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PARADISE WHIDAH 



the coil over it, gave a quick jerk which 

 had done all that was possible, wheeled 

 intensely anxious Mr. Godkin. He had 

 him with uplifted trunk. 



You know that Dick was 

 fleet of foot, and need I tell 

 you that he never ran faster 

 in all his life than when the 

 wrathful bull elephant was 

 trumpeting at his heels ? 



Mr. Godkin had gone 

 back over the trail, so as to 

 place himself beyond reach 

 of the brute, provided the 

 rubber rope did not break. 

 There he stood, with his 

 breech-loader at his shoul- 

 der, leveled at the front of 

 the savage beast, charging 

 down upon him like a runa- 

 way locomotive. 



He knew the point the 

 rope would permit him to 

 reach; it was within a dozen 

 feet of where he was stand- 

 ing. If he should come any 

 farther, it would show that 



caused a tickling sen- 

 sation which led the 

 monster to lift the foot 

 in the effort to free it 

 of the irritation. 



This was the criti- 

 cal time. 



The loop at the 

 end of the rubber rope 

 lay close to the foot 

 on the ground, its cir- 

 cumference being like 

 that of a barrel-hoop. 



The instant the 

 foot was lifted a few 

 inches, Dick slipped 

 tightened the rope, and then, knowing he 

 and ran in the direction of the waiting and 

 hardly started, when the elephant made for 



THE LYRK BIRD. 



