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trunk and with /, began to break on boushs

trunk and with II began TO break or poushs |
which grew between ~ and him.
81 don't think he can reach us" I said !
doubtfuly TO Hans: that is, unless he
brings a stone TO stand on"
"Oh! Bass. pray be silent" answered
Hans, cor he will understand and fetch
one"
Although the idea seemed absurd. on the
whole I thought IL we'll to take the hint, for
who knew how much this experienced beast
did or did not understand? Then, as we
could go no higher, wc wrigglcd as far as
We dared along our boughs and waited
Presently Jana having finished his clear
ing operations, began TO lengthen his trunk
TO us fun measure, Literally, il seemed TO
expand like a telescope or an india rubber
runr. out II came, foot after foot, till its
swapping tip was waving within few
inches " us, just short OF my foot and
Ilaus's head or rather felt hat one nnal
, stretch and he reached the hat. which he
removed with a flourish and thrust into the
rcd cavern OF his mouth As II appeared
/ mo- more I suppose he ate g. This loss or
/ his hat moved Hans to fury Iiurling hor-
/ r'hln curses at Jana he drew his butchers
Fuifc and made ready
once moro tho sinuous brown trunk
/ elongated itself Evidently Jana had got
] better hold with his hind legs this time, or
! rcrhaps had actually wrggled himself
/ few inches M TIE trcp At any rate | saw
]
| poet of my making a second acquaintance
! with that swapping tip.
The end Of tho trunk was lying along my
| hough Hike a huge brown snake and creep
J iug ND up up.
"lir'u get us" muttered.
Hans said nothing. but leaned forward a
/ little holding on with his left hand. Next
/ instant In the light Of the rising sun !
! saw a knife flash saw also that the point
/ Of u had been driven straight through the
lower lip of Jana's trunk pinnnE 1t 20 the
! bouEh like butterfly to q board.
My word what a commotion eusued, Up
'hc trunk came n scream which nearly blew
| me away Then Jana. with a wrigEling
! motion, tried to uuuail himself as softly
as possible, for it was clear that the knife
point hurt him. but could not do so be.
| cause Hans StIll held the handle and had
driven the blade deep into the wood Lastly
he dragged himself downward with such
, energy that something had 20 GO that some
| think being the skin and muscle OF the
lower lip which was cut clean through. leaN-
| ing the knife erect in the bOugh
over he went backward. most imperial
croppcr. Then he picked himself up. thrust
the tip of his trunk into his mouth, sucked
| z as one does cut finger, and finally
roaring in defeated rage, fed into the river
which he wadod and back upon his tracks
toward hts own home Yes. on he went
Hans screaming curses and demands after
him, that he should restore his hat, and
t very seldom in all my life have | seen a
5 ght that | thought more beautiful than
I that Of his whisllnE tail
"Now Baas," chuckled Hans, "the old
devil has got a sore nose as well "a a
sore eye by which to remember us. And
: Raas. | think We had better be Eonf
before ne has time to think and comes bach
with a long stick TO knock US out OF thB
tree"
A SO we went. in douhle-quick time I car
assure YOU. or at any rate as fast as my
I stun limbs and general condition would
, allow. Fortunately we had now no doub
, as to our direction, since standing uI
. ! through tho mists of dawn with the sun
, beams resting on it's forest-clad crest w
=, | could clearly see the strange, tumulus
! shaped hill which the White Kendall calet
the Holy Mount. the Home of the Child. |
! appcared to be about twenty miles away
! but in reality II was good deal farther
. for when we had walked for several hour
- Il seemed almost as distant as ever.
~ In truth that was a dreadful trudge. No
, only was | exhausted with alt tho terror
u | had passed and our long midnight fiigh
Il but the wound where Jana had piuched ou
a portion Of my frame. inhamed by the rid
Il ing, had grown stiff and intol"rably sor,
= so that every step gave me pain whic
II sometimes eliminated in agony. However
o it was no use giving in, foodless as we were
II for Marut had carried the provisions, an
- with the chance of Jana returning to loo
$ us up So | stuck to il and said nothing.
u For the first ten miles the countr
seemed uninhabited; doubtless il was "a
r near the borders Of the Black Kendah to
n popular as a place of residence AftC
lr this We saw herds of cattle and fe
~ Camcls. apparently untended perhaps the
ID guards were hidden in the long grass. The
10 we came to some fields of meaiies that wer
lt | noticed, quito untouched by the hai!storr
3 which it would seem, had confined its a
't tentions to the land Of the Black Kenda
n of these we ate thankfully enough lit
IN farther on we perceived huts perched c
an inaccessible place in klOof. Also the
" inhabitants perceived us for they ran ava
re as though in great fright
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