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phant, or a vicious one in any way, but his 

 capacity for giving trouble is tremendous. 

 Consequently, when a number of things hap- 

 pened at one time, one after the other, of 

 course, Coco was blamed for them all and very 

 nearly lost his life in consequence. 



About two years ago, when the Barnum and 

 Bailey Circus had finished its performances 

 in Brooklyn, all the trainers prepared to take 

 the elephants over to Jersey City, on their 

 way to Somerville. They started out one fine 

 moonlight night and all went well until they 

 arrived at the Brooklyn Bridge, when un- 

 fortunately it happened that, just as tihey 

 were all walking quietly and peacefully un- 

 der the elevated railway, a train came run- 

 ning overhead and the sudden noise above 

 them nearly scared the elephants to death. 



With shrieks and trumpeting they started 

 off pell mell and it was early morning be- 

 fore they were got together once more and 

 taken on to the Twenty-third Street Ferry. 

 Still rather excited and nervous there was a 

 good deal of trouble in getting them on board 



