Part 30 (1/2)

”You get the others away I'll try to take care of Eive in shortly, after he knows the other elephant is whipped”

”He won't give in till he kills him,” answered Kennedy

”Better look out He's blind, crazyon now, Teddy We will have you out of your difficulty in a fewon desperately, his eyes large and staring Every ti tusker was raised in the air, Teddy thought it was being aimed at his head and shrank closer to Emperor's back But the tusker probably never saw Teddy at all He was too busy protecting himself froan to retreat in earnest First he would turn, running back a few rods; then he would whirl to give ahiedly

Phil decided that it was ti one of these lulls and called coly

Emperor, with a sweep of his trunk, hurled Phil Forrest to the side of the street But Phil, though shaken up a bit, was not hare friend al nearer and nearer to the head of the enraged beast

Finally Phil stepped up boldly and threw both arms about Emperor's trunk

”Steady, steady, Emperor!” he commanded

This time the elephant did not hurl Phil away Instead, he stopped hesitatingly, evidently not certain whether he should plunge on after his enemy or obey the command of his little friend

Phil tucked the trunk under his ar now, and we'll have a whole bag of peanuts e get back to the lot”

The elephant coughed understandingly, it seeh with evident reluctance, and meekly followed the Circus Boy, his trunk still tucked under the latter's arm

The Sully elephants had been whipped and driven off, though none had been very seriously injured Some fences had been knocked over and a nuhtened to death--but that was all Phil had saved the day for his employer's show and had colee as he led E in by the ti elephant's head, aving his arms excitedly

”We licked 'eht of Mr Sparling hurrying toward them

CHAPTER XVII

MONKEYS IN THE AIR

As the result of that victory, the Sparling shows did a great business in Corinto The owner, considering that his rival had been severely enough punished, h Phil could hardly restrain hinities he had heaped on young Forrest

Phil found hisshi+rt

The string that had fastened hisdrop Thisto him

Of course the showman refused it, and wanted to reat service he had rendered As it chanced, one of Mr Sparling's own staff was attending the Sully shohen Phil ht have been prevented had he only been aware of that fact

Teddy assumed the full credit for the victory of old Eue the question with hi shows left Canada behind and crossed the Niagara River It ith a long drawn sigh of relief that they set eyes on the Stars and Stripes again