Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-07-30
ELEPHANT STOPPED SHORT.
A Painting W0man's Part In a Very
Narrow Escape From One of
These Beayta.

From the New York Sun.
Speaking of elephants" said man who
had been listening to a story concerning
the intelligence of the huge, earth-shakins
beast, II have, for personal reasons, a
hgn opinion of such animals, because
when l was in India two years ago it was
my misfortune to be in the power of one of
these behemoths-and it considerably let
me CO."
How was that?" inquired friend.
"Well." continued the speaker. lit was
at Allahabad, in the northwest provinces.
that one evening l happened to be out
driving with lady On our way home it
and when we reached the madam. or wide
plain, which on the further. side his
bungaloW overlooked, we decided to let
the madam to the house on foot. There
were sundry bitches and numerous rut
holes which made driving in the dark
dangerous, SO We got out and began our
wask; aHow ,r thu csn,s, ., tho n.,,,.n ,,s,.
longing to the department of which Colo
mel Farley was chief stored their forage,
and on that evening one Of these animals.
having been either idle or misbehaving
was still at that late hour busy unloading
itself. and In bad temper, indeed. II
seemed to be.
when heard its shriil cry, protesting at
working overtime, and its trumpeting sig
nificant of revolt. My. companion also
laughed and said:
What a queer noise that elephant is
making
didn't laugh. For again heard the voice
of the angry beast, and, SO II appeared to
me, coming me- nearer and nearer: still
when suddenly 1 caught the strange and
dreadful rustling sound which an elephant,
when it Is moving fast, always makes. 1t
. ha hrI IN ing fha cpIrfn Of tkA
ground. Otherwise the advance Of the CO.
lossal brute Is noiseless.
Can you run?' now asked my COM
Yes, of course can,' she said 'Why?'
Iook.' ! continued. Do you see that
white object OYER 1herey 1t is
to go you must run there as fast as you
can and creep in under the woodwork as
far as You can possibly get. While I was
ing to catch sight of the approaching
beast. But, against the deep shadows Of
seen. Suddenly 1 heard the chink Of a
chain-quite close-on my right hand.
:" Run l said. and the next instant
positively to overshadoW me. the elephant.
For moment l saw the CLEAN of his
sawn tusk stumps, heard the great brute
mystery l could never solve-it swung
swiftly round and vanished as spectrally
as it had appeared"
Anu tHc dShSO a iSichcis Sos
licitouSly.
"Why, she had only got about fifty feet
away from where l was standing when she
dropped to the earth in 4 dead faint. When
she came to her senses 1 and Colonel Far
ley helped her into my carriage and, after
congratulating each other on our escape
We continued on our way home The next
morning We heard that one of the colonel's
elephants had killed its keeper the night
before just after dark"
The English .Five O'clock Tea.-
The ceremony Of five o'clock tea ia
very pleasant and good one, as 1t -four
ishes on its native soil; but 1t Is claimed
that in transplanting 1t to America it has
become something which could hardly be
recognized as belonging to the parent
stem.
In England, where the ceremony orig
mates for us, it is the simplest OF func-
ticns. and merely represents a social cup
with a lunch biscuit or the like as
stay between luncheon and the late din
ner, which in that country Is more often
served at 8 o'clock than earlier.
With us it takes the form of luncheon.
which is particularly out of place. as the
late dinner here in America is not usually
later than I p. m.
To be really fashionable, and have the
five O'Clock tea as 1t should be served.
there should be as little ceremony as pos
sible, and nothing TO eat with the tea ex-
cent crackers or biscuit.