YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



you must, then dream of giant jungles in 

 far India, for hither comes that old child- 

 love of this decade Barnum's Jumbo! 



On, on, he comes, with majestic, swagging 

 strides, the crowd "Oo-oo-oo-ing!" the 

 children wild with delight at their first sight 

 of this great, mammoth bulk, and clamor- 

 ous cries arose: "O papa, O mamma, can 

 I be put on Jumbo's back this afternoon?" 

 For Jumbo's far-famed gentleness and love 

 for the little children had driven all fear 

 from their hearts. 



But what is that snow-white atom, swag- 

 gering just in advance, almost between 

 those ponderous feet, with all the strut and 

 jerk of a drum-major in its little woolly 

 legs, right foot turned squarely out, as it 

 tries to keep time to the brawling calliope ? 

 His head askew as he marches, his little odd 

 blue eye turned up to the mammoth ele- 

 phant's trunk, which sways above him, 

 plainly saying to his self-chosen charge: 



"This way, Jumbo! Who's afraid? Just 

 follow me; I'll show you the sights; I'll take 

 you round the town I own it!" 



The children fairly screamed with glee at 

 the sight, and a murmur of laughter rose 



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