| Show AN ELEPHANTS CUNNING ue knew mow to turn the apoi ills tormentor this is n good story of an elephants intelligence the animal in question was a mero baby when he was sent by an indian prince to england as a present for queen victoria ho was shipped as a deck passenger beono of the indian mail steamers from bombay and as ho had but attained the height of a well grown calf and was always most docile and tractable ho was permitted to havo tho run of tho decks for an conr or two every morning when the state of the weather permitted by the sailors ho was the boans bos ns mate owing to tho penchant ho had for carefully picking up every loose coil of rope that bo could find and then throwing it over the side being as jack said as bad as a naval lieutenant for keeping the decks tidy among other acquaintances that ho formed was that of tho ships baker choso whoso address ho soon discovered to be tho place of origin of all the sweet dainties with which ho waa petted hero ho took to making a regular mo cal for something sweet for and was generally regaled with a stale tart or piece of cake but upon calling one morning and extending his trunk as usual ho found eliat bis visit was unwelcome as something had occurred to irritate tho baker and instead of the cako ha received a blow on his trunk with thy rolling pin tho blow was bot severe but the bosn turned tail and went trumpeting up abo deck ho took a post that would enable him to watch for fiig assailant before long he saw the baker leave his shop and mischief being his object rather than malico he promptly marched down and with several vigorous sweeps of his trunk he swept all tho shelves in the bakery clear until loaves tarts cakes patty pans and cako tins lay in confusion on abo deck this achieved ho bolted like any schoolboy and was locked up in disgrace but upon tho circumstances being known the popular verdict was in his favor and he was allowed his liberty aa before bosn marched down instanter ins to the baker and never failed from eliat day to exact tribute which was regularly paid and from that time ho and his opponent mccamo fast friends golden penny |
