The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-16

of holding two persons. The back seat
was little higher than the front one.
DR., B. and Lieut. T. occupied the former,
and Capt. 5. and myself the latter. The
smaller elephant had, as already stated,
no hOwdah. She was very docile and the
officers mounted and dismounted at pleas
ure.
HOUr elephant now began to act strange
~ BE would suddenly turn and charge
the other party, when they were on foot.
When our elephant charged, all hands
would make break for the woods. They
were all soon distanced by Lieut.. F. He
seemed to have the famous "seven-league
boots aboard. / am morally certain
should he ever approximate in this coun-
try the time he made there, he would
break all records. About this time
Lieut.. T. thought the other elephant
good enough for him, and getting care
fully out of the howdah, during one of the
quiet spells of the animal crawled along
its back, dropped overheard and lost no
time in joining the other party
Our elephant now began working his
ears in very remarkable way, Tapping
them back and forward so as to create
almost a gale of wind. All at once up
went his trunk in the air, and he began
trumpeting in the most awful and terri
flying manner. He then began to run.
Never snail forget the sensation he gave
We almost Immediately lost sight of the
other party. He now commenced his
work of destruction-smas the native
huts, tearing down fences, pulling down
good sized trees, and creating devastation
wherever he went
A CHERRY was coming along the road
drawn by two horses When the driver
caught sight of our elephant and heard
him trumpet he leaped from his seat and
bOlted for the woods. The frightened
animals attempted TO follow him. The
cherry was quickly upset and smashed
into pieces. The occupants two native
ladies', were thrown violently against
the trees, and were, I fear seriously in
jured.
Circumstances beyond our control pre-
vented US from going to the assistance of
the ladies. During this time the mahout,
owing TO our indiSCreet hospitality. was
| in blissful state of inebriety and CON
| ccntratng all his energy to holding on,
| leaving the elephant to pursue his way
| according to his own sweet will.
The animal now appeared to have some
objective point lie stunned all hamlets
and made for the jungle. Darkness soon
set in, and we were getting further and
further into the jungle.
Our great fear now was of the deadly
| cObras. We believed the elephant capable
of taking care Of all four-fOoted beasts
that we might come across. We began
to hear awful noises, roaring, growing,
and sounds as Of children crying This
| last we knew to be made by iacl1als
| Utter darkness now came upon US. We
! knew we were being followed by troops
| OF animals We could hear their cries
/ and growls very distinctly On they
came, nearer and nearer, until we could
actually feel their presence. l remem-
bered having, as a boy, read thrilling
tales OF sleighlng parties being pursued
! Dy packs OF hoWiIng wolves ana of their
resCrting to the expedient Of throwing
! over some article of food which usually
called for a short stay CT proceedings
Capt. ;. was very thin man; I
! couldn't possibly be spared and Lieut.. T.
| having escaped, there was nothing we
could throw overheard but the doctor
! l suggested that he sacrifice himself for
! the general good, He refused with a
| good deal of feeling and some pungent
| language. I said OF course if that was
! the way he felt about it we would drop
/ the subject instead of him. We were now
| in really great CANCER First, by being
! swept of the elephants back by the
! branches of trees, and, secondly, by
/ being attacked by the gang following us
! and the terrible cobras. The elephants
| pace had been slackening for some time.
| We knew he could not, like the brook,
! go on forever" just then a stiff,
| strong branch OF tree struck the doc
tor, and would undoubtedly have
crushed him or swept him OF, but the ell
ephant at that moment turned on his
| pursuers and scattered death and de-
strucUion among them. So the doctor
was saved.
l told aim it was Judgment on him
TOR not sacrificing himself as requested.
He seemed to be displeased a my remark
The dead and dying were at once eaten
| by their friends and relatives 10 prevent
them from falling into the hands of
strangers.
We had been in darkness for many
! hours, but we could tell we were getting
out OF the Wilderness At last the
! moon shone out, and we found we had re-
! turned to the open country We could
/ now plainly see the friends accompanying
! US. There appeared to be a curious mix
| ture. The greater part Of them were evil
IDENTIFY jackals. What constituted the re
maina5r the reader can fill Ia with lions,
tzers, hippopotami &c, 10 his taste. After
gong along for another hour we came to
fields that were divided from each iother,
after the fashion Of the country, by low
brick walls about a foot wide
must admit when the elephant began
to walk these walls, with level land on
one side and sometimes almost a preci-
pice on the other, began to feel queer,
anu W tllIGtA " ~ LAOli4ts QlQll \ care on
my own account, but feared the captain
and doctor might get hurt ! had invited
them, and should evil befall them / felt
l would be accessory both before and af-
ter the fact.
We now came to a large expanse Of wa
ter 1t was 50 wide we couldn't see the
other shore. All the animals save the
laclals had deserted us. They deserted
us when they saw the elephant take to
the water.
We had no idea what was to be the out
come of this last adventure. But we had
shipped for the cruise, and determined to
sink or swim with the elephant Fortu-
nately the water proved to be only five or
six feet deep, and we ultimately arrived
safely on the other side
Fancy our surprise on finding our
friends, the jackals, there waiting for US
/ looked them over and found them "au
present or accounted for" They never
again left us until we struck a small VII
lage. The parting was painful. We could
hear the poor things crying until they
were out of sight. We did not weep. The
mahout had now slept of his stupor ia
ken his bearings, and, to our great low.
appeared TO know where we were al"
The elephant was worn out and as quiet
as lamb. At 4 o'clock in the morning
we arrived at our destination, having
been on the elephant fourteen hours.
AS we aDDrOaChed the hO1ep we saw tho