Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-10
stories about Elephants

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1t was necessary to convey some ar
tillery during onerof the English wars
i'm India ND one of the ghauts or deep
passes in the maintains. The march
had been dreadful, when at length
they came to place where further al
vance seemed impossible, But on they
lamust go-and now, up q CHANT which
was more Formidable. than any they
ihad set encountered, and for this purI
| rose Il road. had to be made---l'art o.
the hin cut down, aud trees laid on the |
ascent. SO as to form q footing for the
two elephants, who were bring mp the
heavy artillery. ID, .aeooll az. - |
/ When the read was made one OF the
elephants'yas brought up De loo,SII
ed mt it for some time, surveyed the
mountain. shook bis head, and when
forced by the driver, roarei piteonsly.
I He knew that it wonld not do. Ihey
made some Ialteratior; he he gam
,. examined it carefully, pressed his
trunk r,pon the trees, placed one 'ot iif.' J
fore legs on them, htaviiig forward the
whole weight of his body SO as to try
Hit.
81 This being satisfactory, he began
, rhc ascent. proceeding with the same
: caution. In while he stopped again;
! he, was ,liss;,tislh d. and would mot ad.
: x,u,ce. I'm vain the driver coaxed
i him. and addressed him by all those
a endearing epithets of which elephants
!, are SO fond. But to no purpose. 81 he
+ would not move, and when they AGAIN
l. used force TO urge him on he roaied
# f,a-in'ly. Again some alteration was
Y mad. i'm the road, and the elephant
= having examined it, and being satisfi-
3 ed proceeded, and thus assembled the
n stnpeuslous CHANT. The second ele-
Y phant. which was much younger one,
al had in the meantime been watching
n tle ;,scenr with the most ifisteiice IN
d terest. making motion all the time as
= if shouidering up his companion, a.
Z one may have seen boys and men &c
y when they are watching another "a
work with sy1npathizmg interest
b. When. therefore. he saw his comfaiI
is ion safely at the top he sent forth
ne shout of triumph as from q trumpet
ct Buttnow his turn cams; and he poo
= fellow was sadly frightened at hrst
as But they forced him to go on, ant
r. when he stumbled or slipped he saye'
1t. hims. If by sticking his toes into tb
err ground. He managed 10 braveiJ
IN however, after all, and when near tn
an top his conipa,iion, who had bee
nj watching him with the intenseSt anN
mt ety. extended his trunk. aowa to iii
n as man would have put forth hi
of thand to help a friend or brother j
he distress; and the Younger tvined h
til trunk round il and SO reached the to
lis i'm safety. This difficult undertaken
ty being happily accomplished, tue
OF greeted each other just as huma
We friends would have done after son
on dangerous enterprise in which the
PR had encountered life peril literal
tes embraced each other, and stood son
he time face to face as ii whispering co
yer gratulatlons.
lot A TIME elephant having escap'
ite during stormy night, srambled oil
get his native jungle. After two year
-he an elephant hunt taking place, go
els siderable number of animals we
ers trapped in in enclosure called
ma. keddah 1t happened that one oil Q
,us hunters was the keeper OF the rnu
at way elephant, and TO his surprise
zen Thought he recognized him among
pf the wild herd that WAS captured. Il
leir C -, pani ms laughed at the idea. b
ter cal lng lii> old iavorite By its name,
iii7 at once again came forward. "a
hey showed such signs of good viii III
ufe the man, thOugltiess of his dang
1--WE climbed over the barrier, and the e
AM phant kneeing to receive him, he ~
III away TO his pickets triuinphantiy up
nat him. tA
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