Telegram-herald., 1888-09-06


81T-d u pe1ss o4Fc1d ca zaEs. tss-a f1s lcsFs
fare of fssls1 sagth E1s.is s.ivezs se-F slta
s-ssa l1sassd. Eza = ast 1ssa tax tiss t@cs
saas go hs<azllElz 70 ll1.l ~ .@g Ga sssea
1 sss ven lard. ! s~ol4l A@ss gTsEa ssiss
ssa-4zsee.Al over tlls b14lr4f1l ssSa1 80
IA DEFY alyDoly - s.aola-s se-tiIlasz-zl
w.4sa ssase1 la lhe Damp e. q very rousa
DesE3 - wo1a 1z-f say ~ = tvs. - Alers-
81 E1seis q Ele-Esl L1.s th4s - "a = PAstlc1-
larty soFeig Eignt, al --zLsd A. efteuLlta
o. 10 prus act q elephaH-s But &c s-e-
IA41ts cane ard after waiting foT anoroer
hclr 1F -. 1 tl1lk tEzf wtaL lSsweeu @eAr1-
nes4 and 8 s.s-ss ul8sg save dropEod iHto
sslsle a3ze. FrsssIIly / aSoks ~lsh q starI
0ooa. wao wss perchel eia.ss " ile, o1t -
fzr - a. tie bSzas w0lla allo~--ror ne4tner
saize nan alr black Aks the aroma wh-ea
eaes vows Is tke peculiar ana dssassreeatie
pro ersy cf t.se other-Ezs family, very
f1lat.y, clicking his fore41gsr assiast La
teugAb. .nes D. TINS sgn<l, very favor
10 c1s aas0eg native bentefs sksd gun
bearers, taat ka faust have sesa
or soard ssEBsthinE ! lSoked as
t.s fses and saw that be was star
inx ezeltediv sowcrd TIE dim edgs of ths
basa teyon4 the deep green iine of mesiies
! .tare1 -. ard Listened Pre-eatly heard
. seig l-rss sound. a. though giant wers
geas1y ssfescAlag out his kaRas and pressing
hack ths ears OF standing corn Then came
4 pause, and then cut into the open m2Jstl-
czlly ssalked the largest elephant l ever saw
or ever shall see HeaVezsl what a monster
be was and now tbs uoonhght gieamed
upon his oae spisnaia tIisk Tie other was
mizssng-as ae ssood among TIE msalies,
fentlY moving his enor NOUS ears 70 and fro,
and testing the wind with bis trunk While
wzs s1n InETveiing at his g!rsh, and Specular-
ilx upon tie weight OF that hage tusk, which
swore should Be ny tgzk before very long,
oet stepped second bull aud stood beside
hEm- He was not quito 50 tail, but be seemed
q rao 70 DC allncSt thicker set than the first.
and even in thai light l could SEQ that both
his tlisks we're perfect Another pause, and
ske tAirl emerged. He was shorter than
either OF the others but higher IN the shonI-
der than So 2, and when ! tell you that, "a
! Afterwards learned from actual measure
ment, the smallest OF these three mighty bulls
measured twelve feet one and a half inches
at the shoulder. il viii give you some idea OK
their sra The three formed into line and
stood still for p minute, the one tuSized bull
gsrtly czressing the elephant on the left with
his trlnN.
Then they began 10 feed, walking for
ward and slightly to the right as they
gathered great bunches OF the sweet mealies
and thrust than into their mouths All this
time they were more than hundred and
twenty yards away from me this knew be
cause had paced the distances from the tree
To various point9, much too far 70 allow OF
my attempting shot at them in that uncer-
tain light. They fed in a semiciFcle, grad
ually drawing round toward the hut, near
nv tree, in which the corn was stored and
the old woman slept
This weak on for between en- hour and an
hour aad a half, til what between excite
nnent and hope that rnal1eth the heart sick
got so weary tkas was actually contemplate
inf, descent from tho tree ana moonlighs
stalk. Such sn act in ground 50 open would
have been that OK a stark staring iuRatic, and
that / should even have been contemplating
il VIII show yen the condition OF my mind.
But everything comes TO him who knows
how - wait, and sometimes too to him who
doesn't, eni so at last those elephants, or
rather one Of them, came % rne. After they
had fed their lill. which was very large
one, the noble three stood once more in limo
some sevausy yards 20 tlle LEFT OF the hut and
in the edge Of the cultivated lands, or in all
perched. Then at last the one with
the single taslS made a peculiar rat
tFn, nose in his trunk, Just as though he
were blowing his nose, and without more ado
E began TO walk deliberately towards the hut
where ths old woman slept. I got my rife
( ready, and glanced up at the moon, only to
I discover that q aew complication was loom
I ing IN the immediate future. / have said
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wind brought rain clouds along its track.
+ Several light ones had already for a little
+ while lessened the light, though without OBJ
scuring II, and now two more were coming
rapidly up, both OF them very black and
dense. The first cloud was small and long,
and the one bahind big and broad remem-
Der noticing that the pair of them bore q
most conical resemblance to dray drawn
BY a very long raw boned horse. As luck
would have 1t, Just as the elephant got within
twenty-five yards or 40 Of me, the head of
the horse cloud Goatsd over the face Of the
moon, rendering il impossible for ma to FIRE.
Ia the faint twill zat which remained, how
ever, I cesla jast make ont thu gray mass Of
the great brute stin advancing towards the
hat Then tas light went ai.ogctksr, and
had 10 trust to nv ears / heard him
funbging with hs trunk, apparently at
the root Of tie hut Next came a sound
as OF straw being drawn out, and then
Tor listls while there was com
lssts silence The cloud began to pass l
could see shs outline II t5e elephant; he was
standing With his head right over the top Of
the hat. Bat I could not SEQ bis trunk, and
10 wonder, for it waz inside the huh Hs
had shrust it right through the roof, and at
tTaetsa. no doubt. by the smell Ct tae meales,
was grogsnC abouE with it lRs4ds lt was
Ero~inx ngss ao-. sRd got my rife ready.
whsa ssdSeafy tk3a wzs q most awful yell.
ard ] ssE the trunk reappssr. ard IN rs
mighty field tbs Old woman who had been
sleeping n she hrt Out she came throuyh
thefAa.o Ike perivinsie On the posut q q
pi1 stin wrapped gp in hcr blanket, and her
skiany leEs and arms stretched 80 tire four
poipts u re ooElpazs. ari. as she cid 50,
gave taat fzost alarming screech. 1 really
een's know wzo vas tte nrcsf frightened,
sac c. 7 e. the eisniisnt- A. any rate ths
last vns considerably startled; be rad been
fssi~r Sor r.aafes-the old woman ~es \
mere srri5ert end enc thst greatly discern
pcs~d rs nerves. Re gave sort - tr,fz1ros,
sna ehreT her aTsT from bin riZkt IN tlfs
cr5~n ~ iow fsimssa tree. where shs
stacx. szr5ealn1 Ike . metropolitan -
ziaa Tie ed bai. hfted bis tsH. ard
ssersnE b. ETess ears. prepared for g zhk
eat up my sShs bsEa, and. aiEni7g
hastily at ~ pciat - his shooider Fer be
-~ss hraa3siis en- fred Tee reporssrnng z
cs1t &c assrfsT r-asinS tsv-ssscs ectoe'
ia ts- eufss sEi,s I saw hfua g. down al =
k-r. as -herrh Le we're sfcrs dad Ihen.
etz-f ~es-ssr n vas taa kick ~ ire bsavY
rs s- tas rzs. -sl saass - shat isics fso}o.
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