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Show ESCAPED CIRCUS ANIMALS. It I Wi Tun C.itrlilns n IIr.ntTnyJGIrAfre nr mi Woplna; !!erh;ut. : On huotJior q; ;jsion I t.ai Journey-Ing Journey-Ing through Gilt ? itli r- i.lrafTo which for flvo inonlhn litid been Uvlnfj rj t!n Ccrioan consul's garden, inysn, writer in I.Icriurc'o Miicnzlno. I v.ms lead-lnr lead-lnr It to t':o station, when It tuddonly too't friifllt nnd ran tivvpy. Vor f iur long, weury inllos I hunj on to the wrolohed boast, bdt nt lar.t I was obliged to drop tho rupo and lot go. A smart llttlo Nubian boy then took tip the chase. 116 got hold of tho ropa and eventually llod It round a tree, and after awhile we led tho animal rpilotly back to tlio station. I'.nt ono of tho most alarming adventures ad-ventures Hint ever overtook! tno whilst i I was transporting animals was that which occurred onco when twelve olo-phatits olo-phatits brcltonwnyJroui mo and rushed through tho streets of Vienna. The whole twolvo had been deposited la a do-pot, do-pot, where they had to rest for twadaya. I was taklnp; Jl Ql tho elephants to )-n 1 Ihera to tho fetation, nnd when rny luelc was turned and I was engaged with those six elephants, tho other sis .tcalthlly ami qulotly pulled up tho I Iron rings by which thoy wero fastoned to the ground, truinpoted loudly, and, beforo I know what lld happened, tho twolvo uniniala wero rushing through the blrcots of Vienna. At lust, after n long chase, I caught tho biggest elephant ele-phant and led It to tho station, tlio others following (juiotly enough. Hut my troubles were not over yot, for ). luirdly got tho first four Into a railway vau whon tho others began to howl. : Tho four cloplinnta In the, train plunged and lilcltad qbaut, and at last they broke their ropa and ran out of U i van, followed by till tho others, uud Into tho open streets. Theu began .mother hunt up tho big fashionable .(roots, dbwn llttlo courts and alleys, onco nf lev ono which ran Into a big shop, all over ! big park, and tlili went on for three hours, until, at last, greatly to my relief, I got them safely Into tho station and packed Into the I vans for their Journey. 4 f ..J,. -m i |