Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-04

usual time they make great fuss, and
won't keep quiet until he arrives"
While the trainer was speaking the big
brutes were jostling each other to reach
Evan and tap him with their trunks. He
stood between their legs. leaning against
them and the elephants never moved a.
limb without looking and feeling to make
sure that they would not step on him.
1t wasn't possible to see a bit of him
when he got well behind one of the huge
legs. but he was the master of the ele-
plants for all that-Kiplingss Toomaii in
real life. - - . 30
Mr.. Healey brought out grindstone and
Evan stood before the elephants and COM
manded Basil to take. hold Again Basil
groaned with unwillingness.5 Evidently her
idea of play was not to do tricks. But
Master Evan permitted no malignering.
Take hold, Basil, right away" he said
and Basil, with one last plaintive groan
and an extraordinarily mournful express
sion. reached over and began to turn the
handle. THAT won't do said Evan
firmly. Take hold like this" He stopped
under the trunk, pulled it to the grind
stone and pressed the end of it firmly
against the handle Now turn it," he said.
and Basil sadly turned 1t, without taking
an eye from the lad.
Now. Babe" he ordered, and Babe IN
willingly did the same. But Basil had not
obtained his usual reward, and she trum-
peted and thrashed her mighty feet around
making noise that scared the strangers
into jumping. Close beside Evan the huge
feet went up and down, but Evan never
turned. He finished with Babe, and not
untll then did he give the indignant Basil
her piece of sugar
The grindstone,' said Mr.. Healey, rs
peing used now by Evan to teach the els-
phants to turn barrel organ. 1t would be
little too expensive to begin with the real
th1ng. They've smashed this arrangement
several times. They don't like TO learn any
too well, but they always come around to
1t. Evan doesn't let them off from a single
lesson, and no matter how much thew ma v
n IN he and
Kipling's Hero in Real Life.
He has taught them to lie down and play
dead, to throw up their trunks and trumpet
the royal salute" just as Toomaii did,
anc to pick out the American flag and
wave It, Their musical education has been
finished so far that they are ready to play
the real thing
Evan walks around Glen Island every day
with the big elephants following him plac-
Idly and watching his every motion He
taxes them out to pasture and to water
and drives them home again as other boys
OF his age and size would drive goats In
| the four and one-half years that he has
spent on Glen Island he has not missed
visiting his two playmates single day ex-
cept when he was ill., and then the two
| elephants nearly became ill., too.
he is allowed to go wherever he pleases
on the island, with no one to watch him.
| he wanders In and out of the menagerie
| all day long, but his father says that he
| knows too much to get within reach OF the
cat animals and the bears, although he is
In and out of the tiger lion and panther
| houses all day long and his way lies right
| alongside of the cages that contain the
| grizzly, cinnamon and polar bears He
| has never been hurt by an animal
| He gets his love for animals legitimately
| for his father has made many trips to Asia
and Africa to get wild animals for Amer.
| lean shows, besides having been collector
Of snakes and big reptiles in Cuba and
| south America. He has been an unusually
successful animal trainer alniosr all his life
and Evan has made up his mind that he
! will become one, too