The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-11

a rafting fTcsh~t running ~ tho time
may say Ia passing that III" bIg brtdg,
tunbled into tbs. river 81 - own weight
and year. only a couple 81 days after Old
llp : refusal Ia ~ upon "
At"r thinking the matter over fOi
nearly an hour on IN" hank Of h. river
~ tho ford during which tim. h., anu, -,
himself bv sucking up water IN hlS trunk
and throwing It ola rh" crowd Of sp..ci AT or,
IN" contrary old Elephant concluded o.
TAX" h" trIp. and h" went into the water
and waT!rd on toward the PennSvl " ana
Ehor. ~" had gOn" hut a few sfsls-
though when b" started with such "A rus
through the water that hs almost drowned
hls keeper. whr va, IN rowbCai Old
llp had suddenly b''Com" mad all TN" way
through
II" had got abou, half way across IN.
river. trumi.flng >.Ivag, ~ at every Sep.
when "a raft hove IN "Ight around the h. nh
AT the bridge u was bearing direct "
down with Its unsusp.s'ting crew toward
Fppnn SahIb and hiH escort
In" ugly old brute saw tn. raft and
Stopped and ga2"d at it in angry surpris.
n" was IN fighting mood Waving his
trunk and giving blast that wok" the
echoes IN the surrounding hills h., turned
nus hug front NJ II roam and awaited IN"
CharE. IT the raft All the efforts nf hrs
keeI+r and ~ hers ia the escort To turn him
out of III" channel SEEMED only To inCr"as,.
his denomination To hav. IA bout with
that hing coming down upon him
B"fCr" IN" men ON tn" raft und"rSt ooi
the situation the raj, had mad. more than
haN the dEianC" let w"en TIN, bridge and
the ford "a soon as h. nature of This
UNUSUAL ubst rIICtiun In The channel be-
came apparent To them hey w.re one and
all pani" stricken, and every on, Of 'h"m
pilot and all. l"ap"d from the raft and
struck ont for the New York sid..
The deserted rait rushed hclpl'sSlv on
Old TIP never moved out Of his tracks
His fury was "A sight To see
The raft was ruad.fof h"mloCk logs
and was At least 200 feet long and ~ wId"
Tn" water was swift and 81 deep whore
lip stood that 4 reached above his belly
Every one expected OF Cours. 10 see the
elephant. big a. he was. carried away and
don. Tor by tn" IonderouS raft. the wreck
ing Of u $1,000 elephant hy Sar worth u
hemloCk logs
But when the shock came m. raft
tr.mbled and 10 speed was greatly C.i-
minShcd IL u,d Tip could have had "a
seCur. footing in IN" stones there a no
telling what he wouldn't hav" done TO
that raft then and there. but the stones on
III" river bottom were slippery. and the
elephant moved down. not a. 3. h" had to,
hut as II he were merely -'',L ing more
stable footing
He got "A ioothold now and then. and
every tim. he did so l"ss.'uri the -re"d ~
the raft until it, momentum WIS % much
gan to swing with th" current This soon
turned the hind end around - that II
became the front end. amt n ran away
from Tip diagonaIlv across the river
toward the New York shore
Thrown thus o,It vi IN. rafting channel.
1t ran a hundred wards or 81. wh.r, 1t was
cast rJpon a reef and tn" logs few ia all
directions. making IN" raft u wreck At
light ~ that Old TIP gay" a roar that a
deaf man mi 3ht have heard n mil" away.
When his keeper and the others resumed
their places about hun he was - lltrumpst-
ing blasts Of victory and -'''.Iu"d To be per
feCtly satisfied
lie had spent his fury on IN" raft and
felt better. He turned oh.di-nrly AT hi-
Keepers order and resumed ms march
to Pennsylvania a. 4 nothing had oC-
Cured that morning to disturb ms tenn
per ~ the least
He had barely landed on the bank on
that side though when another raft
came ia sight. lrIst below The bridge IN.
men on the raft had seen what had hap
pened 10 tn. IN" hat preceded them AMI
were pulling on their oars for dear lif"
to land on the N"rv York shore.
When The elephant went out IL the
river 81 me"kly though they though
her" was no cause for them to be- alarmed
and they rested On their oars. content to
pass IN That Vas when Old Tip had
caught -lHht II the raft
Instantly his fury rose. He broke
away and made for the river. his big
trunk raised. and tr'Impeting loudly.
The men on the raft didn't wait for further
proceedings, but jumped in the river ana
lost no time m getting 10 IN. New York
side leaving their raft TO ~ fate.
-rh. raft went da-hlng by. far out IN
the river. and old TIP stopped. gazed AT
II a. Il fed. and apparently concluding
that IL was too big coward FOR him "a
vast. tim. on he CAV" a few blasta AZ IT,
walked lsisureiy up the hank and pro
Ca.ded with the procession down IN"
Milford road as calm a. "a Nav morning
1T WASH !anE after that that Old Tip
attacked and nearly killed hl- 'hurd k.-p"r
Then Al C"ntr-vlil" Ind. thiuk they
put m. big elephant 10 Death II -k"l"
ton was gwen 10 IN" city Of Richmond
Ind and suppose u j. Their" vet