The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-10-26
AAer an, The Thought II L,p At soma WA


After an, the thoueht n a Ilp At some VIA
game was terptiug enough, the J9dge sppear.
hg to consider any one but a 'pCr rsn nO0ody
at all; so up We went benin him cot of the
gully, till we were all blow ike 40 many
porpoises on the head Of It. Perhaps K might
were all looking out sharp for bircs Of any
kind TO pop at, happening to turn my head, L
saw tie long reeds moving about the banks
below, and the trees twisting about furiously,
and no sooner hsd made a few PAGES than.
good heavens right in the break o. the trees
at the landing place--th9e was a huge brute
Of some sort coming slowly up out Of the wa
ter; then another, and another glisteninz wet
in the bright light as the shadow Of the branches
slipped behind them. A blindness came over nv
t,es and had scarce tune TO make out tho big
BIO k.like heads and moving trunks Of FIVE OF
-,x b,scA African elephants, ere the whole case
fVhed up Ii re, and away dashoi foil spe d
d wn he sl,p.. passed fire Of stick, IlaS-
ing uBdet a - .h Of rex, with a guinea-fovl
l'd,k,I an sting bsfOrc 1t from q string, the
boruish's IA y ulir aud n, ype lying near by
IA sight hIi rubl q the uor'1r in me to know
that he adj lef the b at at all
Such moment hop never Q k1ow again
not the least sign u u r.,ii could see in the
green black blink Of the place, after the glare
above; and s.ood like a mailman AZ the thought
OF what the herd Of monsters bad done. TWAs
no more than the matter u half
minute till you may fancy what | felt
to catch sight all at once OF the Gu ter
splashng mp and down in the gloom below the
anctes the ladies and tho Hinloo crouching
down terrified together, except Violet Hyds'
who stood straight, holding the boat finn In by
bcuRh, her white face fixed through tho shad-
ow, and her hair floating out of her straw bon
net each time her head won't up. among the
leaves, with her glittering eyes on the two els-
p1snts. Suddenly some heavy black figure drop
ped almost right over her to he b at, and $50
let go with low cry, aud sank down with her
her hands over her eyes when they went
steering out towards the creek the fpre
topman handling Hrs boat hook in her bow,
without his tarpaulin. A. for the wild elephants,
! had just time to com, TO myself betor. tho
foremost had his feet on the stones below me.
getting cautiously out Of the pool those awk.
ward antics Of theirs being possibly signs Of too
much satisfaction in battle, for them to show
augbt like fury, " you didn't rouse them; ~
was slipping quietly round the nearest treo
when heard the cadets hllloing up the hill.
The old bull elephant seemed a dangerous GUS
toner to meet, and | was hurying over tho
dead grass and branches TO give warning,
Just as Sir Charles Hyde could I've seen coming
down before the rect, his rifle over his ahouidsr.
However he brought up, the NOM ant Gang out
TO stop: both the elephants were stalking of
lower down into the hollow, and | dropped
behind the slab where Tom Wilkes had been
roasting his bird, when some fol of a cadet Let
drive at the bull-elephant from above. hitting
him fair on the front You heard the riAs bullet
hit slsp against 1t II on an anvil: the she. elo-
plant made Oft ~ fast trot, out tho big brute
himself turned round on the moment, lifting his
trunk straight sloft with a sharp trumpetinr
scream through it, and looked round til his
small rod eve lighted on the Judge, who seemed
quite out Of breath from his sport.