Show I I I j i il l the X Rogue Roue gue Elephant and s His Deeds 1 I The story of the tho great treat eyed rogue elephant of and his deeds Is ono one that lint Is still sUll told around African camp fires Capt cuddie cuddle who engaged him In his final encounter was accompanied by b a n Dr Kenyon from whom the tho following ac account account account count has been obtained For two Reasons seasons blacks had been charged from covert coert by a gigantic old tusker who seemed to delight In breaking their bodies against a the rocks or trees or In trampling them Into tho the ground Ho Ile ranged the tho en entire tiro tire valley vallo and whereas are Iro always more or less wantonly Tanton destruct destructive ive ire In feeding reeding this solitary boast beast was as given ghen to doing more moro damage than an entire herd of at 20 O Tho The villagers in terror of at him and ond on two occasions ho bo had hud destroyed an entire village and killed moro more than thoa a half holf dozen men Patrick Farrel a 0 professional Ivory Ivor hunter arrived in tho the valley tho the third season and hearing of ot tho the bull bulland and his hit tactics waited for Cor some somo sometime until ho could bo ho located and then took up his spoor According to his hisgun hisgun gun sun bearer they thO wore advancing through rather thin covert cavort and und had little reason to think th t ilic he l C spoor was fresher than thon two hours or that their quarry was as nearer than a 0 mile or more that being tho the nearest heavy covert But the tho old fellow must hav Nava been aware of their approach for tor suit sud suddenly thinly denly doni with Ith a shrill trumpet of ot rage rago ho camo came careering through a thicket within twenty yards of at them where ho he had been quietly hiding no doubt Karrel Farrel carrying a dropped on all one knee and tired but either missed his marl mark as os oven oon tho the best man manwill manwill will sooner or later at nt least tho the rogue was waa upon Ullon him before beCore he could oven rise and literally pounded poun od him Into the tho earth Tho Tim gun bearer ran ron for tor his life and escaped though tho the unlikely unlike story stor han It that the tho followed him for a n long distance dh Capt Mc Me 14 f fW fl fJ W J l 10 7 t J Json came later that same s ne sea season season j son c and found round the tho mankiller in tho the i 1 upper district dl He was reported ono one evening at dusk dURk nod and at daylight ht the tho officer and Dr Kenyon with three trackers and two Zulu gun hearers bearers set setout setout out ant on his hla hi spoor About nU mL forenoon they the saw saw certain signs that told them they zero were close upon him In a n fow tow moments tho the movement in la tho the young oung i tree trAo tops lops showed his hla location and i they thoy lilt could hear bear him rending branches and tearing up saplings Creeping F closer and closer they wore were able to I get ct within 60 yards Tho The natives re ro refused refused l fused to advance farther tarther savo the ono one 1 Zulu When within 40 yards ards signed that ho he had tad the quarry in view nud ned Dr Kenyon got up with him just Junt as nR tho the officer sent tho the hall ball from tram his hla crashing D 1 Into the tho shoulder region Tho I was wall too high Instantly tho the old rogue i wheeled and holding his head hed so that I I i 1 his ono one eye ere was as to the fore ore charged charge I with Incredible speed and an II quickness Dr Kenyon K non now fired for tho the base of oC I t f the trunk but oven this thin did not turn the tho desperate animal McGill I cuddly caught his second gum fun from tho the Zulu and emptied both barrels up into t s tho the bulls buUs chest and then darted dartell to P Pone ono one side choosing the tho blind bUnd sido of or I his enemy but ho was not quick I I enough h for tho great grent trunk caught I him hurled him In the air Ho Ile fell f n 1 with neck and back ba k broken and aud then thon I L Las I as Dr Kon Konon Kenyon on emptied Implied hIs hla second Sun gun Into the tho animals side fildo just behind I 1 tho the right shoulder should cr it came camo crashing g down missing Capt body by a n hands breadth This Dr I i Kon on though nn an ardent sportsman 1 t loft Africa at once and never nover could 9 4 bo be persuaded to take tako gun Un in hand again By permission of ot Longmans Lon Green t tCo Co New Ne York I J 1 Copyright ISO by b Benj B Hampton 1 1 t 1 f A I If d r r NN V f M |