The Red Cloud chief., 1880-06-03

town. WAS attracted BY the appearance
Of . little garden. went Ia. found IL e
his liking and ate IL up. Then he wen,
around 10 the back Of the house that the
garden belonged 10 and found there
half barrel IF .oft Soap. Shi-h he tori
up with his trunk and showered all ore,
him. NEXT he pushed open the door oI
. little summer kitchen at une end n
the house. and there he FOUND q barre
Of Aosr. The dos,r he used as be hsd
the sosp, busting Il all over him A.
Irisb family liTed In The house aad wsr,
a~asehed oy the noise be made. and s
worse scared family than they wers
when they saw bun neTer wsz. Ties
thought he go. .bc 3eyii."
Have YOU ever been attacked by
elephanuF'
Yes. often. There is never any
absolute certainty that q bull elephan;
will not go for his keeper a, INV min.
ute br. {. Z rule :, can Re .str for
several DAYS before they &c, n OF
their fits Of rage that they are becom-
ing dangerous. Then the keeper has
TO use determination and judgment, in
addition to the wa,chfu,ness he must
always maintain. Romeo wa. ih.
worst beast I ever had in my charge.
In the winter OF 1877. when Romeo
was wintering cut on Miller's farm.
near Hatboro, eighteen miles from
Philadelphia. re Killed his keeper,
William Williams, better known a.
Canada BILL This elephan; was shsw-
ing Q dangerous disro-itson. :.a Bill
TIP. udently tried To reduce him 10
subsection with a ~pitchfork. Romeo
knocked him down within reach, drew
him in, knelt and gored him with those
huge tusks Of his. He broke every
hone in Bills BODY. Miller. the
farmer. did one of the braye.t things n
man could do. for he took the poor
keepers mangled form from the furi-
bus brute; but it vas too late. Eanada
Bill gaspnd frintly for hall 4 day and
theh Vas dead. When the show start
ed out in the spring / took charge Of
Romeo. Again and again he has tried
TO kill me, but | always managed
to give him the worst of il.
get out OF his reach, and punish
him. Once. in Delavan. Iowa. / had
to fight him for three DAYS and
nights. He was loose in the BARNARD,
and | managed 10 keep him there simply
by showing myself to him from time To
time, Whatever else he vas doiaf or
whoever no was after, the hope of get
Ting q chance TO kill me would call him
of. At length ! got the floor Of a log
fixed SD that the front half could
all be pulled up ut nee by twenty men
in the loft. Then | cut n hole in the
back. just big enough for me to get
through. and stationed two men at il tn
pull me through il 1 couid not y.as; il
quickly enough myself. That done l
stood in the doors and threw them wide
open. He saw me and supposed he had
me, for he had been housed there and
the stable had no back door be-
fore. He came for me with the speed
Of a greyhound, and it was lucky [ had
those men at the hole in the wall, or he
would have grabbed me. As it was. he
didn't miss me by more than a foot.
The next instant up went the flooring
him. revealing only Single
beams. wide apart. and a space three
Ieet deep below them. He did not
1are to trust himself on those beams,
md was fairly trapped where | could &C
light out in front of him and punish him
With spear and shot until he wa sub
But it was a daily disappoint-
nent and grief to him as long as he
lived and had me in his sight that lie
,ould not kill men. Y. Sun.