The Monte Vista journal., 1908-12-12

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the Elephants Into q Stampede by
Playing "a Hot Time" on q Mouth
Organ.
the hippo. and saving his life, and
right there in the mud. while the
hippos were eating their breakfast of
cheap negroes. that husband told Pa
he felt SO under obligation to him that
he could have his GO wives and vel.
come. and he would go out in the
jungle and corral another family.
Pa said he was much obliged but
he must decline. as in his own coun.
try no man was allowed to have more
than 10 or 90 wives But the terrible
scandal Pa had brought upon the ex.
petition was settled out of court, and
Pa was reinstated in good standing
In our expedition.
1t takes hippo quite q while to 20
to sleep after eating a negro. as you
can imagine they are so indigestible.
and 1t was annoying to stand around
In the mud and wait, but We finally
got two specimens of the hippo into
the cages. and we killed two more
for food for the negroes. who like the
flavor OF hippo meat. after the hippos
have been fattened on negroes.
On the way back to camp We sight.
ed herd OF elephants, and Pa said
he would go out and surround a
couple Of them and drive them into
camp. Mr.. Hagenbach tried to rea.
son with Pa against the suicidal act.
In going alone into herd OF wild
elephants. but Pa said since his ex.
perience with old Bolivar. the circus
elephant. he felt that he had n mys.
FERROUS power over elephants that was
marvellous. and so poor Pa went out
alone. promising to bring some ele.
plants into camp.
. Well. he made good all right. We
went on to camp and got our hippos
put TO bed. and fed the lions and
tigers. and were Just sitting down to
our evening meal. when there was q
roaring sound of where Pa had sur.
rounded the elephants. the air was
full Of dust. and the ground trembled.
and We could see the whole herd OF
about 40 wild elephants charging on
our camp. believing and making .
regular bcdlam.
When the herd got pretty near us,
We all climbed trees. except the ne.
gro husband and his wives. and they
took TO tho Jungle.
Say. those animals did not do .
thing to our camp. They rushed over
the tents. laid down and rolled over
our supper which was spread out on
the ground. tipped over the cages
containing the animals We had cap
turcd. found the gasoline barrel and
filled their trunks with gasoline and
squirted II all over the plsce. and
rolled the gasoline on the DIRE. and
away the elephants went With saso-
line hrc pouring out OF their trunks.
into the woods. believing. an6 whom
the dust and smoke cleared away. and
We climbed down out OF the tress and
rtghted up tho cages. here came p
astsida . zebra. playing on Q mouth
organ. "There'N be hot time In the
Oh town tonight" which had fright.
sned the elephants into stampede.
Mr.. Hagsnbash stopped Pas ssbra.
and PM said: "Didn't you catch any
Of them? 7 stsercd EN- right to
camp. and thought you fellows wonid
heed EN- 81, and catch y few"
never saw Mr.. HaEeubach mad
before. He looked At Pa % though
he could eak him alive. and said:
"wsll. old man. you have raised the
duscs On your watch. sure enough"
And then Pa complained because ssp.
per was not ready. Gee. but p 10
getting moro gail Ill the Tina
(Copyrssht. M. ~ ". q. Cha8mAA.l
(Gootslght- u Great 0gttal0.)