Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-24

the Elepnants INTO Stampeoe pt
Playing "A Hot Time" on 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 well
come, and he would 60 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 Is or 20 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.
It takes hippo quite a while to 60
to sleep after eating q 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 a herd of elephants, and Pa said
he would 60 out and surround
couple OF them and drive them into
camp. Mr.. Hagenbach tried to rea'
son with Pa against the suicidal act,
in going alone into a herd Of wild
elephants, but Pa said since his ex-
perience with old Bolivar, the circus
elephant, he felt that he had a mys-
terlous 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 bedlam.
When the herd got pretty near us,
we ell climbed trees, except the ne
gro husband and his wives. and they
took to the 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
tured, found the gasoline barrel and
filed their trunks with gasoline and
squirted 1t all over the place. and
rolled the gasoline on the IRE, ana
away the elephants went with gaso-
line fire pouring out Of their trunks,
into the woods, believing, and when
the dust and smoke cleared away. and
we climbed down out Of the trees and
righted up the cages, here came Pa
astride a zebra, playing on q mouth
organ, "There'll be hot time In the
old town tonight" which had fright
ened the elephants into stampede.
Mr.. Hagenbach stopped Pas zebra,
and Pa said: Didn't you catch any
of them? / steered 'em right to
camp, and thought you fellows would
head 'em OF, and catch q few"
never saw Mr.. Hagenbach mad
before. He locked at Pa as though
he could eat him alive. and said:
well, old man. you have raised the
duece on your watch, sure enough.
And then Pa complained because sup
per was not ready. Gee. but Pa 10
getting more gall all the time.
downright. 1908, By W. q. Chapmapl
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