A STRANGE EXPERIENCE. 



Hardly had he dashed into view, when the identical "rogue" elephant that had 

 been driven away by the herd swung after him. He was so close, too, that his 

 trunk was extended and almost reached the fugitive. 



Jack had lost his spear in some way, but, had he possessed it, it could have don.* 

 him no service. Realizing that death was literally at his heels, the appalled native 

 made a short turn in his wild flight and precipitated himself headlong among his 

 friends. The latter were eager to do their utmost to save the poor fellow, but they 

 were taken at fearful disadvantage. The panic, for an instant, seized all, and they 

 flew apart, in the extremity of terror. 



BY A HAIR'S BREADTH. 



Having started for Jack, the enraged monster could not be diverted, and, sad to 

 say, in the flurry that prevailed for a few seconds, he was only too successful. 



The fall of the native on his hands and knees gave the brute his opportunity. 

 With incredible quickness, he coiled his trunk about the dusky waist, and, swinging 

 the poor fellow aloft, hurled him with such awful violence against the trunk of the 

 nearest tree, that it must have shattered nearly every bone in his body. 



Then he flung the limp mass out upon the plain and gave his attention to the 

 rest of the party. Dick Brownell was the first to recover from the panic. He 

 comprehended that it must be a fight to the death, and that unless the beast was 

 brought low, he would slay every one of them. 



