Part 29 (2/2)

Phil turned and waved his hand

”They are going to try to break through, Mr Kennedy,” he called

Kennedy uttered several quick co doard hih in the air

The leader, a big tusker, uttered a shrill cry

It was the elephants' battle cry, but Phil did not know it

Kennedy did

For the first tins of excite words here, a sharp command there, and occasionally a prod of the hook

All at once the leading tusker of the Sully herd lunged straight at old Emperor In another instant nearly every elephant in each herd had chosen an opponent and the battle was on in earnest

Truhs reater safety

As the crash of theelephants came, Phil ran back to the street where his own parade was standing

”Move on!” he shouted ”Follow your route without the elephants

And you, bandone by, ill give the other show a chance to go on if there's enough left of theiven the show , but above the uproar could be heard the thunder of the fighting elephants

Two of the rival show's elephants had been tumbled into a ditch by the roadside Then Kennedy had a lively fewan end to the ene elephants, when they e hammer blows as these two monsters dealt each other asp

All at once they saw so else that made the prone was stretched a strange figure Fro costuround

”Teddy!” shouted Phil ”He'll be killed!”

”W-o-w!” howled Teddy Tucker, who had been so frightened in the beginning that he could not get down, and now he could not if he would

”Let go and jump off! I'll catch you!” shouted Phil

”I--I can't”

”Mr Kennedy, can't you get him off?”

But the trainer had his hands es in line, for at all hazards they et away fro what har people suddenly uttered a great shout Eonist backward, the Sully elephant gradually giving ground before the , the other elephants also began retreating until the line was slowly forced back against Sully's line of e, alternately urging his trainer to rally his elephants, and hurling threats at Phil Forrest and the organization he represented

”Had we better not call our bulls off, Mr Kennedy?”

shouted Phil ”Our parade has gone by this time”

”Yes, if I can I don't knohether I can stop them now or not”