Show ELEPHANT AND POLICEMAN the stormer frightened the latter almost to death A most remarkable incident happened in the early hours of a recent morning to a police constable on duty in the high boad clapton cn says th westminster gazette it appears that on saturday night a traveling circus gave a performance on mount pleasant fields and as is usual struck the tent soon after the close of the entertainment among the animals was a performing elephant and this in the charge of n keeper was dispatched to the next stopping place all was quiet as the pair bogged jogged along but when nearing boulton road high road clapton the keeper noticed that the elephant would walk on the pavement but he little thought of the trick that it was about to play standing just around the corner of the road was a police constable sheltering from the wind and quite unconscious of the approach of the ele pliant whose tread gave forth so sound As the animal reached the 1 corner he put his trunk round and just touched the constable the latter turned to sec what it was and on seeing the elephant was seized with alarm and took to his heels along the road closely pursued by his tormentor the keeper tried to call the animal back but it was of no avail for the retreating figure of the constable occupied the sole attention of the elephant who kept up the pursuit until the officer darted into a garden and closed the iron gates behind him the ele pliant stood at the other side of the failings railings rai lings but made no attempt to get at him and much to his relief on the arrival of the keeper turned and went on its way |