The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-01-14
LAST of the photographs.

Last of the Photographs.
When Papa Elephants photograph
came home you may be sureit created
tremendous sensation throughout
the menagerie. The animals all crowd
|; ed round to look at it. and the noise
as they grunted, squeaked, squealed
and beloved their different opinions
was simply deafening.
'It,s his very tail" shrieked the par
rot. r
"And his trunk is lifelike; I could
not have drawn it better myself,
braved the donkey, who, as you know,
is very good at drawing things
though I think perhaps he is better
at drawing carts than elephants.
"And his dear little eyes" sighed
the sentimental loVe-bird. "How
sweet" ),
eFiddlesticks,' said the geshawk,
sit's no more like him than like me-"
And he stalked of muttering to him
self, Sweet little eyes, indeed! l
wonder the silly thing didn't say Dear
little feet, while she was about it. It's
sickening the way she fatters that
great BOBBY, and Izwonder what Mrs.
Elephant is about to allow it?"
But Papa Elephant was beaming; he
took no notice whatever Of the gos-
hawks remark. 81 think it's pretty
fair, he said modestly;; "and tomor-
row you shall take baby to be photo
graphed, too, my dear, he added, turn
ing to his wife, who looked quite a
size larger than usual with pride and
importance.
So the next morning they went. +
She viii make q lovely picture,
ma'am, real beauty; there's no doubt
about that, said the monkey. putting
Ills head on the side and surveying
little Miss Elephant with an admiring
smile.
Now, as Baby Elephant was very
short and very fat with very large ears
and very little eyes. and nasty sulky
temper, she was not by any means
! Beauty, but, Of course, her fond nam
ma thought her lovely, and quite
agreed with all the fatter1ng remarks
Of the cunning monkey. S,
.'Turn your toes out, my dear, and
let your ears fop a little more, she
said, smiling with gratifed material
vanity at the stumpy little object
DO as the gentleman tells you, ducky,
and look pleasant.
eshan't,n replied the animal child,
nearly shutting her little eyes, and
turning up her trunk, as she had no
nose. S !.
The monkey discreetly had a loud fit
OF coughing at once, while Mrs. Ele-
phant tried to coax her refractory on
spring into good behaviour, and after
several attempts she was induced to
I get into the proper position.
Playful little pet said the monkey,
smiling as afably as he could. 81
.'oh, yes, it's ali. her playful disnosi-
tion,' assented Mrs: Elephant, eager
iy. "She is such a giddy little thing. :.
like kitten, you know" Z
"oh, very like a kitten; very much
so indeed" agreed the donkey polite
" out loud. NASTY, ill-tempered little
brat" he muttered to himself.
But at last he managed to get Miss
Elephant in corner and hastily took
the photograph and ran of with 1t
into a dark cupboard 8. the end OF
the room, which smelleG like partic-
ulc1ly nasty chemists shop.
While he was gone Miss Elephant
would amuse herself by trying to look
through the camera, although her
mamma repeatedly told her to leave
T il alone and come and sit down like
a good child; and at last she got her,
head under the piece of black cloth,
as she had seen the monkey do, and
could not get<out again. In her strug-
eles she knocked the whole thing over
and fell on it, which broke it into little
pieces. -
And Just then the monkey ran bach
in a state of great excitement to say
he must take another photograph, as
he found he had forgotten to take the
CAP off the camera, and therefore there
was no portrait But, alas, the appara-
tus was smashed; no more pictures
could be taken, and Mrs. Elephant,
who had put her best bonnet on, in
| tending to have her own photograph
taken as well, as a surprise for Papa,
fairly cried with disappointment.
But am glad to say she gave little
Miss Elephant good whipping when
she got home, and sent her to bed
without any supper, which served her
rtght.-Chicago Record-Herald.
! Suggestion. .