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- ~. A A lics. 1 look back with much affection upon the virtuously-squirting ) clephant. The squirtee most clearly o be remembered s the bad tailor who pricked the clephant’s trunk. "The squirter was, T believes the first clephant whose acquaintance I omade. T ocertainly knew Lol i long before 1T knew that other virtuous iy et L 2 clephant who o broke a man’s head with a cocoa-

st R s L L nut, to compensate the man for breaking a cocoanut with his head. T almest think T knew him Defore Iofirst met the Noah's Avk clephant, The Noalh's Ark clephant was v most con- hdential - plavinate, and tasted rather of carden- ould G the paint came ofi wien he Tost his orittiness

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and became o pig, having

broken his trunke e was not very broad o the back, it is true, having bheen made

of a flat prece of wood) but he was

very mteresting anmial hefore he was a

pic. I owas much more mtnnate

with him than with Noah, who was

a0 hitde stff) not to sav stuck-up. \s )

apig his career ended suddenly

i o memorable marttime disaster when ovessel oy ownership,

chartered at the tme as o cattde-hoat,

foundered i the duck pond with most of

the formvard and a good Cdeal of the ark.

It was while the Noah's Ark clephant was o pig that T st saw the cireus elephant, He was not altogether a fane specimen. THe was rude. He rang an mmmense ralway bell for his dinner, and when he had finished One course, swepl o every- thing oft the table with his Toot. Nonc ol the clephants o this place would hehave ke thatt ven _lil]g() and SHolomon, who

are voung - mere bovs —-know better than thu, and

lake buns and apples most respectfully. The

cireus clephant; too, plaved lTow practical

Loy jokes with the clown, and danced on a tul) at o fatal saerihee of dignity,

=" 1usir John Maundevile T still have a dear

— riend among what that charming old truth- i monger called the - olifiiunts.” e has curly tusks and a bushy tal, and carres a0 very tall castle on his back, with mighty battle- ments. e s more starthng even than our AL ALY LLE'S COLIFAUST. old triend of the sSurrey side, onee 1gno-

THEN CIRCUsS BLEPHANT,

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