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Show CSCAPCD ClftCUS ANIMALS. It ! No run L'Hlciili.nr n llnnnmiy (Jlrnrtn 11 r Bii i;l(iilne IClephaut. On anothor oooaslou I was journeying journey-ing through Suez with n glrnffo whloh for Avo months had boon living in thx German consul's gardun, tnys n writer In McCluro's Mngn.Ino. I wan. lend Ing it to tV -tiMon. v Vi fl suddouly took fright nnd run nwny. For four lotnr. weary miles I hung on to tho wretched boast, hut nt last I wns obliged to drop tho rope und let go A smart lltllo Nubian boy then look up tho chase, llogot hold of tho rono and eventually tied it round u tree, ami after nubile wc led tlio animal quietly buck to tho station. Hut ono of tho most alarming adventures ad-ventures that o or overtook me whilst I was trnuspui ting animals was Hint which occurred once when twelve elo phnnts brcko awny from me nnd rushed through tho streets of Vienna. Tin. whole tw elve had been deposited in n de pot, where thoy had to rout for two days 1 was taking six of tho elephant lo lead them to tho station, and ulion my back was turned nnd I wiih eugnjed with these six? oluphnnU, tho other six stealthily nnd quietly pulled up the Iron rings by which they were fnstotied to tho ground, trumpeted loudly, nnd. beforo I knew what had hnpponed, the tuclvo animals wore rushing through the streets of Vienna. At last, nf lor n long chitfc, I cuught tho biggest elephant ele-phant and led it to tho stntiou, the others following quietly enough. Hut my troubles wcro not ovi.r yot, for I hardly got the first four Into ti railway von when tho others liognu to howl. Tho four elephants in tho train plunged nnd kicked nbout, and at last they broko their ropes and rau out of tho van, followed by all Ihu others, and Into tho open btreots. Then began another hunt up tlio big fashionable streets, "down littlo courts nnd allcya, onra after ono which run into n big shop, all oor n big park, and Ihli went on for thren hours, until, at last, greatly lo my relief, 1 got thorn snfely Into tho station nnd packed Into the vans for their journey |