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Those Serving at the Front Are Breaking
the Hearts1 of Soldiers.
Army and Navy Journal.
A soldier “at the from,” referring to the
In silence danger is concealed. Womei(
are seldom dangerous.
New York Herald. -
“It’s such a nuisance having to remove
one’s hat,” remarked a pretty girl in a
rich finish.
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A BLACK VELVET GOWN—This mod-
ish gown is a princess built of black velvet
and having Onfe lUrge box plait at the back.
Over this a sort of corselet is worn made of
pale g’ray satin cloth with a design in
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BUILT OF OL D IVORY CAMEL’S HAIR—The soft wool *
of this gown, Is covered with chenille dots. The pleated skirt
has the platts stitched nearly to the knees in front, but
those at the back flare directly from the waist. Yoke and
sleeves..pf.araug.e satin covered, by guipure.
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Paris, Dec. 20.—There is a great deal of
Sunday dressing done here. It is a sort of
understood fact that everybody turns out
in their best bib and tucker for a Sunday
stroll. If it is too cold to loiter around
the parks there are plenty of destractions
offered in the way of picture and flower
music halls, skating
TWO OF THE LATEST PARISIAN GOWNS-'Sealskin is the most popular fur
in Pariis this winter. This bolero of seal has revers and Medici collar of ermine.
The muff is seal. The second model is the last word of style—a Norfolk jacket of
gray suede, with wide belt of cut steel and steel buttons.
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VELVET VISITING GOWN—Drab violet gown spotted
with black. Skirt plaited entirely except the apron. This iff
bordered along both seams with drab passementerie ru i
through with orange velvet ribbon. Corsage trimmed w .j
the same and ornamented with a siagle filigree button.
Trips to the Champs Elysees Hotel for Five
O’clock Tea.
Prince Nooro and His Life Amongst the
Forest Animals.
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Smart Toilettes Seen There—Liberty Plush Gowns—Suede
Jackets Brightened With Steel the Latest Fad.
SUNDAY DRESSING
DONE IN PARIS.
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my mouth. I got so’excited one time that
I came near swallowing a thermometer
worth-several dollars. She was a most ex-
cellent young woman and had ibts of
sound common sense, as was evidenced by
the fact that .she gave me no encourage-
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“The Boy and the Elephant” is the title
of the opening story in the, January St,
Nicholas. The author, Gustavus Franken-
stein, .tells of the kidnaping of a,boy by a
wild beast that treated him kindly. The
opening paragraphs describe the abduc-
tion and the experiences that immediately
followed it.
It was on the bank of a beautiful river,
and they stood looking at each other, little
Nooro and the noble elephant that had
saved his life from a crocodile. The ele-
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taken up by a yoke and broad plastron of
■white satin covered closely with a design
traced in steel. On either side of the plas-
tron the cloth was laid in two stitched
box plaits that were cut in points at the
bust line where they bordered on the yoke.
Strips of the sable edged the plastron and
were carried up to the shoulder seams over
the satin yoke. Burnt orange velvet was
employed for the high collar and narrow
draped ceinture.
This style of tucked skirt is a bit mis-
leading and might tempt the stout woman
on account of its trifling fulness. But
just this tiny bit of fullness disposed of in
these minute tucks adds a tremendous
amount to the breadth of hips. Since all
Women must eventually come to these full
skirts despite her proportions, the short
stout woman must cling to yoke skirts or
the plaited skirts that are stitched closely
down over the hips. The tall, slender
woman graces these round tucked skirts
to perfection.
A gown that had a distinctly modish air
of its own was built of black velvet. It
was a glove-fitting princess with the full-
ness at the back supplied by one large
box plait. Over this was a sort of corselet
worn that was made of the palest shade of
gray satin finish cloth. It was covered with
a. design in steel that was put on so closely
as to almost eclipse the material. The
basques of the corselet were slashed into
six long panels that were rounded at the
bottom. The two at the front and back
Reached nearly to the bottom of the gown,
while those at the sides came barely half
way the length of the skirt.
With this gown was worn a boa of silver
fox—the entire animal, head, feet and all.
Jt was fastened with two large black vel-
vet bows at the throat that were orna-
mented with strass buckles.
A record of this toilette is far from
4#emplete without a description of the
jaunty little toque worn. It was a draped
affair of the steel embroiOerect cloth that
tipped up at the left side of the front. It
wvas bordered with a twist of black velvet
Slid was ornamented at the front with an
themselves would scamper up and down
among the .'branches.
Certainly'this was not the best society
‘for a child to grow up in; but if he did not
learn his letters, he grew strong and ac-
tive.
the cloth was a close-
Three box paits stitched
flat and edged with a cord of steel trimmed
the back. Almost the entire front was
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gled heavily with strass. From the mid-
dle of the chou there curled backward a
jetted black feather.
•Such a graceful girlish gown was ouilt
of old ivory camel’s hair in a heavy though
extremely soft quality. It was covered all
over with black chenille dots. The plait-
ed skirt merged into. A high corselet with
the plaits stitched flat so as. to insure a
glove fit. This stitching Continued down
nearly to the. knees on the front and side
plaits, ‘while those at the back flared
from the waist-line. There was nothing
of. that “set” look about the skirt, for
each plait fell in the easiest, most grace-
ful line with its flare beginning at a point
not necessarily of. the same height as its
neighbors. ■
The corsage was of heavy cream guipure
over orange satin. It was made perfectly
plain with a high collar of the same ter-
minating in points on either side. Over
this was worn a short bolero of the fig-
ured camel’s hair cut round necked and
finished with shaped flounces of the same.
These overlapped and flared but very tittle.
They were bordered at the top and bottom
with a tiny black silk fringe. The bottom
of the bolero was rounded up to the left
side, where it fastened with a' bow of
burnt orange ribbon. The ends of the bow
reached to the waist line, where they were
finished with deep fringe or the same
shade.
This style of plaited skirt is the one that
the couturiers pin their faith to and pre-
dict for it the greatest success. The plaits
make no pretense of being absolutely reg-
ular, so that they can be placed wherever
they prove most becoming to the figure.
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Industrial South Developing Characterise
tics of New England Type.
The Criterion.
Every true Yankee should look with a
great deal of quiet, internal pride upon tho
Yankee evolving south. That an English-
man under a southern sun should ever be-
come a genuine Yankee has offer, been de-
spaired of. It is now a swelling face.
When the .Spaniards called Lee a Yankee
a year ago it pleased the whole south,
though there is as yet a comparatively
small- spot on the southern map where the
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vate secretary to the crank, “and your,
will have to wait until mine is disposed
of.”
Mr.- Depew received a pathetic letter th$
other day from an old lady in the wester^
.part of this state. She is in reduced ciri
cumstances, and, having heard that hetf
grandfather left some property in the city;
years ago which never has been claimed^
she begged Mr. Depew to- look the matter
up and take his pay for his trouble oht of
the property—when found. After reading
this letter the senator said: “Dear old
lady! I wish fh-at I could help her.”
phant gentlj- wound its trunk around the
body of t-he little boy, and, taking him up,
went away through the thicket into the
deep jungle. Nooro had seen tame ele-
phants, and was at first not afraid;, but as
he was carried along through the forest
CHAMP ELYSEE-—One of the newest shades in Paris is called moonlight. This gown of satin finish cl Ah
made with a narrow apron of white satin traced ’’frith steel threads in an all over pattern. The skirt is
tucked over the hips. A full description of this model is given in Miss Goodwin s letter._____
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Fred Fleming, my friend, brought the gov-
ernor of the state into, my store and said
to me: ‘My friend, thiyis the- governor of
Missouri; Gov. Stephens, this is Mr., ‘Tony’
Lumpkin, who is to be the alderman of
the1 third ward after the next spring elec-
tion.’ I was overwhelmed, not only at the
honor, but at “those most remarkable
words. Sir, I had.never thought of it be-
fore!’ Pardon me! I grow reminiscent.”
Mr. Lumpkin attacked fla^bird, daintily
devouring it. Between msRithfuls he ex-
pressed himself this way:
“The governor and I shook hands- and
Mr. Fleming—I insist that he is still my
friend—jollied me along. You undvsta-nd
the expression. He is a great jollier. He
said to me in the presence of the gov-
ernor: ‘You are the only man for the
place, Mr. Lumpkin. If you could only
know what a benefit you would be to the
party! Ah, my dear, dear friend, do. not
refuse us! Do not.desert us! You know
all the men in fhe third—nice men live
there—nice men! You are just the kind of
an aiderman for these nice men. You rep-
resent them so well, you know, MF. Lump-
kin! ’
“And SO11 consented.”
Mr. Lumpkin stopped eating and sighed.
He broke a piece of bread in his hands,
then stopped, undecided what he should do
with it.
“The very next morning a man came in
to my shop and said to me: “We are going
‘to give a smoker in our ward and---’ I
gave him $5. Next week a man came into
my shop and said: ‘Mr. Lupmk-in, it comes
from Mr. Fleming---’ I gave him a good
cigar, but he wouldn’t stop-. ‘It comes-
from Mr. Fleming that-you are to be a.
candidate-—’ I gave him an- order for a
box of cigars, and he- went out.”
Mr. Lumpkin raised, his red face and his
eyes looked wild. He- wiped his forehead
and laid his handkerchief on the table be-
side him..
“‘Well, what would- you have done in my
circumstances?”
“What did you do-, Mr. Lumpkin?”
“‘I moved out of the- ward.’’
Mr. Lumpkin finished his dinner without
another word.
“Hi,, there, wait a minute. Just another
word with you before you- go out.”
“What is it, Mr. Lumpkin?”
“Please remember that Mr. Fred-Flem-
ing is still my friend..”.
New York Evening Post.
’ A New York hostess has planned a sim-<
pie but effective decoration for the Newt
Year’s dinner table.- This is a generous
artistic bow of red satin ribbon of sash
width, to be arranged in the center of the
table, bands of the ribbon leading, off to
the four corners of the table. Mixed with1
the loops and strewn on the bands and
between them are bunches of holly. To ba
effective the bow must be a smart,
“perky” one, not too flat, and the holly
should be freely intermingled. Straight^
single, silver candlesticks of colonial den
sign are set round the bow, white candles
and white shades trimmed with holly be-<
ing used with them. A feature- of another
table decoration will be numerous smalj
candlesticks of wrought iron, holding
slender red candles with small red shades.
These Will be irregularly placed over ths
board, a. dozen or more being used at .a|
table with covers laid for 10. More simplq
is the large flat wreath of holly encircling
a low silver or glass dish in which ig
bunched more holly.
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How a Kansas City Man Was “Ribbed
1 ’ Up”'for Aiderman.
Kangas' City .Star;
Th’d"Word JTourid town is that Mr. John
F. Lumpkin will certainly be a candidate
for aiderman of the third ward on the
Democratic ticket.
“Is this true, Mr. Lumpkin?”
“I am a Democrat,” began Mr. Lumpkin,
squaring his shoulders, “and yet this mat-
ter of my candidacy is a painful thing to
me. No, I am not a candidate.”
“But Why’not; Mf. Lumpkin?”'
Mr: Lumpkin was eating luncheon all
alone at a table in a Walnut street cafe.
He stirred his- coffee, sipped it, smacked'
his lips and shut one eye,
"I have made “an extraordinary escape,
my dear sir. Congratulate me.”
“How is that,"Mi4. Lumpkin?”
Mr. Lumpkin dropped his head
stared at the small bird on his plate.
“Six months ago Mr. Fred Fleming, who
is my friend—I ins-ist that he is still my
frieh'd, in" spite' of— Six months ago Mr.
Yankee sprung out of the very soil threat-
ens to- outstrip his own blood elsewhere.
This soil out of which the southern,'
Yankee is springing with such robust en-
ergy extends from Lynchburg, Va., on the
east, and Bristol, Tenn., on the west, tQl
Eufaula and Birmingham, Ala., on th?
south. It is about 500 miles in length, an£
from 200 to 300 miles in breadth. It emi
braces the iron, 'coal and cotton mill site^
and decidedly the most interesting phase
of all this energy here is the cott°n Ppll.
for this phase is the latest and is develop^
ing more of the genuine characteristics oil
the New England Yankee in the southern!
man than elsewhere in the country.
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NEW YEAR’S DINNER TABLE.
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I are young and good looking, writes: “The
i nurse attending me was a distractingly
I handsome- girl of pure Greek profile, red-
l dish brown hair—the, kind that seems full
of little golden tendrils in the sunlight—
i and eyes as liquid as a fawn’s. The first
I time she put her finger cm my wrist my
I pulse ran up to at least 175, and she took:
- it for granted I had a high fever and dosed
I me accordingly. I tried repeatedly to lure
I her into conversation, but she wouldn’t
be lured. She was strictly business. When .
I started to pay her compliments she
would ask me to put out mjr tongue, which
was an insurmountable cbstacle to coh-"
versation. I used to lie there' with rny
tongue hanging out trying to ‘put niy
whole soul in my eyes, but ft was no go.
No man can look romantic with half a
foot of furry ted tongue protruding from
his countenance. Another way she had -of;
gagging me was by putting,the .thermom-
eter in my month. The- las't Week I pro-
posed to her five times, or, rather, J tried
to; but she invariably choked off my dec-
larations-by thrusting a thermometer into .
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An Enthusiastic Westerner Gives thft Sen-
ator a Royal Tip-.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Senator Chauncey M. Depew received a
letter postmarked Sapulpa, I. T., a few
days ago, offering him an exclusive oppor-
tunity to control the development of a
gold mine of “unlimited richness.” The
writer o-f this letter was a stranger to
Senator Depew, but he frankly admitted
that he “liked Mr. Depew on his general
reputation,” and. he Relieved that if the
senator, some of the Vanderblls and him-
self could get together they would be able
to surpass all of the “glittering dreams of
wealth” ever dreamed.
This Indian territory man said that he
had,, by the merest accident, discovered a
rich gold mine, which would yield “untold
millions.” Nuggets of great value could
be picked up off the ground. He wanted
Senator Depew to take hold of the matter,
form a company and absolutely control
the development of the mine. He would
be contented to'take a few shares of stock
and wield a helping oar in propelling the
scheme. “But th.e main thing,” said the
letter writer, “is to get in early. I want
you and your friends to have -first pick-
ings. -You can get some of the Vander-
bilts to- put in money enough to develop
the the mine and reap the rich harvest.
Don’t wait until those Wall street sharks
hear about this thing, for if you do they
will .step, in and grab everything. A
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Remarkable Collection of Logs in an Iip<
dentation on the Alaska Coast.
Chicago Times- Herald.
One of the greatest curiosities, noted by
travelers in Alaska is the wonderful haven
of 'driftwood on the coast between Yakar.
tag and Kyak islands, some 1200 or 1500
miles northwest from Seattle. The eon*
stant deposit of logs and driftwood in this-
particular spot, which has been going on
for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years,
is due to the phenomena, of the tides1, the
Pacific, gulf stream, the mysterious ocean
currents and peculiar formation of the;
shore lines at that point.. Logs and tim-
bers are readily identified- there as having
come from Japan, China, India and other,
parts, of Asia,, as well as from California;
Washm-gton and other parts of the Amer-
ican continent.. There are fine logs- of th®
camphor tree, the mahogany, the redwood'
and. the pine in this driftage-.. Some of.
those from tha state- of Washington con-
tain the names of the. men who- felled the
trees and of the sawmills for which they
were destined, but never reached.
Logs eight feet in diameter are in this
novel wood yard,, and- some entire trees 150
feet long, are there, uplifted by the roots,
east into the sea by some terible tempest'
and sent floating around the world?. Often
persons on the beach descry big trfles
floating shoreward with fantatstic roots
above the waves. One beach after an-
other has been formed by the floating
timbers, and a little distance- back from:
the shore the deposits are so old that the
wood in some places is petrified’, while a
little deeper in the earth it has turned into
coal. The newer logs are without bark
and as hard as stone, due, it is thought, to
their long immersion in salt water. - They,
have all taken on a whitish Appearance.
In places the timbers are piled 20 feet
high; at other points theyjrj.se to- a. height
of only four or five feet. Under this won-
derful beach are found large quantities
of dark, ruby sand, rich in fine particles
of gold ,for the separation of which no
successful process has- yet been discov-
ered.
“I’d speak to the usher.”
“What shall I do? What shall I do? I
can’t budge it!” The girl was growing
tearful. “Isn’t there a lady back of me?”
“No, only men.”
“This is too awful! What a beastly ar-
rangement this is!”
Several minutes elapse, during which 20
square feet of stage are rendered invis-
ible to part of the audience, Who evince
impatience. Finally, a triumphant voice
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“There, it’s off at last’- But hasn’t my
hair come -with it? Oh, I know I’m a
fright. What a hateful arrangement! The
man who invented it ought to be drawn
and quartered.”
The youth smiled, but refrained .from
comments.
exhibitions, races,
rinks and the like.
The 'Sunday treat that is most appre-
ciated just now is a ride down the Seine
in one of the busy little river boats, from
which the most delightful view of the ex-
hibition buildings can be enjoyed. The
treat isn’t complete, though, unless one
stops at the “Champs Elysees Palais Ho-
♦el’t-for 5 o’clock tea to rub elbows with
s the smart World. Last Sunday there were
over four hundred guests at tea and a
conspicuous sprinkling of royalty was
remarked.
Such smart toilettes and such shoals of
them as one was regaled with. It was hard
to say whether the cloth or the velvet gowns
were most in evidence Sunday. Several of
the very modish gowns were built entire-
ly of Liberty plush in the light neutral
gray and drab tints. -Some of these plush
gowns were shaded in stripes or had lit-
tle indistinct dots and figures in deeper
shades of the same color as> many pf the
velvets boast this'winter.
One of the newest shades is called moon-
light. In color it is more nearly akin to
pastel blue, only that it boasts just a bit
more greenishness. EVen before one has
been told the name of this delightful new
shade one is prompted to think of silver
moonlight on a sheet of water, for there is
an indescribable luminousness about the
new color that is absolutely unique.
A gown of this shade In satin finish cloth
was delightful. The skirt was made with a
narrow apron of white satin traced with
steel threads in an elaborate all-over pat-
tern. Over the hips the cloth was tucked
in the smallest possible tucks with an in-
tervening space of an inch. At the back
the fullness was laid in one large box plait
that increased in breadth as it descended
and finally merged into quite a train.
Along both seams of the apron there were
narrow double bands of sable, giving a
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“But everybody does it hov/adays, and,
after all, it’s only common courtesy,” the
youth replied.
“Yes, of course; still it’s most! inconve-
nient. But I’ve the greatest, scheme in the
world,” she added enthusiastically. “In-
stead of hatpins, that are always falling
out of one’s hat during the performance
and rolling off under the seats, I have a
new patent arrangement—two cute little
shell combs that are attached to the hat
and fasten in the hair. They are simply
fine/’
“And they do away with those barbar-
ous long pins?” the man interrupted, with
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The girl laughed. “What a horror you
men have of them! I’ll show you how this
thing works. Not now—I never take' off
my hat till just before the curtain goes
up.” The conversation then ran-in other
channels, and as the music ceased and the
lights were lowered an impatient voice
was heard to exclaim:
“Oh, dear, I can’t get my hat off.”
“Can I help you?” her escort asked.
“Oh, dear, one of those nasty little
combs has got caught in my hair,
were only light”---
“Possibly I can disentangle it.”
“Ouch! You’re pulling my hair.”
A painfully distinct voice from the rear:
“Will you ask that lady to remove her
hat?”
“Oh, I can’t. It won’t come off.”
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promptly.”
The letter closed With" thei' Suggestion
that about $100,OCO would be needed to
“start the thing.”
Sena tor Depew perused the letter* with
the calm amusement born of long expe-
rience in such matters. Scarcely a day
■has passed within the last 15 or 20 years
without bringing him some such tempting
invitation to invest his own or “the Van-
derbilts’ ” money. Neither time nor busi-
ness prudence permits him to take any
notice of such communications.
Not long ago a crank tried to get into
Mr. Depew’s office in the Grand Central
station to unfold a scheme for buying up
all of the calico in the country to send to
the Philippines to clo'the the millions of
newly made Americans there. He wanted
Mr. Depew to- be president o-f a company,
and incidentally to raise the capital re-
quired. There were “million?' in it.” The
suggestor of this idea was willing to help
work out the scheme on a salary or ^ell
the idea for “a few thousands of dollars.”
He fell into the discriminating .hands of
Private Secretary H. C. Duval, who told
him. that he had a great scheme of his own
in which he had been vainly tryng to en-
list Senator Depew’s co-operation. Mr.
Duval’s scheme was to bottle up the air
of -Coney island, Newport, Narragansett
pier and other popular resorts in the sum-
mer time and sell it in compressed form at
so much per cubic inch to persons who are
compelled to remain in the cities through-
out the hot weather. “I think my scheme ■
is better than yours/’ said the bland pr.i- |
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mamma!” he cried. Of course, the ele-
phant did not know what he meant. Be-
sides, he had his 'own notions of what he
ought to do with the boy; and so he went
on. .
Over high hills and across deep valleys
went the elephant with long, swinging
steps..
By and by he set the child flown, be-
cause he wanted to eat the leaves of some
young palm trees. Nooro started to run
away; but the elephant took him up and
placed him high up in the fork of a tree; .
and then Nooro began to cry. The ele-
phant paid no attention to his crying, and !
while eating would reach up to him a bit
of the fodder; but Nooro only cried the
louder. When he had eaten all he wanted,
the elephant took him down from the tree
and went onward till they came to a
spring, where he took a good drink, after
having again put Nooro in a tree. Then
taking up the hollow husk of a large nut
lying on the ground, he dipped up some
water and lifted it to Nooro, and the little
fellow, being very thirsty, drank heartily.
This pleased the elephant very much.
Leaving the spring, it was- not long be-
fore they were under some tall trees bear-
ing fruit. Nooro knew the fruit quite well,
and was fond of it. The elephant, too,
liked it very much, and reaching high up
with his trunk, brought some of it. down,
which he ate with great relish. He did
not forget the little boy, again perched
aloft in the fork of a tree, and to him he
gave fruit as fast as he,could eat. And
now more than ever was the elephant
pleased—not so mflch because he was- eat-
ing what he himself liked, but because the
child ate also. Besides fruits, they also
had nuts of several sorts.
When the stui went down and the dark-
ness came on, Nooro began once more to
think of his mother, and that made him
cry: but at length he fell asleep: Then the
elephant spread on the ground some large
.. palm leaves and soft, dry grass, making
N'ooro a kind of bed. When he'awoke in
the morning the little boy again thought
of his mamma and cried,; but as each day
passed he cried less and less.
The elephant had placed him in a large
pelican’s nest, made of- A great many
sticks,and so high up in niff branches of a
tall tree that he could jps£.reach it with
his trunk and put Nooro into it. But
when it rained very hard the elephant
would take Nooro from his nest and place
him under his body, closing his hug$ legs
around him, and setting up great, broad
palm leaves, on each side of him, and it
was a rare thing that a drop of rain fell
into the snug shelter where Nooro was
cozily nesting. Someffihes these heavy
showers lasted for hours. .While the rain
came down in torrents, he would peep out
to see the monkeys and the squirrels run-
ning for shelter among the trees and
branches.
With these creatures he soon was on
the best of terms. The monkeys grew
very fond of him, and when he was up in
his nest they would come to him with
choice fruits and nuts, on purpose to see
Mm eat. Besides, they brought the little
baby monkeys to play with him; and noth-
ing afforded them greater sport than to
see him try to climb after the young
monkeys as they bounded from limb to
limb; and, out of sheer joy, the older oner
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