The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-18
les. you wan, your toes rod on you'd better get back

entitled Many Inventions"
les. you wan, your lrod on you'd better get back
FOR the tunocss ar. walkln' two by two
The builock- whlkin' two by tw@
An the elephants brig iho guns
yiess4ssjoy % aud '"
Zach ne big launch In tow ,..-,,
Hind dumb broad. breechod beggnrs o. batterln
R'"" Htr,o.L.roon Baiiud.
Touching the truth Of this tale there need DO
no doubt at ALL for II was told to me by Null
vaney at the back OF the elephant lines ono
warm evening when We were taking tho dogs
out for exercise Tho twelve Government ele-
plants rocked at their pickcts outside tho big
mud. walled stables tone arch. as wide as n
bridge arch. to each restless BEAST. and tho
mnhouts were preparing tho evening meal.
Now and again some impatient yuungstcr
would smell tho cooking ilOuf cakes and
sque;il: and tho naked little children OF
tho elephant lines would strut down tho
row shouting and commanding silence. or,
reaching up would slap ut tho eager trunks.
Thon the elephants feigned to be deeply inter
ested in pouring dust upon their heads. bur.
so soon as the children PASSED. the rocking.
hdgptinG md muttcrinE broke out again.
The sunset was dying. and the elephants
one sheet Of rose red low down in tho dusty
gray SKI. II was at tho beginning OF tho hot
weather. Just nftcr the troops had changed
into their white clothes, so Mn,vaney anil
Ortheris look ed like ghosts walking through
the dusk. Lcnroyd had gone of to another
hnrrnck to buy sulphur ointment Tor his last
DOG 1nnSr n"sn'I,"n :" mi nSu at the
hack 81 the furnace where they crcmate the
anthrax eases. mn . ~,
said urtheris. turning my terrier over ON hcr
fat white back with his foot loure no emu
no notice . mo t'"thrr day cause she was goin'
'ome nll alone in e dnrE; .2n art, rh Seltin on
tho box scat like "A hloomin little tart, you Wns,
'uttscs 'oller., Sick en-, Ni;y. loo =; !"
Elcphapts oathe IilG doSJ Vixen n"td Cd
the elephants We're kicking and sluealing and
cluckinS together, ,.,.,..,,,,. .,,,.
-call OF. your she dog She is frightening our
.'"iiummy i.eggars" said or,herIs media
An they are too. Not SO bIoopin runimy
wien you come to think of it. neither"
could DO f It asnn IL ske ted and ssaSshoI
herself between Qrthsris's knees. smiling n
inrge ;smi!e u. his lawful dogs who dared not
seed the battery this morn nir2d said said
phant battery: othsrwlso no wonli have faiI
simply gums" Three elephants hnrnessed
g" to zach a thea w1 %
position trundling along in the wake Of their
Gigantic team have yet something to behold.
haS bsen eat sent 3 the
lines in disgrace, and was at that hour .ssQueal;
" he ns'ns p % Of '' t" ~ bad
tomper. His mahout, standing clear OF the
fail:likc blows. was trying to s2othe him.
h said f' Sor tnat po int
be murder in the lines soon, and then. peraps.
shoot i'm, same when one o they native
kings elephants mused last June ,,ope g will"
:'os ess' Pan
'Es ns. T the ee tut an By
natus' no hates haulin. ASK the nahout.
hailed the old white bearded mahout. who
was lnvishing pet words on his sulky red-eyed
"He is not musth" the man replied indlg.
A. elerhant annX ora mule that he should
HG a. rae ns strength is I in his GsSd
that they rokod thee this morning! Only q
low-cnsto elephant VIII pu.l ~ gun. and
and the lie Of a man to break him to burden
They Of the artillery put him In the gun TENN
lame. No wonder that he was, and is. wrath"
"ltumny Most unusual rum" said Orthe-
Els. ",Gawdi, e is in temper though! s'pose
Mulvaney began to speak, but checked him
SELF. and asked the mahout what would hap
simply. In his nov state peradventure he
mi Fnf hs XII raS you n, ssl o. He rD" would at aTs
kill mo. except he were musth. Then,
would he ky me before any .; on 81, in tn" w9tld;
the elephant folk: and tho custom OF US ma
h"ut peon:e matches it Tor foolishnets We
elephant k liz, us; Other castles trust women.
hut We the eicphn nj folk. have seen men
deal with enrnged ernhnnts van ana xxi nut
totsI Of .the tnnins,, They are enough bold
VI" itrans!s,sd. The" Then said Terence: Ask the
hen hen II he liver saw man tame IN ele-
Once" said tho nahout, Il saw n man
assride OF sucha boast IN the town Of Cawnpore:
s ses eGa or deVis Or A' S no was pos
SIS vt like, think you, he'd be dom it sober2'
said Muivancy after Interpretation and the
"There's only orc man, top Of earth that
fool to do IT, said ortheris. when was that.
MS@I " fSe nsyrur scs. in cawnporo: an.
youth. But IT. came about ns ,naturi
ss wa, thing Ssd t2 nna me- tbe
light botuno us was tho most nqturil av all"
That's inst wot it would h hson b tnaro t fad
Ssnl fai You done one so queer trick with On
elephant that know q: why didn't you never
tell Ms tho other one?'
j,cEaso. onless you had heard the naygul
here say what he had said spontaneous, yor;a
ha' called me n liar, Stanley. my son. an II
would la been my juty an my delight to give
You the father an mother Az beitlh' There's mere,
thinking you know oil there is in the world an
little more. Ills fault that has made away
wild few orf'cers I've served undher, not tG
spake .ay ivry man but two that
liver thrled to make into privit"
"Ho!" said Orthcris. with ruillod Dlumes,
IAN 90 was your two bloomln' little Sir Gar
Wan was mesli." said Mnlvanoy. with n
grin that darkness could not hide: "an'-seein'
that he's not here, there's no harm spaakin' NV
him-tother was Jock"
locks no more than 4 'ayrick in troasles.
- bS,ayos like one nr an o cant it one ut n
~ die under one for not bein' abls 70 say wot
jumpDr. up from the piled fodder only to be
swent On, his, legs. Vixen leqped upon
his stomach and tho other dogs followed and
sat down there.
Iknow what Jock is like" said. II want
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