THE BOY AND THE BABY ELEPHANT.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12969, 23 November 1907, Page 8

THE BOY AND THE BABY ELEPHANT.

Tho "Argus" tells tho story:—An elephant, as all is a crcaturo with a long nose * J long memory, and tho moral <*" t * l sSs_ll in this' narrative of fact is '"WSWIi for. tho benefit of boys—but only>»Mg§ boys—who teas© elepliants, but jMJ§M usually havo Bhort noses and. , » W memories. Down at Wirth's circus ''*%fg| a whole lierd of elephants. raflgiWggs from one "as big as a house" down Wlfea the baby elephant "Cardy," that;°nw|&gg weighs 'about 50 stono or so. ?W*wM is also a boy who used to ** ? u raMlx ehnmmy with the elephants ™»-i.*g&Si started guying Cardy. Ua stand around, and pass remarks *vW}*J§M the littl© elephant's personal a nee, and pull his tail and pi™,?. with spikes, and give hi_n nasty W'W-'lro to eat. This was up at Brislwne,,;''»» : Queensland, quit© n long time ' i*#ii.M|| and th© boy had forgotten all it till yesterday after th© U"> when Cardy reminded him about' Cardy had been amusing plenty 'rf'o-jgs. boys "in tho circus by standing on. n head, nn<l when he came nut ho tf%#s|s the boy who had tensed him long _ l fi > MiwA and ho thought he would amns© self by standing tho boy on his » p (w?i!§§ hut lie overlooked th© fnd that though h© was only a baby el©J*h*Wa%M h© was far too fat and i© a fair match for tho lwy. So wh©%J'j|| lie let off his top note nnd bumywl tho boy to stand him on hi* hew. '- ; N&pijl knocked him ckau through th* fFvs!___ffl

' J = " . •-___.„ wall instead, and then h© J M tfftJJJ w he knew h© would &.*£ arow* so h© pulled th© bor •«i n n A nrodded him in the nock b»«* __ V s k, and was going to go V» " ith talk on him, when some of the ! for », ff l,nt6 nufl <' 1G men ahout tho R ft' -SXred. The boy had to go i! toih Lt T seriously hurt, but he was M. *»* "?, friahtenrd, and ho has mado | itfgj%d never to teaso elephants '$ ;':■■ '%J W 1 *- .