The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-07
RIDE OF A BOY IN INDIA.
~ ADVENTURE AFTER MEETING TWO
INDIAN JUGGLEKS.
Merely u Dream His Mother said. but mt
Any Rate lie Described the Escape of
the Mad Elephant and the Peril Of His
Father and His Uncle While Hunting,

yus, I, was Just about sunrise. the coolest,
niccs, time u day in India. and his mother vas
mn, We, W md the servants were busy elsewhere,
=, there was nobody to prevent him from wander
ing 10 the boundary Of the tea plantation. There
he Inserted pl n sudden. a quite unexpected and
amazing sight
Two brown men, one quite old and the other
quite young, were in the shadow OF the trccs
They were stripped to the waist, and The I'D
man wore a cummcrbund and sandals. while
the young. why mans legs and feet were bare.
Inr old man wGS evidently instrucIing the
younger and supervising n lesson far more in.
vcrestIng to Freddie than the worrying in,ricaccs
% the reading book and multiplication table.
Tlish. fash l~lickcty, flick Up in the air. glanc-
ing IN the mornings slHnting sunbcams, quiv-
c,-l "a ur1!iCipus numlcr . knives They must
sometime, have touched The i~ugclcr'S hHnis,
INT 80 dctly did tho y0uug nan finger them
ul,ai The Knives dgr,cd about his head ,nd body
like a swarm n Erca, dragon flies. grazing his
err, SlafiI: above his tufbGa, swoopilc - lis
Knees. h., never by any acc. lent touching the
ground until, with n swift clHttrr aud a clash.
they all came together in the ~iuggler's grasp,
aud hcl them down.
Sow, the little boys eyes and mouth We're son
very wide ppen iniccl |, AMI when the feat was
over his Unconscious legs had borne him, step
by step, right up - tie i~ncrlcrs whore his vi
hair and pale face and pretty suit # snow white
duck contrastcd strangely with their duSky skins
and bright black eyes AMI cloths % glowing
c'lors He was immensely interested. and rather
fwcd. but by no means AFRAID. for he had been
bonn in India. AL was accustomed to coumulc
IN aiorlly manner with oil so-'s o. n0 ives Even
travelling ~iugglcrs were Mt unkn pwn 10 him.
ulnp ,ha Gurarsly r,.p r.I l.ls.
I, the little sahib. the boy acknowledged th,ir
salute md said, with the simple directnrss Of one
used to being oheycd
"DoitagniG'
The older man turned IN thc hovatorcc with an air
t having expected him. and smiled end selaamc,
very low in quite a gratifcd way. They ohcycd
him az once, and the young native began To per.
form even more amusing TICKS. I, was almost
Terrifying, but the curious and rather uHnrryine
thing was that the old jugglrr rover seemed Ia
take his eyes Of the boy. The old mpn gave
him n mat TO at on. and smiled into his fscc with
grea, deep piercing eyes, and told him to he good
and h. would sec what be- would SEQ. The old
man then took n mango stone f-om q basket,
and carefully planted it, Then ne covered the spot
for an instant with the boskct. ard cried out some
thing, ant removed tho basket and thcrr was
the young plant already srrourng from the ea7th.
Freddie gHspcd, and The plant grew and grew
rSat before his eyes. IL grew and il grew and il
grew, until in a very short tine il waS n tree.
Then it sprcal and it spread. and hal many
branches and leaves, and at INST litt,c manages
began TO appear, and they grew an iprucd in a
marvellous wsy, until the iakir pIrckcd T. bg
juicy one and gay" it 10 &c boy who ar /; AM
found il delicious. Then the iugg,cr waved his
hands and the trcc was gore
Goodness me- cried Freddie. 4 don't see
low that was done
Tho Old iugglcr smiled again and took a coil
Of ropc from n" w,p!af'll BASKET It wa,a very
ordinary rope, lIst, IN fact, a wosh line. But
the 'akir threw one end Of The col, T.. up. and the
marveNing boy saw that the rup. spun slowly
out, up and up toward the sky, quite straight
as II som 'oI'c we're hauling at Ire upper end. Ii
went up AMI up LEul the end vanished altogether
Gracious gooiy'' cried Freddie Il don't
sec how tia, was dome"
The old man capped his hands and the Young
man lc0pei at the ropc at orcc, and seized il and
began to climb W, hand owe; hGnd ut q t-cmrn.
dous rate, and he went up md up AMI up until
he also was ont Of Si-ht
"Incvcr never did cried Freddie. who vas now
limp with nma1emcnt where did he go TOP
"Whc'ercr h" wished to ro," the iugglci said.
Does the snhib wish to go anyvhcrco'
Yes" cried Freddie with a sudden laurv
thought Where my papa and uncle are h,ln,inr
In a moment the IuRrlcr placed he rore in his
think Freddie climbed.
Just how and when il happened that he l,i
g Of the rope lc could hot tell, but without nny
tfo,lblc to hlrlScli Ic suddenly found that 'kc rome
had DISAPPEARED, and he ives staining in q grra'
compound beside = riYr- BY the river Ear'.s
NfTf great st1fkS oil ilmlr~ and ~ Cfps III nvrnp
Of elephants, each IN charge Of n uahuut who.
Ic!ched on the b'ric's ncck, was picking up huge
logs and carrying diem. according To iIcir lrrgTh
hIu ulicAheSN, too.hc' ''aCHs, where +" CitJ raute
pied them with almost hurEn inicll igcnce and
eNnc'ncS,, Freddie iCm'Hlc-rd his govern
ilent, dochya'l, ct he had boon iakcn 10 watch
the elephants once beforc by his fsihrr lie was
greatly interested and wandered ahol, freely
~ c~hfttc'sl To the mhhorts and others. but il
I'D not answer, indeed, hey did MOI seem 'n see
Nc little boy .; oil rrddic id no, mind IbsI
there was so much - watch.
Was ne came To CORE, ~ l!c yard vlerc a
t'E elephant va standing oil by dintelf, sHGyiug
i'pm siCc, 10 side, rha.acl hv one leg Freddie
recognized h!r b. his 'tlr as one hat he had
before Naturally, The boy wished 10 enjoy a
re again. There was no attendant near 10 help
ma UP, ,bu,, somehow he found that HE Swar hy.
W'bancd old jugglcr was looking into bis ewes
again, Gnd the ncNl instant he was 'riumphnntlv
seated atop Of the elephant he was trem,i
lousy pleased nj first, but all Of a moment the
49, 'f HHf AhiNh aANNNA ~ ANNlNI fNffN ' Nh' u ~ VIZ -
roar NJ ,hc Same time he gave his leg a mighty
,erk, and The iron chair burst. ana he elephant
Wa ircc lie rpd-cd a-Hin ard ;r.Scd his trunk
hugh, aud then charged straight through Inc
compound The BLACK mon and tlc white men
scattered ~ Ill directions, yelling IN irqr.
Kun. r. II! Look ont Look out The
Ralnhs lnosr! Hos mad, Run for your li''
Ihry oil ran So quiCliy that n Glen path was
let Tor the mad elephant. who dashed straiy!t
tlr4ugh N" yr71, shattered he great gates rs
II they wcr' p'ane' boxes AMI. 'rumrctirg Iu.
rIptisly, gH,'uprl wildly into the fa--snrcaiiup
open country. ESsilv aLi iucpnrtchcnSihly
as Freddie had got up hn fuuud n" could not nov
CT dowa, aTd he was d-cadfu!iy af.aid. hut hr
seemed iHstrr"l b. the huge beasts uc~h Just
10 lump 81 hut ne could not; he just stuck ard
stuck ana stucA. Hr bad had no idea h'fcrr
Iltt elephants could run So fast. Tho R"I'h
ran Ike n rGCchprsc, Tho trees md hpuAcs
HithcI past. They came - n native village
sl1 Me- Inhabitants -iHlh"rs and mo'hr-s grah-
hing babic, aul bowling with fear dashed and
d%itI an r'inbc! aud cEFlcd to all imaginable
hiding p.ac".
tnsh, ,m>h' though thc Lrrnchcq ~ t-r~s;
sp'lSh splash through a muddy riv"f; sWi.h'
s"a,h through meadows # high. thick graS>,
IN Wnlch n y" bgid,ps were entirely hidden from
s!EGt Though wood Aul riyr- and grass Fred
uN' h'll IN ~ a most mHryellouH manner Vt
~ tn"N came u q spot ,pmcwhHt familiar to thc
Hlt' boy, u 'trp al iungl, with n hrlt 81 OprE,
i2,ihE g~raSVG9d front Through an opening
II lh' IlnSi', F-c'di" 80 v the dark green brushes
ot n plantation, and beyond that the roof eHd
upP'i Nrtanl- OF a high bungalow. F1cGdi"
i'' Snl1"l NJ own hnm'. n" had no tim" to
LOOK twice. however. Tor suddenly right bcfo-"
tln elephant, directly in his path. there stcprct
out ttom the Jungle two big men with guns. and
Freddie saw that they wrrr his father and unclc.
an ' tha HTgt st-., A. - -n - III