Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-01-04
AN ANGRY ELEPHANT.
4 STORY ToLp. ~ JAMES iNoLls IN
TENT tife IN TIGER LAND"

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e4 TENT Lie In Tiger fail !. ~ the Hon.
james lngsis, u tbs BET bok 81 hunting
I adventure we have seen. tc many : lona
day. Imagine Allan Quatermain n real
life, and you have VI; I lnglis His
stories Of what he and hi1 friends actn.
@aliysdid In the jungles, ossai Indian iron:
Il Tier, district Qutdo Ia graphic power and
exciting adventu1ps nytllng that NJ.
glis y ! tfihs prolix, but HI. pages Will
= with eager interest. hyschiidrenflof &
i simpeied on tho horns Of buffalo bun
and carried about for days until. the rot
ting flesh dropped 4naggot eaten from
4 the bulls horns Is ono 81 fbe most grew.
sgOme horrors over printed u the English
81 Here Is 4 sample OF ono IL. Mr.. Inglis'
! stories describing the escape 81 one Of the
authors friends from tbs attack Of =
must elephant: = z y -. s.'1t
Run, run, sahibs-the tusket has
gone must, or mad. He haa broken
Ioose. ~ A. ,L43ssfet = J.
4 We all started to our feet George
had Just gons down to the bank Of the
Itver TO where tho cooking was going on,
which lay nearer the mxd elephants
picket. By this time tho terror stricken
servants were flying In all directions
The huge brnte. with infinite cunning,
had all alpng been making mighty efforts
70 wrench up tho stake TO which he WA
bound. This 1t last he succeeded il
doing. With the arst desperate bound.
or iurch forward. the, heavy ankle
chains, frayed sud worn In one Link, had
snapped nsunder; and with tho huge
stake trailing behihd him no charged
down on the camp with slirill trum oct.
ing scream of maddensd excitement
and savage fury The men with the
spears waited not for the onset.
=, TUE DESTROYER At work.
One poor fellow. banding asee his pot
| Of rice trying Is blow the smo,dering
eMbers 0f !SN fire into fame, was seized
By ths long flexible trunk CT the tnfuri-
/, a3ed brute, and had but time to utter the
terrible death scream which had startled
us ere his head was smashed like an egg
shell on tho powerful kneesof the mad
dened monster. He next made q rush
at the horses, that, excited and fright.
ened by the clAmor around, them, were
strainlng at :ths;rsropes, aud buried his
long blunt tusksin the 4uivering tanks
! Of one poor CabooIee horse that had
struggled In vain to get free: =
All this was the work OF, q moment.
! Poor George, who was bending over some
stewpan, wherein. was simmering some
delicacy Of his own connection, was not
aware 81 the suddenly altered aspect Of
affairs till the huge towering bulk Of tho
elephant was almost over him. Another
instant, and he would have! shared the
fate OF the hapless mahout had he not,
! with admirable presence of mind, deliv-
cred the Kissing hot stew, with quick
dexterity and precision, fullsin the gap
| ing mouth Of the furious brute. His
next sensation, however, was that Of Hy-
ing through the air, as the brute with
one swing OF its mighty trunk, propelled
him on his aerial flight, and he Tell souse
in tho middle of the stream, with the
saucepan still tightly clutcted in his
hand. -. e /, ;. ,&r!.. x.
T.: Over the liver We could see the infer.
| nal brute who had thus scattered us In q
perfect frenzy Of rage, kneettng ON the
anapeless heap Of cloth, furniture, poles
yaas fnrv into ~ hsnc in any,, can.
va. Is the abandonment 81 mad. nncon.
I trollable rage. /. We had ittle doubt but
s s beneath The rvsieht ~ ~
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Evsrrth;no .howef 40 ciear 10 ~ T. IA
ben dav. We ssw tia rienhant TOSSING
fhe atron. canyss ca,,onv ahos,t "a a do
would worry = door'mat : Thrust aftee
thurst was NADIA ~ tho tnsEs into The
folds Of cloth. RAISING Ills h,,ne I'm tr,,nt
/ the brute would scream ia the frenzy Of
his wrath and at last: after what seemed
~ aye 10 us, but which in reality was
but a few, minutes. he gtsrrered to his
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