New-York tribune., 1903-08-24
ELEPHANT AFTER NEGRO.
LATTER FLEES TO ROOF.
4uimaI Sticks IN Sirth-aCe. Do0r5Cay
Pulled Out.

There n1eandered along Sixth-ave. last night
an abbreviated circus consisting of sad look
ing elephant and his trunk, two wagons ana
nensive donkey. In front of No. 610 Sixth-ave.
stood a negro James something or other the
something or other not being revealed re-
splendent in a suit of red which was intenslheo
bv the dark background James was barking
the skill of the dentist who employed hlnl' ana
barking loud and long while he handed cards to
passers by.
Cavities flIed"' shouted James, displaying
one lust then the elephant reached a point
onnosite James The elephants ears snapped
forward as if released by a spring, and pleased
expression came his Countenance- Merrl-
ment twinkled in his eye. and his whiskers
t{emb1ed with emotion, while he agitated his tall
and tickled his lower lip with the end of his
trunk.
Again spoke James. stentor once upon a
time made din.
Cavities filled! Molars extracted without
nain"-("no. not payin'," to woman with two
children.
Then James caught sight of the elephant and
a grin of delight spread over his ebony visage.
yah. YAH YAH" he roared. swaying in his
nerriment, "dere shuah am cavity dat needs
film" and he pointed to the elephants open
mouth.
R-r-r-r-rumph! With a whsk of tail and
tvinkling of eyes the elephant charged, not
minding the prods of the ankuses.
He was a rogue of an elephant. Was ne
musth? Not a bit He had been depressed,
sodden with inactivity, pining for bit Of color
in his slate colored life. The red suit filled the
void. So trumpeting in rollicking humor. he
lunged his huge bulk at James, making the
wind whistle with the strokes of his trunk
The laugh died on James's lips. The cavity
closed He stood transfxed "a thick red line.
He dropped his cards, and just as the elephants
trunk touched gave yell of DE debblis a1ter
mer' and plunged for the door Of the hall be-
hind him. James is not an Adonis IN hsure.
and the circumference Of his waistline does not
denote agility. But his bulk stood him in good
stead Yesterday The door stuck. Try as he
might he could not bulge it. He looked up.
There was the elephant towering above him,
trumpeting and with yawning cavity waiting
to be filed
with an impact that sent the door flying
James burst through, fell on all fours on the
floor, and, not stopping to resume the normal
position went up the stairs a quadruped
would
The elephant went in after him, but the door
was too narrow for his huge shoulders. and
there several tons of ponderous pachyderm
stuck Forward he could not go, back he could
not back and he trumpeted his displeasure.
though there was q nOle OI run III II.
The circus men took hold Of his tail and
pulled. The tail stood the strain we'll, but the
strength of the circus men unequal to the
task They were in a quandary until the DON
key left incoming by himself voiced his loneliness
in a bray. That bray was his undong.
Forthwith the circus men rugged rope,
fastening it securely to the elephants tail They
put harness on the donkey and attached the
rope to a whiffletree. Then they said Get up"
to the donkey and pulled on the rope. The
elephants tail creaked and stretched, but his
hindquarters moved. The crowd of hundreds
that had gathered shouted couragement, and
the circus men encouraged the mule as circus
men are wont to encourage mules.
"AH together, nowr they sang out and with a
mighty heave and tug by mule and men the
elephant was pulled out. and stood once more
free The crowd cheered.
over the coping, six stories up, black head
appeared. Cautiously it was extended, ana
shoulders clad in red followed.
Cavities 1ledr' yelled man in the crowd.
James was mute. 1t was not until the ele-
plant trudging along with self-satisfied air
and wagging his head an old joker does in
reviewing his successes, had vanished from sight
that James came down from his eyrie.
He only handed out cards.