Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-12-18
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4iost ffraei0Hs Rogue Elephant
lu captivity
Admission Zoe.

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As he looked sadly out. he could
soc the Ions irregular street Of tiusel
and paper and naiut and the crowds
that surscd and played IN the glare
~ Inc myrud electric lights lie
could see tho laughing faces Of pretty
women the gray uniforms Of the chair
boys the ploddlng eamels as they
passed on Aoiscless feet across HIS
range Of vision aud, giving the crowd
color brilliant and strange gath.
cred there from every corner Of the
globe Chinese girls. dark skinned
Arabs Hindoos Fakirs. Russian OIL
GERS. dainty French flower girls. swar.
thy Turks and Malay sailors. And
above the din OF tin trumpets. shut
Ming feet and munlad screams he could
hear the voice OF The Little Brown
Man a. he shrieked to the crowds OF
! the ferociiies of "kooli the Terror
Of Mysterious Asia And every now
aud again The Little Brown Man
would come and prod the sensitive
trunk end and beat the sore toe nails
I'LL Kooli trumpeted In agony and
sought refuge ia the dark corner
while those who came looked on IN
wonder or awe on dsgust-as intelli-
genee dictated
Months ago ages ago II seemed
kooli had come They had toiled to
getheI he pushing the beams into
place while The Little Brown Man
cursed shrlliy aud iabbed him In ten
der places with the goad And when
The evening came The Little Brown
Man THREW him an armful OF mouldT 4
hay over the price OF which he had /
haggled FOR hours, Thus Il was that /
Kooli helped 70 build the prison In I
which he was TO suffer
ne bore Il all with dun patience
and. az the crowds came night after
night. and the goad pricked sharp.
grew thinner. gaunter aud more awful
90 look upon Il hardly required the
aftful shading about the eyes which
The Little Rrown Man produced with
white lead TO make him look the half.
crazed rogue whose part he played.
Sometimes IN the lonely hours OF the
night. when the moon shope In at the
barr OF his hopeless tomb. IL showed
the solitary figure OF koou restiessly
swaylng from side TO side but II
could not show the pain that. starting
al The bruised truuktip, would rise
SLOWLY up TN the great gray head
seemed filli OF burning Goals that
flashed and iilckered and glowcd tan 1
they hared up and burst amid ex !
suisite aeuny Then. SLOWLY. would
rome procession Of palms. broad
rivers. Eassy plains prlmevai for
asts And always there was a huge &
nnll elephant superb OF tusk immense
lf MUSCLE who moved through the
.istas of green "a lord fierce, lonely. {
And the bun would
.sach lor tufts of the succulent green u
hove him and az the touch Of his s
sunk the palms would wither aud dry e
md fail "a his feet~-a bunch OF mouldy q
lay kOali knew that the bull was 4
\ooi whose throat was pafched aud p
urainE aud who longed FOR Just one
ittlc little bite of tina, fresh. elusive
reen Knew that It VAS koon. yet
vas not kooli and would ponder upon b
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hings fill all sent oHt in flashes and 81
ufsis ~ flaaie again. And III recent
tights The great lone huh under she 81
aims seemsd seeking something.
shen kooils brain grew hot ana the "
iciures came, h. could see that. The n,
an would tramp through the forests &,
eerius into the gloom and lsshing
lmselt into Wild fury ard always /,
nvre Was something missing in The
icta9a p,
Tonleht they streaned la 10 see >,
.eot The Little Blown Maa Vas IA "a
estssy We soaded siAly. When Of
ooa beloved 10 pain be dlssembled "a
wafiness. coufsee. sud. "a
sn bali fess ilc advanced. command. q,
4 backed away quickly and prodded
hen Ae eeuld Altogether he was bs
ated The dimes came fast. the q
aud went ON, aud Kool suffered
iserably
The burning ache grew dull. The
lople before him vanished. Bright ".
shts nashec before his eyes and
en-, out leayins him IN darkness se