIosbaJ
was "''," I .H,Ie ,I., &c, v. ,,,,, "',' U' min
ms Ho, u ""M 'I "',h % ' sb,,r srresn or furv he
'''o"s o''0 ''''
"@1 clS| "Po" ,"J ,ho, ,.,,,,. br, n tho twink
r.r ~ aro ras a,,ra ,brougb the
~ ';.I,I,o - L.u c,om = hat 4, the moment
- CO., ILaJ i,,,,eL ,o ,Le left but he
s,rmck me w,,b I,s tusk in foil charce up
m ,n, r;cb, ,h;gb and hurled me eight
or ten PAGES from him. That very mo-